STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY

LANGUAGE ARTS :: 2004 :: APPENDIX B

APPENDIX B

 

K-2 Grade Span Continuum

Written Language Oral Language Other Media/Technology
Reading Writing    
Students can:
  • Use enabling strategies and skills to read texts by using:
    • Phonics
    • Structural analysis
    • Decoding
    • High frequency words
    • Self-monitoring
    • All sources of infor-mation
  • Use comprehension strategies to read texts designed for early independent readers:
    • Pre-paration strategies
    • Self-monitoring
    • Sum- marizing
    • Inter-preting infor-mation
  • Connect and compare new concepts and vocabulary with own experiences.
  • Use specific vocabulary to explain new information in own words.
  • Read self-
    selected texts independently for 20 minutes daily.
 Students can:
  • Write short paragraphs to narrate events or report information.
  • Compose and create effective communica-tions, using specific vocabulary and appropriate form for the intended audience/ purpose.
  • Use grammatical elements -declarative and interrogative sentences, noun, verb, modifier-to elaborate meanings for interest and clarity.
  • Use written language conventions- paragraph form, capitalization, and punctuation-to aid a reader.
  • Write most words using correct spelling and/or using phonetic spelling for specialized, technical vocabulary.
 Students can:
  • Increase oral and written vocabulary by listening, discussing, and responding to literature that is read and heard.
  • Discuss authors'
    /speakers' use of different kinds of sentences, nouns, verbs, and modifiers and their effects on the comprehension of a listener/ reader.
  • Begin to use formal language and/or literary language in place of oral language patterns, as appropriate.
  • Use oral communication to identify, organize, and analyze information.
 Students can:
  • Use media and technology to demonstrate comprehension.
  • Use media resources to make connections with prior experiences and new information.
  • Use media and technology to compose and convey ideas and information.
  • Use media and technology to enhance communication.

 

3-5 Grade Span Continuum

Written LanguageOral LanguageOther Media/Technology
ReadingWriting  
Students can:
  • Apply phonics and structural analysis to develop automatically in word recognition.
  • Apply extended knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and root words to identify unknown words.
  • Use fix-up strategies when meaning breaks down (selfquestion, reread, visualize, read on, retell).
  • Apply a variety of reading and thinking strategies according to purpose and text.
  • Integrate information and ideas selectively from own experience and text(s).
  • Comprehend, respond to, and make connections with fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama.
  • Assess validity, accuracy, and value of information and ideas.
  • Expand literacy through research and inquiry.
 Students can:
  • Use writing process elements to compose fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama for different audiences and purposes.
  • Use writing as a tool for thinking, learning, and reflection.
  • Write for informational, persuasive, and narrative purposes.
  • Apply grammar conventions and language usage appropriately in a variety of contexts.
  • Compose final draft with few errors in grammar and language conventions.
 Students can:
  • Present information clearly and concisely.
  • Communicate for a variety of purposes and audiences.
  • Engage in active listening and clear, precise oral communication.
  • Apply grammar and language conventions appropriately in a variety of contexts.
  • Develop increasing control over grammar and language conventions.
 Students can:
  • Enhance written, oral, and visual communication through the use of media and technology.
  • Use media and technology as a tool.
  • Use critical analysis to evaluate media messages.
  • Conduct research using a variety of print and non-print resources.

 

6-8 Grade Span Continuum

Written LanguageOral LanguageOther Media/Technology
ReadingWriting  
Students can:
  • Understand the text which includes inferential as well as literal information.
  • Extend the ideas of text by making connections to their own experiences and other readings, drawing conclusions, and by making inferences.
Literary Text
  • Integrate personal experiences with ideas in the text to draw and support conclusions.
  • Appreciate the world and how it is depicted through language.
  • Be able to identify some of the devices authors use in composing text.
Informational Text
  • Apply text information appropriately.
  • Connect background information with ideas in the text to draw and support conclusions.
Practical Text
  • Apply information or directions to complete a task.
 Students can:
  • Write to different audiences for a variety of purposes.
  • Create an effective response to the task in form, content, and language.
  • Express analytical, critical, and/or creative thinking.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the purpose and intended audience.
  • Use logical and observable organization appropriate to the task.
  • Show effective use of transitional elements.
  • Use sufficient elaboration to clarify and enhance the central idea.
  • Use language (for example variety of word choice and sentence structure) appropriate to the task.
  • Compose with few errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization that interfere with communication.
 Students can:
  • Speak and listen appropriately and effectively for different purposes, in varied contexts, and to different speakers/ audiences.
  • Participate in formal and informal discussions and seminars as articulate speakers.
  • Present to groups fluently and effectively.
 Students can:
  • Use word processing and/or desktop publishing for a variety of writing assignments/ projects.
  • Use electronic resources for research.
  • Select and use technological tools for class assignments and presentations.
  • Engage in ethical behavior in the use of technology.
  • Make translations of their understanding from one communication mode to another (e.g., drama/reading).

 

9-12 Grade Span Continuum

Written LanguageOral LanguageOther Media/Technology
ReadingWriting  
Students can:
  • Understand complex text which includes inferential as well as literal information.
  • Extend the ideas of the text by making inferences, drawing conclusions, and making connections to their own personal experiences and other readings.
  • Make connections between inferences and the text that are clear, even when implicit.
Literary Text
  • Integrate their personal experiences with ideas in complex text to draw and support conclusions.
  • Explain the author's use of literary devices.
Informative Text
  • Apply text information appropriately to specific situations.
  • Integrate their background information with ideas in the text to draw and support conclusions.
Practical Text
  • Apply information or directions appropriately.
  • Use personal experiences to evaluate the usefulness of text information.
 Students can:
  • Create an effective response to the task in form, content, and language.
  • Demonstrate reflection and insight and evidence of analytical, critical, or evaluative thinking.
  • Use convincing elaboration and development to clarify and enhance the central idea.
  • Use logical and observable organization appropriate to the task.
  • Use effective transitional elements.
  • Reveal personal style or voice.
  • Use language appropriate to the task and intended audience.
  • Compose with few errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization that interfere with communication.
 Students can:
  • Speak and listen appropriately and effectively for different purposes, to different speakers and audiences, and in different contexts.
  • Participate in informal discussions, seminars, and interviews as articulate speakers and insightful listeners.
  • Give formal oral presentations with fluency and effectiveness.
 Students can:
  • Articulate important issues of a technology- based society.
  • Engage in ethical behavior in the use of technology.
  • Use word processing and/or desktop publishing for a variety of complex assignments/ projects.
  • Use electronic resources for research.
  • Select and use technological tools for class assignments, projects, and presentations.
  • Abide by Fair Use and Multimedia Copyright Guidelines, citing sources of copyrighted materials in papers, projects, and multimedia presentations.

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