Curriculum

STANDARD 11:  LITERACY COMMUNITIES

   Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.

   Students are members of a variety of literacy communities including peers, teachers, friends, family members, as well as, communities  within the technological world. Students develop awareness of their own roles within these communities and can see how language usage varies. This idea of community emphasizes the collaborative approach of language learning.

KINDERGARTEN

1. Share items and ideas in group settings

2. Participate in home/school language arts activities (e.g., homework with parents, extended families)

3. Expand language through special events, field trips, and cross-age groupings (e.g., buddies, senior citizens)

FIRST GRADE

1.  Participate in a variety of activities, songs, poetry, drama, and choral reading

2. Utilize the home/school connection to practice writing for different purposes

3. Recollect, talk, and write about books read during class

4. Participate in “grand conversations”

SECOND GRADE

1. Read and write for a variety of purposes at home and at school

2. Participate in small group “grand conversations”

3. Work with buddies in reading and writing

THIRD GRADE

1. Participate in independent reading geared to individual needs and interests (enjoy reading)

2. Work in small groups to make presentations (e.g., specific goals the best course of action, take turns speaking)

3. Work with cross-age tutors and grade level buddies

FOURTH GRADE

1. Explore dialects and expressions that enrich language

2. Share insights to enable readers to imagine a diverse world of events and experiences

3. Participate in independent reading geared to individual needs and interests (enjoy reading)

FIFTH GRADE

1. Explore dialects and expressions that enrich language and meaning

2. Share insights to enable readers to imagine a diverse world of events and experiences

3. Share ideas, opinions, and information with a group; communicate messages clearly

SIXTH GRADE

1. Identify the tone, mood or emotion conveyed in written or oral communication

2. Interact appropriately in peer response groups

3. Memorize and recite a short poem and present to a specific audience

4. Write a thank you note using proper form

SEVENTH GRADE

1. Play a variety of roles in group discussion (e.g., active listener, discussion leader, facilitator) about a literary text

2. Participate in discussions about literary texts

3. Interact appropriately in peer response groups

EIGHTH GRADE

1. Use friendly letter form to communicate with others

2. Write, revise, edit, rewrite, illustrate, and orally present cross-age literary text

3. Interact appropriately in peer response groups

4. Include/expand computer technology vocabulary to better participate in the

technological world (as available)

NINTH/TENTH GRADE

1.  Deliver persuasive arguments, including evaluation and analysis of problems/solutions and causes/effects that; structure ideas and arguments in a coherent, logical fashion, use specific rhetorical devices to support assertions (e.g., by appeal to logic through reasoning; by appeal to emotion or ethical belief; by personal anecdote, case study, or analogy), clarify and defend positions with precise and relevant   evidence, including facts, expert opinions, quotations, and/or expressions of commonly accepted beliefs and logical reasoning, anticipate and address the listener’s concerns and counter-arguments

ELEVENTH/TWELFTH GRADE

1.  Deliver multimedia presentations that; combine text, images, and sound, drawing information from many sources (e.g., television broadcasts, videos, films, newspapers, magazines, CD ROMs, Internet, computer media generated images), select an appropriate medium for each element of the presentation, use selected media skillfully, including proper editing and monitoring for quality, test audience response and revise the presentation accordingly