If you are interested in Language Arts, this is the dream school. The teachers are passionate about the subjects and themes that we teach. Some goals we have as a language arts department - students maintain a formative efolio throughout their high school career, culminating in a showcase efolio in their graduation year
- reading: students read a minimum of five books a year (in their efolios the grade level of these novels will be shown)
- communication: students become leaders in the classroom through activities like leading class discussions all the way to leading seminars for full 1.5 hour classes
- students will experience that what happens in their language arts classes is relevant and ongoing in their lives
- community: a community of learners: everyone gets to lead and everyone gets to listen, including the teacher/facilitator
- creative writing: every student will have 10 polished pieces of creative writing to put in their showcase efolio
- a minimum of 3 short stories
- a minimum of 3 poems
- optional: plays, screenplays/scripts, novellas & novels,
- expository writing: every student will have 3 polished pieces to put in their showcase efolio
- to show growth over time, there will be a variety of length and styles of essays and research papers
- to reflect on their writing, some drafts will include self assessments
- reflection writing: to save people's lives, we will insist that they write every day.
- reflecting on your experience or process
- reflecting on your thoughts, feelings, sensations, the gamut of being
- reflecting on your communication skills
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