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Course/Grade Title:  Language Arts 1                                                                                                                               

OBJECTIVE

RESOURCE/ ACTIVITY

ASSESSMENT

Standard     Goals

Frameworks

Graduation Goals

 

Reading/Viewing

 

1.  Analyze and evaluate literary

      devices and techniques.

 

Daybooks ( Angles of Literacy Unit)

Lit. Anthology (complete writing assignments over stories

Scoring Guides

Class discussion

Obj. testing

Graphic Organizers

 

 

 

CA2         1.5

CA3         1.6

CA5

CAI

1b

 

1

 

2.  Evaluate texts considering prior

     experiences and previous reading or

     observation.

Daybooks (connecting with stories unit)

Farewell to Manzanar

Scoring Guide

Teacher Assessment of student writing

 

CA2         1.5

CA3        1.10

CA5

CAI

7b

3

 

3.  Analyze the elements of fiction and

      nonfiction including: setting, plot,

     characters, theme, purpose, points

     of view, style, and tone.

 

Daybooks (story Landscapes)

Lit Anthology

Scoring Guides

Double-entry journals

Dialectic journals

 

CA2          1.5

CA3          1.6

CA5

CAI

1d

 

1

 

4.  Analyze and evaluate the cause and

     effect relationships in fiction and

     nonfiction.

 

Novel Unit—Farewell to Manzanar

Student Writing

Graphic Organizers

 

CA4          1.8

CAI

1e

1

 

5.  Compare and contrast a variety of

     genres and texts.

 

Daybooks (Ursula K LeGuin Unit)

Rudofo Unit

The Stories We Tell unit

Scoring Guide

Class Discussion

 

CA2          1.5

CA3

CA5

CAI

7a

1

 

6.  Analyze communications to

     determine how they reflect

     particular cultures/eras.

Daybooks

Farewell to Manzanar

Miracle Worker play

Scoring Guides

Student responses

Student written responses

 

CA2          2.3

CA3

CA5

CAI

2

4

 

Reading/Viewing

 

7.  Predict meanings of new words and

     concepts.

 

Literature Anthology (short story, vocabulary study)

Daybook, all units

Teacher assessment

Graphic organizers

Student written responses

 

 

CA2          1.6

CA3

CA5

CAI

1

 

8.  Predict outcomes, anticipate

     consequences, make judgments, and

     adjust personal opinions based on

     newly acquired knowledge.

 

Daybooks, (Interpretations Unit)

Literature Anthology Short Stories

Watsons Go to Birmingham

Scoring Guide

Re-write endings

Written student responses

Graphic organizers

 

CA2          4.1

CA3          2.3

CA5

CAIII

 

11

 

9.  Identify and define problems.

 

Watsons Go to Birmingham

Written responses

Graphic organizers

Class discussion

 

CA2          3.1

CA3

CA5

CA III

11

 

10.  Analyze pros and cons of

       suggested solutions.

 

“The Most Dangerous Game”

Short story

Graphic organizers

Student responses to prompts

 

CA2          3.4

CA3

CA5

CAIII

1

11

 

Writing/Speaking

 

1.  Select useful ways to organize

       materials.

 

Research Paper

Short Narrative

Scoring Guides

Teacher evaluation

 

 

 

CA4         1.8

CAI

4

2,6,7,8,10

 

2.  Summarize or paraphrase

     information presented in a variety

     of communications. 

 

Daybook: Mini-Lessons

Watsons Go to Birmingham

Scoring Guides

MAP module

Scoring Guide

 

CA1          1.8

CA6

CAI

2,7,9,10

 

Writing/Speaking

 

3.  Provide support for observations

     and opinions.

 

Daybook, mini-lessons

“ The Miracle Worker”

Student Responses

Journal Entries

 

 

 

CA2          1.2

CA3          4.1

CAII

2

8

 

4.  Respond formally and informally to

     a variety of themes and genres.

Daybook, mini-lessons

 

Scoring Guide

 

CA4          2.1

CA6          2.4

CAI

1,

1,2,3,9

 

5.  Analyze and evaluate through their

     writing and speaking the cause and

     effect relationships found in fiction

     and nonfiction.

 

Daybook

Farewell to Manzanar

“Romeo & Juliet”

 

Scoring Guide

Student Writing

Graphic Organizers

 

CA1          1.6

CA6

CAI

1

1,2,3,9

 

6.  Present information using

     appropriate available technologies.

 

Oral book reviews

Scoring Guide

Teacher Evaluation

 

CA6          2.7

CAI

5

2

 

7.  Analyze appropriateness and

     effectiveness of language use,

     considering audience and purpose.

 

Daybook, mini-lessons

Watsons Go to Birmingham

Scoring Guide

Student responses

 

CA1          1.5

                  1.9

CAII

1

6,7,8,10

 

8.  Plan and compose a variety of

     communications.

 

Short Narratives

Journal Entries

Research papers

Scoring Guide

 

 

CA4          2.1

CAII

2

6,7,8,10

 

9.  Revise their own communications

     for clarity.

 

Short Narrative

Persuasive Paper

Rubric

Peer Editing

 

CA1          2.2

CAII

2

6,7,8,10

 

Writing/Speaking

 

10.  Edit and proofread their own

       communications to meet

       conventional standards

 

Short Narrative

Writing Assignment

Scoring Guide

Portfolio Evaluation

 

 

 

CA1          2.2

CAII

2

6,7,810

 

11.  Analyze a variety of effective

       communications and use them as

        models for writing and speaking.

 

Daybook

Research Paper

Student responses

Scoring Guides

Portfolio review

 

 

CA2          1.6

CA3

CA5

CAII

2

6,7,8,10

 

12.  Demonstrate fluency and accuracy

       in written and spoken

       communications.

 

Short Narrative

Oral book review

Research Paper

Scoring Guides

Portfolio Review

 

 

CA1          2.2

CAII

3

17

 

13.  Consult sources to increase

       accuracy in spelling usage,

       punctuation, and mechanics.

 

Short Narrative

Research Paper

 

Scoring Guides

Portfolio Review

 

CA1          2.2

CAII

3

7,10

 

Research

 

1.  Evaluate materials for faulty

      reasoning, bias and repetition based

     on data collected.

 

Research paper on

Civil Rights Movement

Career Research

Teacher evaluation of student writing

 

 

 

CA3         1.7

CAI

4

2,7,10,12

 

2.  Draw conclusions and from

     opinions based on data collected.

Research Paper on

Civil Rights Movement

Teacher Evaluation of Student writing

 

CA3         4.1

CA5

CAI

4

1,2

 

Research

 

3.  Formulate and support a thesis or

     hypothesis.

Research paper on

Civil Rights Movement

Teacher evaluation

Of students writing

 

 

 

CA1          1.1

                  1.2

CAI

5

1,2,7,10

 

4.  Evaluate the reliability of

     information.

 

Finding info for research paper on internet

Teacher discussion and evaluation of resources

 

CA3          1.7  

CAIII

1

11

 

5.  Predict and evaluate results.

 

Internet search of research info

Teacher evaluation

 

CA4          3.7

CA6

CAIII

1

11

 

6.  Practice integrity in academics and

     the workplace.

 

Daily homework

Tests

Teacher evaluation

 

CA4          4.4

CAIV

3

17

 


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June 05, 2008