PA Core Aligned ELA Curriculum Framework English Language Arts Long Term Transfer Goals Transfer goals highlight the effective uses of understanding, knowledge, and skill that we seek in the long run; i.e., what we want students to be able to do when they confront new challenges both in and outside of – school. Students will be able to independently use their learning to: 1. Comprehend and evaluate complex texts across a range of types and disciplines. 2. Be a critical consumer of text and other media to recognize, understand, and appreciate multiple perspectives and cultures 3. Produce writing to address task, purpose, perspective, and intended audience; research and gather evidence to create a clear and coherent message 4. Communicate effectively for varied purposes and audiences. 5. Listen actively to engage in a range of conversations, to analyze and synthesize idea and positions, and to evaluate accuracy in order to learn, reflect, and respond. Big Ideas Essential Questions A. Effective readers use How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and appropriate strategies to literary text? construct meaning. What is this text really about? How do readers know what to believe? How do what readers read influence how they should read it? How does a purpose influence how text should be read? reader’s B. Critical thinkers actively and How do readers know what to believe in what they read, hear, skillfully interpret, analyze, and view? evaluate, and synthesize information. How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? C. Active listeners make meaning What do good listeners do? from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, How do active listeners make meaning? responding, and evaluating. How do active listeners know what to believe in what they hear? D. Effective speakers prepare How do task, purpose, and audience influence how speakers and communicate messages craft and deliver a message? to address the audience and purpose. How do speakers employ language and utilize resources to effectively communicate a message? E. Effective research requires the What does a reader look for and how can s/he find it? use of varied resources to gain or expand knowledge. How does a reader know a source can be trusted? How does one organize and synthesize information from various sources?
PA Core Aligned ELA Curriculum Framework English Language Arts Long Term Transfer Goals Transfer goals highlight the effective uses of understanding, knowledge, and skill that we seek in the long run; i.e., what we want students to be able to do when they confront new challenges – both in and outside of school. Students will be able to independently use their learning to: 1. Comprehend and evaluate complex texts across a range of types and disciplines. 2. Be a critical consumer of text and other media to recognize, understand, and appreciate multiple perspectives and cultures 3. Produce writing to address task, purpose, perspective, and intended audience; research and gather evidence to create a clear and coherent message 4. Communicate effectively for varied purposes and audiences. 5. Listen actively to engage in a range of conversations, to analyze and synthesize idea and positions, and to evaluate accuracy in order to learn, reflect, and respond. Big Ideas Essential Questions A. Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning. How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary text? What is this text really about? How do readers know what to believe? How do what readers read influence how they should read it? How does a reader’s purpose influence how text should be read? B. Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information. How do readers know what to believe in what they read, hear, and view? How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? C. Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding, and evaluating. What do good listeners do? How do active listeners make meaning? How do active listeners know what to believe in what they hear? D. Effective speakers prepare and communicate messages to address the audience and purpose. How do task, purpose, and audience influence how speakers craft and deliver a message? How do speakers employ language and utilize resources to effectively communicate a message? E. Effective research requires the use of varied resources to gain or expand knowledge. What does a reader look for and how can s/he find it? How does a reader know a source can be trusted? How does one organize and synthesize information from various sources?