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High School Language Arts Grade Level Expectations Addressed in Career Exploration and Education Planning Project Reading and Responding Standard 1: 4. Draw conclusions and make inferences in oral and written responses about ideas and information in texts, including: • nonfiction works • consumer/instructional materials (ELA 1 H3) 5. Explain ways in which ideas and information in a variety of texts (e.g., scientific reports, technical guidelines, business memos, literary texts) connect to real life situations and other texts (ELA 1 H4) Standard 7 12. Solve problems using reasoning skills, including: • using supporting evidence to verify solutions • analyzing the relationships between prior knowledge and life experiences and information in texts using technical information in specialized software programs, manuals, interviews, surveys, and access guides to Web sites (ELA 7 H2) 14. Analyze information within and across grade appropriate texts using various reasoning skills, including: • identifying cause- effect relationships • raising questions • reasoning inductively and deductively • generating a theory or hypothesis • distinguishing facts from opinions and probability (ELA 7 H4) Writing Standard 2: 15. Develop organized, coherent paragraphs that include the following: • topic sentences • logical sequence • transitional words and phrases • appropriate closing sentences • parallel construction where appropriate (ELA 2 H1) • clear voice (individual personality) (ELA 2 H2) 18. Develop complex compositions using writing processes, including: • selecting topic and form (e.g., determining a purpose and audience) • prewriting (e.g., brainstorming, clustering, outlining, generating main idea/thesis statements) • drafting • conferencing (e.g., peer and teacher) • revising for content and structure based on feedback • proofreading/editing to improve conventions of language • publishing using technology (ELA 2 H3) 21. Write for various purposes, including: • formal and business letters, such as letters of complaint and requests for information • job applications (ELA 2 H6) Writing/Proofreading Standard 3: 22. Apply standard rules of sentence formation, avoiding common errors, such as: • fragments • run on sentences • syntax problems (ELA 3 H2) 23. Apply standard rules of usage, including: • making subjects and verbs agree • using verbs in appropriate tenses • making pronouns agree with antecedents • using pronouns appropriately in nominative, objective, and possessive cases • using adjectives in comparative and superlative degrees and adverbs correctly • avoiding double negatives • using all parts of speech appropriately (ELA 3 H2) 24. Apply standard rules of mechanics, including: • using commas to set off appositives or parenthetical phrases • using quotation marks to set off titles of short works • using colons preceding a list and after a salutation in a business letter • using standard capitalization for names of political and ethnic groups, religions, and continents (ELA 3 H2) 25. Use correct spelling conventions when writing and editing (ELA 3 H3) 26. Use a variety of resources, such as dictionaries, thesauruses, glossaries, technology, and textual features (e.g., definitional footnotes, sidebars) to verify word spellings (ELA 3 H3) Speaking and Listening Standard 4: 27. Use standard English grammar, diction, and syntax when responding to questions, participating in informal group discussions, and making presentations (ELA 4 H1) 28. Select language appropriate to specific purposes and audiences when speaking, including: • delivering informational/book reports in class • conducting interviews/surveys of classmates or the general public • participating in class discussions (ELA 4 H1) 29. Listen to oral instructions and presentations, speeches, discussions, and carry out procedures, including: • taking accurate notes • writing summaries or responses • forming groups (ELA 4 H2) 30. Organize and use precise language to deliver oral directions and instructions about general, technical, or scientific topics (ELA 4 H2) 31. Deliver oral presentations that include the following: • phrasing, enunciation, voice modulation, verbal and nonverbal techniques, and inflection adjusted to stress important ideas and impact audience response • language choices selected to suit the content and context • an organization that includes an introduction, relevant details that develop the topic, and a conclusion (ELA 4 H3) 32. Use active listening strategies, including: • monitoring messages for clarity • selecting and organizing essential information • noting cues such as changes in pace • generating and asking questions concerning a speaker’s content, delivery, and attitude toward the subject (ELA 4 H4) 33. Deliver clear, coherent, and concise oral presentations about information and ideas in texts (ELA 4 H4) 34. Analyze media information in oral and written responses, including: • summarizing the coverage of a media event • comparing messages from different media (ELA 4 H5) 35. Participate in group and panel discussions, including: • identifying the strengths and talents of other participants • acting as facilitator, recorder, leader, listener, or mediator • evaluating the effectiveness of participant’s performance (ELA 4 H6) Information Resources Standard 5: 36. Identify and use organizational features to locate relevant information for research projects using a variety of resources, including: • print resources (e.g., prefaces, appendices, annotations, citations, bibliographic references) • electronic texts (e.g., database keyword searches, search engines, e- mail addresses) (ELA 5 H1) 37. Locate, analyze, and synthesize information from a variety of grade appropriate resources, including: • multiple printed texts (e.g., encyclopedias, atlases, library catalogs, specialized dictionaries, almanacs, technical encyclopedias, and periodicals) • electronic sources (e.g., Web sites, databases) • other media sources (e.g., community and government data, television and radio resources, and other audio and visual materials) (ELA 5 H2) 38. Analyze the usefulness and accuracy of sources by determining their validity (e.g., authority, accuracy, objectivity, publication date, and coverage) (ELA 5 H2) 39. Access information and conduct research using various grade appropriate, data gathering strategies/tools, including: • formulating clear research questions • gathering evidence from primary and secondary sources • using graphic organizers (e.g., outlining, charts, timelines, webs) • compiling and organizing information to support the central ideas, concepts, and themes of formal papers or presentations (ELA 5 H3) 40. Write a variety of research reports, which include the following: • research supporting the main ideas • facts, details, examples, and explanations from sources • graphics when appropriate • complete documentation (e.g., endnotes, parenthetical citations, works cited lists or bibliographies) (ELA 5 H3) 41. Use word processing and/or other technology (e.g., illustration, page- layout, Web- design programs) to draft, revise, and publish various works, including research reports documented with parenthetical citations and bibliographies or works cited lists (ELA 5 H4) |
