Skill Descriptor:
Describe and contribute thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and compare to those of their peers.
Achievement Indicators:
Express observations, understandings, viewpoints and perspectives
Compare and contrast observations, understandings, viewpoints, and perspectives that have been shared by others
Skill Descriptor:
Describe and contribute thoughts, feelings, and experiences and compare to those of their peers.
Achievement Indicators:
Describe observations, understandings, viewpoints, and perspectives
Compare and contrast observations, understandings, viewpoints, and perspectives that have been shared by others
Skill Descriptor:
Describe and communicate thoughts, feelings, and experiences as well as personal strengths
Achievement Indicators:
Describe observations, understandings, viewpoints and perspectives
At this level, “learners engage with a variety of text types including picture books, magazines, non-fiction text, and audio books. They imagine alternate storylines, examine characters through role-play and exploration, and investigate facts and information with curiosity… As learners develop their interests and opinions, they transfer expressive and receptive language skills to social interactions and play.
Skill Descriptor:
Express feelings and opinions and give simple descriptions of experiences.
Achievement Indicators:
Use descriptive language to express a feeling, opinion, or emotion
Use new words to describe everyday events and personal experiences
Use simple sentences and/or full thoughts
Skill Descriptor:
Express feelings and opinions and give simple descriptions of experiences.
Achievement Indicators:
Use descriptive language to express a feeling, opinion, or emotion
Use simple sentences and/or full thoughts to make a point
Skill Descriptor:
Express feelings and opinions and give simple descriptions of experiences.
Achievement Indicators:
Use descriptive language to express a feeling, opinion, or emotion
Use simple sentences and/or full thoughts to make a point
In the High School Block, Language Arts and Language courses “prepare learners to develop communication skills; decode, understand, evaluate, and write; access information via oral histories, text, or media; make and receive meaning; make connections and judgements; form hypotheses, analyze, and synthesize; compose and create texts; enhance creative thinking; and foster an understanding and appreciation for languages and cultures.”
Skill Descriptor:
Construct and communicate an awareness of self, others, and the world.
Achievement Indicators:
Present a personal viewpoint to a group of listeners
Take ideas, knowledges, and ways of being into account when explaining positions
Present with intention, using content, language and delivery to convey meaning
Skill Descriptor:
Construct and communicate an awareness of self, others, and the world.
Achievement Indicators:
Present a personal viewpoint to a group of listeners
Take ideas, knowledges, and ways of being into account when explaining positions
Present with intention, using content, language and delivery to convey meaning