English Language Arts Catalog 2018 ELACAT 2018

EMC School TM Meaningful Language Learning Meaningful Language Arts Instruction Provide students with the context, skills, and understanding they’ll need to function in today’s globalized, interconnected world. Engage students with rich, diverse literary and informational texts that create mirrors for students to see themselves and windows for students to extend understanding. Provide 21 st century experiences that will help students build relationships and prepare them for experiences far beyond your classroom walls. Create a context • Classic and contemporary literary and informational texts • Opportunities for making comparisons and cross- curricular connections • 100% alignment with Common Core State Standards and College and Career Readiness Standards Practice + assess skills Social earning L • Rigorous and balanced instruction for reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language skills • Collaborative Learning activities and projects that encourage students to build community in the classroom • Gradual release of responsibility instructional model with three levels of reading support in each unit • Mirrors & Windows essential questions make text-to-world connections • Integrated Performance Assessments and project-based learning • Differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all learners • Extension activities apply language arts skills to real-world tasks 21 st Century Skills • Enhanced learning through Passport ® online language arts environment • Video-based tools for discussion, and formative and summative assessment • Project-based online modules • Media Literacy activities extend learning online • Interactive videos modeling the Close Reading Process

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