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Standards for the English Language Arts
by NCTE & IRA
Grades | K – 12 |
Type | Book |
Pages | 131 |
Published | April 1996 |
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Description |
Designed to prepare all K-12 students for the increasing literacy demands of today and tomorrow, Standards for the English Language Arts presents a vision of literacy education that encompasses the use of print, oral, and visual language and addresses six interrelated English language arts: reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing.
National Council of Teachers of English and International Reading Association. 1996. Standards for the English Language Arts. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English and International Reading Association.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Teaching Language Skills Using the Phone Book
Through a series of activities using the phone book, students learn to use text aids, collect information relevant to a topic, organize information, synthesize information and use key words.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Writing and Assessing an Autobiographical Incident
Students build upon their knowledge of biographies to write their own autobiographical incident. After going through a process of revision, they use a rubric to assess their work.