Provincial Examinations

Grade 10 Provincial Examination Specifications

English 10 First Peoples

2015/16 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2015 through August 2016.

Changes and Revisions

  • There are no changes for the 2015/16 school year.

Specifications

  • The Table of Specifications and Description of the Examination (PDF) shows teachers and students how the English 10 First Peoples curriculum will be tested on provincial examinations. The Table of Specifications provides weightings for the Domains (Reading and Writing) and Reading Categories.

The Provincial examination represents 20% of the student's final letter grade and the classroom marks will represent 80%.

It is expected that there will be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom tests and others on provincial examinations. School assessment measures performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may only evaluate performance on a sample of these outcomes.

Electronic devices, including dictionaries and pagers, are not permitted in the examination room.

  • Curriculum Connections (PDF, 1.03MB) links to the prescribed learning outcomes for English 10 First Peoples.
  • Terms and Devices (PDF) provides a list of examinable terms relating to literary and stylistic forms and devices.
  • Scoring Guides (PDF) show the holistic scoring guides for reading and writing.

Samples