English Language Arts 30-2

Forming tentative understandings

I can draw from a repertoire of effective strategies to form tentative understandings.

Experimenting with language, image and structure

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

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 my interests.

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 and assess whether the text suits its target audience.

Understanding and interpreting content

I can use comprehension strategies to understand literature and other texts.

Engaging prior knowledge

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

Using reference strategies

I can use reference strategies and technologies to aid understanding.

Relating form to purpose

I can describe how some forms are more appropriate than others for a purpose and audience.

Devices that create clarity and emphasis

I can demonstrate that rhetorical devices and techniques can create clarity, coherence and emphasis.

Connecting self, text, culture and milieu

I can connect a text to my own and others' perspectives, form positions on its issues, and respond personally and critically.

Evaluating texts with criteria

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

Appreciating effectiveness and artistry

I can recognize that texts can be effective and artistic and use appropriate terminology.

Focusing purpose and form

I can modify strategies 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 relevant to my purpose.

Evaluating sources and detecting bias

I can evaluate sources for credibility, quality and bias.

Forming generalizations and conclusions

I can form generalizations and synthesize new ideas by integrating evidence 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 describe my purpose and target audience, select strategies to reach them, and explain how audience factors shape my choices.

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.

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 appropriateness and significance of the controlling idea of a text and modify it as needed.

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 apply devices that develop my personal voice.

Editing for correctness

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