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Language Arts (Updated July 2003) |
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Language Arts - Communication Skills |
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Goals and Descriptions |
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PS1: INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
The learner will be able to
read to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize ideas, arguments and perspectives represented in a wide variety of informational materials.
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LA.CS.1.1 Reading Behaviors
The learner will be able to
read magazines, newspapers, charts, graphs, and technical documents for pleasure and self improvement.
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LA.CS.1.2 Main Idea
The learner will be able to
identify, comprehend, and summarize the main and subordinate ideas in a written work.
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LA.CS.1.3 Construct Meaning: Critical
The learner will be able to
read critically, ask pertinent questions, recognize assumptions and implications, and evaluate ideas.
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LA.CS.1.4 Fact and Opinion
The learner will be able to
distinguish between fact and opinion.
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LA.CS.1.5 Literal Comprehension
The learner will be able to
use literal comprehension skills (e.g., sequencing, explicitly stated main idea).
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LA.CS.1.6 Inferential Comprehension
The learner will be able to
use inferential comprehension skills (e.g., predictions, comparisons, conclusions, implicitly stated main idea.
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PS2: LITERATURE
The learner will be able to
read, respond to, and critique historically and culturally significant works of literature in order to understand their importance and relationship to past and present cultures.
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LA.CS.2.1 Print/Non Print
The learner will be able to
use a variety of print and non-print resources (e.g., films recordings, theater, computer databases) as parts of the study of literature.
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LA.CS.2.2 Features of print
The learner will be able to
use the features of print materials appropriately (e.g., table of contents, preface, introduction, titles and subtitles, glossary, appendix, and bibliography).
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LA.CS.2.3 Reading Behaviors
The learner will be able to
read poems, short stories, essays, and novels for pleasure and self improvement.
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LA.CS.2.4 Interpretation
The learner will be able to
create hypothesis and predict outcomes.
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LA.CS.2.5 Mythology
The learner will be able to
read and respond to mythology.
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LA.CS.2.6 Structural Elements
The learner will be able to
become familiar with the structural elements of literature (e.g., plot, characterization, mood, tone, and point of view.
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LA.CS.2.7 Purposes
The learner will be able to
gain insight into human behavior from the study of literature.
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PS3: VOCABULARY
The learner will be able to
extend knowledge of complex and specialized vocabulary in interdisciplinary contexts.
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LA.CS.3.1 Context
The learner will be able to
learn that words gather meaning from their context and carry connotation and denotation.
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LA.CS.3.2 New Vocabulary
The learner will be able to
acquire new vocabulary through reading and listening; demonstrate progress through speaking and writing.
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LA.CS.3.3 Structural Analysis
The learner will be able to
define unfamiliar words by using appropriate structural analysis skills including prefixes, suffixes, root words, and context clues.
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PS4: STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH
The learner will be able to
demonstrate consistent control of Standard American English and consistently apply the structures and features of language appropriate to the purpose, audience and context of the work.
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LA.CS.4.1 Mechanics
The learner will be able to
write Standard American English sentences with correct verb forms, punctuation, capitalization, possessives, plural forms and other mechanics, word choice, and spelling.
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PS5: WRITING PROCESS
The learner will be able to
use a process approach to produce coherent, multi-paragraph compositions that reflect analysis and synthesis of ideas for a variety of purposes and audiences, with complexity of thought and structure.
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LA.CS.5.1 Purposes
The learner will be able to
write for many purposes including, but not limited to personal (journals, diaries, stories, poems), social (friendly letters, thank-you notes, invitations), academic (themes, reports, essays, analyses, critiques), and business (letters, memos, and applications) writing.
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LA.CS.5.2 Conclusions
The learner will be able to
defend conclusions rationally.
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LA.CS.5.3 Writing Style
The learner will be able to
adapt writing style to various audiences.
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LA.CS.5.4 Tools of writers
The learner will be able to
use the tools and resources of writers (e.g., dictionaries, thesauri, style manuals, and usage handbooks).
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LA.CS.5.5 Computer
The learner will be able to
compose and revise on a computer.
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Listening, Speaking and Viewing
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PS6: LISTENING
The learner will be able to
listen critically to process multiple information sources, to expand content knowledge, and to evaluate for decision making.
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LA.CS.6.1 Takes notes
The learner will be able to
take notes on the main and subordinate ideas in lectures and discussions and report accurately what others have said.
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LA.CS.6.2 Discussion Skills
The learner will be able to
work as a team member to solve problems.
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LA.CS.6.3 Purposes
The learner will be able to
recognize speaker's purpose and identifies verbal and nonverbal components of communication ( body language, facial expression, gestures).
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PS7: DELIVER PRESENTATIONS
The learner will be able to
deliver polished formal and extemporaneous presentations that reflect an awareness of audience and combine traditional rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description.
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LA.CS.7.1 Audience
The learner will be able to
use language appropriate to audience and situation.
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LA.CS.7.2 Clarity
The learner will be able to
speaks so others can hear and understand.
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LA.CS.7.3 Present arguments
The learner will be able to
present arguments in orderly and convincing ways.
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PS8: INTERPRET MEDIA
The learner will be able to
analyze a wide range of media in order to evaluate the cognitive, affective, and ethical dimensions of the message.
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LA.CS.8.1 Evaluate messages
The learner will be able to
use appropriate criteria to evaluate the messages and effects of mass media.
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Research and Media Literacy
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PS9: RESEARCH AND PUBLISH
The learner will be able to
formulate research questions, analyze and evaluate information from primary and secondary sources, and publish documented findings in a variety of formats.
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LA.CS.9.1 Research process
The learner will be able to
use research process: selecting topic, formulating questions, identifying key words, choosing sources, skimming, paraphrasing, note taking, organizing, summarizing, and presenting.
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LA.CS.9.2 Draw Conclusions
The learner will be able to
draw reasoned conclusions from various sources.
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