GRADE OR AGES: 15-19. SUBJECT MATTER: Language Arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There are 12 sections: 1) introduction, including background material, key concepts, and overall objectives; 2) detailed program objectives; 3) speech; 4) listening; 5) writing; 6) reading; 7) viewing; 8) language; 9) sample units; 10) organizational…

GRADES OR AGES: 7-11. SUBJECT MATTER: Language Arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There are 12 sections: 1) introduction, including background material, key concepts, and overall objectives; 2) detailed program objectives; 3) speech; 4) listening; 5) writing; 6) reading; 7) viewing; 8) language; 9) sample units; 10) organizational…

GRADES OR AGES: 11-15. SUBJECT MATTER: Language arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There are 12 sections: 1) introduction, including background material, key concepts, and overall objectives; 2) detailed program objectives; 3) speech; 4) listening; 5) writing; 6) reading; 7) viewing; 8) language; 9) sample units with background…

Contained in this curriculum guide are a rationale, performance objectives, techniques, and activities for the teaching of listening and speaking skills in the primary grades. In an introductory chapter basic terms are defined and the need for a study of listening and speaking skills is emphasized. Chapter two review the literature on the nature…

The goal of this guide is to provide a secondary language arts curriculum which encompasses student centered, relevant learning experiences with equal attention given to reading, writing, thinking, and oral communication. The guide contains curriculum check lists for grades 7-12, reading skills check lists for reading levels 4-12, a reading…

A course designed to aid the student in developing effective skills for critical listening and listening for comprehension of ideas. Clear articulation, effective voice production, acceptable pronunciation, pitch variation, rhythm and phrasing are also practiced for cultural growth and social maturity. The course outline consists of: I.…

This curriculum guide provides an outline of the general boundaries of various courses in secondary school language arts. Sections describe the general scope, points of interest and emphasis, areas for learning experiences, and expected outcomes for course offerings in grades 7-9 and 10-12 (including advanced placement). Behavioral outcomes in…

This document describes the philosophy and courses of the curricular and co-curricular speech-debate-theatre program at Henry Sibley Senior High School in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. The document begins with a brief introduction and background on the school and community, including socioeconomic, cultural, and demographic information, and…

This publication is one in a series being developed for the English language arts curriculum, prekindergarten through the twelfth grade. The series is in five strands: reading, literature, speech, composition, and language. Although treated separately for purposes of clear and systematic development, in classroom practice the strands are…

Intended for use by teachers of kindergarten through grade 10, this curriculum guide is designed to make communication education an integral part of the school program. The philosophy of the guide focuses on the processes of analyzing, formulating a position, and organizing information or ideas into meaningful form, rather than solely on surface…

Prepared to provide direction, help develop instructional units, define skills and concept developments needed for new tasks, coordinate district language arts programs, and disseminate information to other professionals, this guide presents a kindergarten through grade 12 language arts curriculum. A foreword lists the guide's goals, and a…

Intended as a core curriculum that school districts and teachers can build on, this English curriculm guide for grades 7 through 12 has incorporated five curricular strands or expectations for secondary school English classes: (1) reading instruction will continue through the twelfth grade; (2) study and research instruction will connect…

Based on the philosophy, goals, and objectives of the Alberta (Canada) Education 1978 curriculum, this revised curriculum guide stresses the importance of students' active involvement in using language. The guide regroups the 1978 skills and concepts for junior high school into the following five language strands: speaking, listening, viewing,…