ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES

NCSCS Objectives which support writing features and/or informational writing types (definition, cause-effect, and problem-solution)

1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 2.03, 2.05, 2.12, 2.17, 2.18, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 5.02, 5.04, 5.05, 6.01, 6.02, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 8.01, 8.02, 8.03

1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.11, 2.09, 2.13, 2.14, 3.01, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 5.01, 5.03, 5.04, 6.01, 6.03, 7.01, 7.02, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04

1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 2.03, 2.07, 2.09, 2.12, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 5.01, 5.02, 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 7.01, 7.02, 8.01, 8.02, 8.03

1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.10, 2.13, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 7.01, 8.02

1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.01, 3.01, 3.02, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 6.01, 6.02, 7.01, 8.01, 8.02, 8.03

Example Assignments

Definition:

Compare and contrast the structure of a play in relationship to that of a musical.

(Related content: Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story)

Cause-Effect:

Distinguish the connotative (subtext) and the denotative meaning of the language in a short scene to determine the central dramatic question.

Cause-Effect:

How many different things might have happened if King Lear in Shakespeare's play, King Lear, had not trusted his daughters to be considerate of him in old age?

Problem-Solution:

Determine, describe and justify at least five different plausible styles and/or periods in which the costumes could be designed for the same production.

Cause-Effect:

Select one particular time and location in history and discuss the impact history and theatre had upon each other.