Essential+Outcomes

 = = = = = = =Current Essential Outcomes: = This page contains the CURRENT (they are still somewhat subject to change) essential outcomes identified by the SJSD Communication Arts Curriculum Writing Team. It is our job to sift through these and identify the "essential essential" outcomes, if that makes sense! Please read over what have been identified as the key quarterly components of Language Arts 9 and 10, and then start thinking about what should be kept, omitted, or combined for our purposes. In short, use this list to create your own "wish list" for what you think should be encorporated into SPED Communication Arts. We will discuss our wish lists at our next meeting!

=Communication Arts 9: = COMM ARTS 9, Quarter 1: 1 -Students will follow a writing process to prewrite and generate a draft using: 1.1 Logical order 1.2 Strong controlling idea 1.3 Beginning/middle/end 1.6 - Compose Text with Active Voice

COMM ARTS 9, Quarter 2: 2.3 Apply the writing process to a. revise in response to feedback (peer and/or teacher) b. edit for conventions (refer to W2E) c. share writing

COMM ARTS 9, Quarter 3: 3.1 Students will compose a literary analysis using vivid language, fresh ideas, and a consideration for audience. 3.2 Students will analyze literary techniques including: 3.3 Repetition 3.4 Imagery 3.5 Word Choice 3.7 Develop vocabulary through glossary, dictionary, and thesaurus use. 3.9 Use details from informational text to: -analyze and evaluate the accuracy and adequacy of evidence in informational text - analyze and evaluate point of view - analyze and evaluate author’s viewpoint/perspective

COMM ARTS 9, Quarter 4: 4.1 – Analyze theme across genres by inferring 4.2 – Compose a text applying advanced writing techniques such as: 4.3 Imagery, humor, voice, figurative language 4.4 Varied sentence structure 4.6 Proper punctuation

=Communication Arts 10: = COMM ARTS 10, QUARTER 1: 1.1 Students will identify, analyze, and evaluate tone in fiction and nonfiction. 1.6 Students will compose text with effective beginning, middle and end with a strong controlling idea.

COMM ARTS 10, QUARTER 2: 2.1 Students will identify, explain, and analyze literary techniques in fiction and non-fiction texts. • Allusion • Analogy 2.2 Students will compose a variety of texts using: • Precise Language • Voice • Relevant and Specific Details • Effective Paragraphing 2.3 Students will use details from text to analyze the development of theme in fiction texts.

COMM ARTS 10, QUARTER 3: 3.1Students will apply reading strategies and skills to summarize during and after reading and to write a summary of the author’s ideas. • Making Inferences • Paraphrasing 3.2 Students will evaluate the accuracy and adequacy of evidence and proposed solutions in nonfiction text. 3.3 Students will analyze and evaluate author’s viewpoint and perspective 3.4 Students will identify, explain, and analyze understatement and parallelism in fiction and nonfiction.

COMM ARTS 10, QUARTER 4: 4.2 Students will compose workplace communication texts, such as resume, letter of application and follow-up letter. 4.4 Students will complete a research project in which an appropriate research plan is developed and used, information (multiple primary and secondary sources) is evaluated for relevance and reliability; and a standard method of source citation is followed.

