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Ashdown Public School District Language Arts Arkansas' Learning Standards are defined in the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks, discipline-based documents which clearly describe what students must know and be able to do in the area of Language Arts at three critical levels: grades 4, 8, and 12. The rigorous academic content standards and the student learning expectations within each document provide the focus for instruction for each local school district, without rigidly prescribing every element of the local curriculum. Student demonstration of the standards and learning expectations within the Arkansas Frameworks is the anchor for the entire education system, with instructional programs, state-level assessments, professional development, school improvement planning, teacher/administrator licensure, and accountability sharing the common goal of improved student learning and performance around these standards. |
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Media Aids: Utilize/Graphics
The learner will be able to utilize graphics (power).
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| Genres |
| This unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some example of genres are: science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature. This unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some example of genres are: science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature. |
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Comprehend: Judge/Respond
The learner will be able to understand, judge, and respond to literary works, and other types of writing, which reflect his/her own culture and developing point of view as well as those of others (power).
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Multicultural Literature: Read/Variety
The learner will be able to read literature representative of a wide variety of cultures (power).
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Genre: Variety
The learner will be able to read a variety of genres (power).
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Strategies: Comprehend/Text
The learner will be able to use a variety of strategies to comprehend text (power).
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Purposes: Learn
The learner will be able to read to engage in the learning process (power).
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Purposes: Read/Variety/Academic
The learner will be able to read a variety of sources for academic and other purposes (power).
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Personal: Read/Variety
The learner will be able to read a variety of materials often, for a variety of purposes, including for personal enjoyment and to solve problems (power).
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Personal: Read/Attain Goals
The learner will be able to read texts written for general audiences to attain personal goals (power).
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Response: Content/Quality/Text
The learner will be able to plan, apply, and defend judgments concerning the content and quality of text (power).
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Analyzing: Examine/Ideas/Authors
The learner will be able to examine a diverse array of ideas generated by authors of different races, beliefs, genders, ages, etc (power).
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Historical: Analyze/Events
The learner will be able to analyze how historical events are reflected in the literature from a particular time period (power).
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Edit: Usage/Mechanics
The learner will be able to edit written works for usage and mechanics (power).
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Strategies: Activate/Organize/Expand
The learner will be able to activate, organize, and expand upon prior knowledge through a variety of cooperative and individual writing strategies (power).
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Purpose: Everyday
The learner will be able to write for everyday purposes (power).
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Edit: Language Conventions
The learner will be able to edit written works for language conventions.
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Essay: Synthesizing Information/Sources
The learner will be able to synthesize information from a variety of sources in writing (power).
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Response: Variety/Forms
The learner will be able to respond to learning new information by writing in a variety of forms (power).
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Purposes: Persuade/Defend/Inform/Explain
The learner will be able to write in order to persuade, defend, inform, and explain using thoughts, experiences, and research (power).
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Writing as a Process: Communicate
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of different writing process elements to communicate with diverse audiences for a variety of purposes (power).
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Presentation: Formal/Informal
The learner will be able to listen attentively in both formal and informal presentations (popwer).
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| Speaking |
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Practices: Develop/Use/Skills
The learner will be able to develop and use listening, speaking and viewing skills through a variety of formal and informal opportunities (power).
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Practices: Ideas/Generate/Solve Problems
The learner will be able to work together to generate ideas and solve problems (power).
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