English Language Arts 30-1

Forming tentative understandings

I can draw from a repertoire of effective strategies to form tentative interpretations and modify them as understanding deepens.

Experimenting with language, image and structure

I can explain how my experiments with language, image and structure improve my craft and effectiveness as a text creator.

Considering new perspectives

I can select, monitor and modify strategies to extend my understanding of new perspectives.

Expressing preferences and expanding interests

I can analyze what shaped my preferences and choose strategies to expand interest in texts and text creators.

Setting personal goals for language growth

I can appraise my strengths and weaknesses as a language user and draw from a repertoire of strategies to grow toward my future goals.

Discerning and analyzing context

I can explain a text creator's purpose (including implicit purpose) and describe whether it was achieved.

Understanding and interpreting content

I can use a range of comprehension strategies to interpret demanding literature and other texts.

Engaging prior knowledge

I can activate what I already know to help me comprehend a new text.

Using reference strategies

I can use reference strategies and technologies to aid understanding.

Relating form to purpose and content

I can analyze text forms, explain the relationships of form to purpose and content, and assess the effects on audience.

Devices, techniques and their effects

I can assess the contributions of rhetorical devices and stylistic techniques to a text's clarity and coherence.

Connecting self, text, culture and milieu

I can connect a text to my own and others' perspectives, respond personally and critically, and monitor how my perspective shifts.

Evaluating texts with criteria

I can develop, monitor and refine criteria to evaluate a text's effectiveness and significance.

Appreciating effectiveness and artistry

I can use precise terminology to appreciate the craft of the text creator and the shape and substance of texts.

Focusing purpose and form

I can modify strategies as needed to refine the depth and breadth of an inquiry and identify its purpose, audience and form.

Planning and identifying sources

I can develop an inquiry plan and identify my information needs and sources.

Selecting, recording and organizing information

I can select, record and organize information appropriate to my purpose.

Evaluating sources and detecting bias

I can evaluate sources for credibility, quality and bias, and assess whether information suits my purpose.

Forming generalizations and conclusions

I can form generalizations AND synthesize new ideas by integrating new information with prior knowledge.

Reviewing the inquiry process and findings

I can review my inquiry process and findings and identify how to improve next time.

Assessing the text-creation context

I can identify my purpose and target audience, select strategies to reach them, and assess whether they worked.

Choosing form, structure and medium

I can select a text form appropriate to my purpose and consistent with my content.

Developing content

I can develop meaningful content by crafting an engaging topic and weighing the variables that shape it.

Producing and presenting the text

I can meet the production, publication and presentation requirements that fit my purpose and audience.

Enhancing thought, support and detail

I can assess the effectiveness of a controlling idea and refine it to meet my intended purpose.

Enhancing organization

I can revise a draft's structure — beginning, components, closing and transitions — and apply unity and coherence.

Addressing matters of stylistic choice

I can assess and refine my diction and syntax on purpose, and explain the effects they create.

Editing for correctness

I can use tools and conventions to edit a text for correctness.