Language Arts

Successful group discussions require planning and participation by all

• Understanding the meaning within different types of literature depends on properly analyzing literary components
• Organizing structure to understand and analyze factual information
• Word meanings are determined by how they are designed and how they are used in context

• Writing literary genres for intended audiences and purposes requires ideas, organization, and voice
• Writing informational and persuasive genres for intended audiences and purposes require ideas, organization, and voice development
• Specific editing for grammar, usage, mechanics, and clarity gives writing its precision and legitimacy

• Individual and group research projects require obtaining information on a topic from a variety of sources and organizing it for presentation
• Assumptions can be concealed, and require identification and evaluation
• Monitoring the thinking of self and others is a disciplined way to maintain awareness

• Formal presentations require preparation and effective delivery
• Small and large group discussions rely on active listening and the effective contributions of all participants

• Literary elements, characteristics and ideas are interrelated and guide the comprehension of literary and fictional texts
• Informational and persuasive texts are summarized and evaluated
• Purpose, tone, and meaning in word choices influence literary, persuasive, and informational texts

• Composing literary and narrative texts that incorporate a range of stylistic devices demonstrates knowledge of genre features
• Organization is used when composing informational and persuasive texts
• Editing writing for proper grammar, usage, mechanics, and clarity improves written work

• Answering a research question logically begins with obtaining and analyzing information from a variety of sources
• Logical information requires documented sources
• Reasoned material is evaluated for its quality using both its logic and its use of media

• Communication skills and interviewing techniques are required to gather information and to develop and deliver oral presentations
• A variety of response strategies clarifies meaning or messages

• Quality comprehension and interpretation of literary texts demand self-monitoring and self-assessment
• Quality comprehension and interpretation of informational and persuasive texts demand monitoring and self-assessment
• Context, grammar, and word choice influence the understanding of literary, persuasive, and informational texts

• Stylistic devices and descriptive details in literary and narrative texts are organized for a variety of audiences and purposes and evaluated for quality
• Ideas and supporting details in informational and persuasive texts are organized for a variety of audiences and purposes and evaluated for quality
• Editing writing for grammar, usage, mechanics, and clarity is an essential trait of a well-written document

• Individual research projects begin with information obtained from a variety of sources, and is organized, documented, and presented using logical procedures
• Common fallacies and errors occur in reasoning
• Quality reasoning relies on supporting evidence in media