Language Arts

Goals and Outcomes

• read, comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and use written material
  • demonstrate the ability to:
    • read expository materials from museum labels to first person narratives
    • write original reports
• read and write for various purposes including recreation and enrichment
  • demonstrate the ability to:
    • use writing as a form of expression
    • use a variety of sources to help document ideas
• use technology as a tool for communication and investigation
  • demonstrate the ability to:
    • use the Internet and World Wide Web
      • for communication
      • to find information
• use spoken language effectively in formal and informal situations to communicate ideas and information and to ask and answer questions.
  • demonstrate the ability to:
    • give oral reports
    • work collaboratively in a group

Scope and Sequence

• Level 1: grades 3 - 5
  • emphasis on basic reading and writing skills
    • diary entries, letter writing
    • reading aloud, reading in pairs
  • exploring self and community
  • looking at individual choice in response to personal circumstance
    • as a source for creative writing
    • as a theme for selecting literature
• Level 2: grades 6 - 8
  • emphasis on expository reading skills
    • newspapers, primary sources, biographies
  • using research skills to write nonfiction
  • biography, journalism, social studies reports
  • looking at individual choice as limited by one's environment
    • as a source for essay or report writing
    • as a theme for selecting works of nonfiction
• Level 3: grades 9 -12
  • familiarity and use of the tools of historical research
  • visit libraries, local historical societies, and museums to conduct self-directed research
    • to write family history or local history
    • to write historical fiction
  • looking at individual choice as recorded by material culture
    • as a source of inspiration for historical fiction
    • as a source for "facts" to support a thesis
    • as a theme for works of fiction and non-fiction

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