Students who work with Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie’s materials can meet many of the requirements for Senior High School English Language Arts.
Senior High School English Language Arts
Connections to Overall Expectations
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to:
Outcome 1: Explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences
Discover possibilities
- Form tentative understandings, interpretations and positions
- Experiment with language, image and structure
Extend Awareness
- Express preferences, expand interests
- Consider new perspectives
Outcome 2: Comprehend literature and other texts in oral, print, visual and multimedia forms, and respond personally, critically and creatively
Construct meaning from text and context
- Use reference strategies and reference technologies
Understand and appreciate textual forms, elements and techniques
- Relate form, structure and medium to purpose, audience and content
- Relate elements, devices and techniques to created effects
Respond to a variety of print and nonprint texts
- Connect self, text, culture and milieu
- Evaluate the verisimilitude, appropriateness and significance of print and nonprint texts
- Appreciate the effectiveness and artistry of print and nonprint texts
- Construct interpretations that embody both own world and the world of the text
Outcome 3: Manage ideas and information
Determine inquiry or research requirements
- Focus on purpose and presentation form
Follow a plan of inquiry
- Select, record and organize information
- Form generalizations and conclusions
Outcome 4: Create oral, print, visual and multimedia texts, and enhance the clarity and artistry of communication
Develop and present a variety of print and nonprint texts
- Consider and address form, structure and medium
- Develop content
Improve thoughfulness, effectiveness and correctness of communication
- Enhance thought and understanding and support and detail
- Consider and address matters of choice
Outcome 5: Respect, support and collaborate with others
Respect others and stengthen community
- Appreciate diversity of expression, opinion and perspective
- Recognize accomplishments and events
Work within a group
- Cooperate with others, and contribute to group processes