Indigenous Voices and Reconciliation · Narrative Reading
Oral Traditions and Modern Syntax
Examines how traditional oral storytelling techniques influence the structure and rhythm of modern Indigenous prose.
Key Questions
- 1How does the transition from oral to written form alter the authority of a story?
- 2In what ways do authors use non linear structures to challenge Western notions of time?
- 3How does the presence of an ancestral voice influence the protagonist's development?
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
ON: Oral Communication - Grade 11ON: Understanding and Responding to Oral Texts - Grade 11
Grade: Grade 11
Subject: Language Arts
Unit: Indigenous Voices and Reconciliation
Period: Narrative Reading
Suggested Methodologies
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