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General Outcome #1
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to explore thoughts, ideas,
feelings and experiences.
1.1 Discover and Explore
Express ideas and develop understanding Experiment with language
and orms
Express preerences !et goals
1.2 Clarify and Extend
"onsider others ideas "om#ine ideas Extend understanding
General Outcome #2
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to comprehend and
respond personally and critically to oral, print, and other media texts.
2.1 !se Strate"ies and Cues
$se prior %nowledge $se comprehension !trategies $se textual cues
$se phonics and structural anal&sis $se reerences
2.2 #espond to $exts
Experience various texts "onstruct meaning rom texts
Appreciate the artistr& o texts
2.% !nderstand &orms, Elements and $ec'ni(ues
$nderstand orms and genres $nderstanding techni'ues and elements
Experiment with language
2.% Create Ori"inal $ext
Generate ideas Ela#orate on the expression o ideas !tructure texts
General Outcome #%
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to manage ideas and
information.
%.1 )lan and &ocus
(ocus attention (patterns) topics) audience)
*etermine inormation needs Plan to gather inormation
%.2 Select and &ocus
$se a variet& o sources Access inormation Evaluate resources
%.% Or"ani*e, #ecord, and Evaluate
Organi+e inormation ,ecord inormation Evaluate
inormation
!hare ideas and inormation ,eview research process
General Outcome #+
Students listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to enhance the clarity and
artistry of communication.
+.1 En'ance and ,mprove
Appraise own and others wor% ,evise and edit
Enhance legi#ilit& Expand %nowledge o language Enhance artistr&
+.2 -ttend to Conventions
Attend to grammar and usage Attend to spelling Attend to capitali+ation
and punctuation
+.% )resent and S'are
Present -normation Enhance presentation $se e.ective oral and
visual communication
*emonstrate attentive listening and viewing
General Outcome #.
English Language Arts (ELA) General Learning Outcomes (GLOs) on
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Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to respect, support, and
collaborate with others.
..1 #espect Ot'ers and Stren"t'en Community
Appreciate diversit& ,elate texts to culture
"ele#rate accomplishments and events $se language to show
respect
..2 /ork /it'in a Group
"ooperate with others /or% in groups Evaluate group process