General Specific Curriculum Outcomes ELA 9 Curriculum Outcomes

General & Specific Curriculum Outcomes ELA 9

Curriculum Outcomes What are they? Goals that you must achieve in order to pass English That are created by the NB Department of Education.

Strands SPEAKING AND LISTENING READING AND VIEWING WRITING AND REPRESENTING

Speaking and Listening • Students will be expected to speak and listen to explore, extend, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences. • Students will be expected to communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly and to respond personally and critically. • Students will be expected to interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and purpose. GCO 1 GCO 2 GCO 3

Criteria/Self. Assessment Tools Use this checklist as a guide for the many speaking and listening situations you will participate in this year. - Small group/partner discussions - Large group discussions - Class participation - Presentations - Other

4. Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, visual and audio texts. 6. Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts. 5. Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information, using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies. 7. Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form, and genre. Reading and Viewing

Let’s have a closer look… GCO 4: Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.

Strategies Used: When Selecting a Book How did you choose your book for independent reading?

Practice #1 Practice Think about Try • As practice, we will all fill out an entry explaining how we selected our independent text (GCO 4. 1). • Think about you as a reader (strengths and abilities) and what you specifically do when choosing an appropriate text for your reading level and interests. • Try to explain it now on your page.

Strategies Used: For Reading Comprehension What are some strategies good readers do to help with comprehension?

Now, think about how you read and view with understanding. Step 1 – Read for 15 mins (at least) Step 2 – Choose option 1 or option 2 Step 3 – Write your self-assessment Practice 2 – Option 1: What strategies did you use to understand difficult reading? (GCO 4. 5) Option 2: What connections did you make while reading (text-to-text, text-toself, text-to-world)? (GCO 6. 1)

Writing and Representing 8. Students will be expected to use writing and other ways of representing to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imaginations. 9. Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes. 10. Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and other ways of representing, and to enhance clarity, precision, and effectiveness.

Criteria/Tools Universal Writing Rubric (grades 9 -12)

Criteria/Tools A quick reference for the six traits of writing

Criteria/Tools Another option for assessing where your writing falls on the scale.

Collecting Evidence – Evidence can be collected every day in your ELA classroom. Everything we do in class falls under multiple GCO/SCOs. – Self-assessments can be completed for any learning task (discussion, activity, project, assignment, etc. ) you feel demonstrates your learning or improvement in any of the three strands. – All evidence should stay in your SELF (student evidence of learning folder) and SELFs must remain in the classroom.