Goals

In ELA you will become...

SPEAKERS & LISTENERS...

...that:

• Participate in conversations. 
• Take turns. 
• Respect others. 
• Ask questions and for help. 
• Get more information. 
• Confirm they have understood. 
• Clarify for others. 
• Describe people, places, events and things. 
• Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly. 

WRITERS...

...that write using correct:

• Grammar.
• Paragraph structure.
  
• Punctuation.
• Capitalization.
• Sentence construction.
• Spelling.
• Usage.

...that must:

• Include a heading or title.
• Include the date.
• Underline title of book.
• Use correct punctuation. 
• Include page number and total number of pages. 
• Put author’s last name first. 
• Use specific details from the text to support responses. 
• Focus their responses on the prompt. 
• Answer prompts in adequate length. 
• Use correct spelling.

READERS...

...that read:

• Non-fiction
• Fiction
• Poetry
• Drama

...that can:

• Identify themes
• Interpret author’s decisions on word choice, content and literary elements. 
• Identify literary forms and genres. 
• Evaluate literary merit.
• Identify the effect of a point of view. 
• Analyze the reasons behind a character’s actions. 
• Make inferences and draw conclusions about fictional contexts, events, characters, settings and themes. 
• Identify stereotypical characters as opposed to fully developed characters. 
• Identify the effect of literary devices such as figurative language, allusion, diction, dialogue and description.