High School English

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English Language Arts Content Standards

English Language Arts Grade Level Expectations

 
ALL GRADES
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Prekindergarten
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Kindergarten
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Grade 1
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Grade 2
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Grade 3
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Grade 4
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Grade 5
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Grade 6
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Grade 7
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Grade 8
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Grade 9
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Grade 10
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Grades 11-12
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Comprehensive Curriculum

English I
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English II
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English III
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English IV
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Business English
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Focused Learning Lessons

These Focused Learning Lessons were designed for high school students to provide lessons geared toward their individual needs. The lessons use effective methods to target specific content, are based on the standards, benchmarks, and grade-level expectations, and may be used in classes to assist students in learning content for Louisiana's high stakes testing programs.
 

 Introduction  

Composition / Proofreading

  Lesson 1: Capitalization
Reading and Responding Lesson 2: Spelling
Lesson 1: Compare/Contrast Lesson3: Punctuation
Lesson 2: Short Story Elements Lesson 4: Misused Words
Lesson 3: Short Story: Irony Lesson 5: Personal Pronouns
Lesson 4: Character Analysis Lesson 6: Subj/Verb Agr.
Lesson 5: Comparing Characters Lesson 7: Brainstorming
Lesson 6: Tone & Theme Lesson 8: Cluster/Topic Sent.
Lesson 7: Structure of a Poem Lesson 9: Essay Organization
Lesson 8: Relating Main Ideas Lesson 10: Basic Letter
Lesson 9: Drawing Conclusions  
Lesson 10: Theme in Poetry Using Information Resources
Lesson 11: Figurative Language Lesson 1: Timeline
Lesson 12: Compare/Contrast Lesson 2: Outlining
Lesson 13: Drawing Conclusions Lesson 3: Topic Sentence
Lesson 14: Irony & Symbolism Lesson 4: TOC/Index
Lesson 15: Figurative Language Lesson 5: Works Cited Page
Lesson 16: Irony & Theme Lesson 6: Parenthetical Cit.
Lesson 17: Using Technology Lesson 7: Bibliography
Lesson 18: Analyzing Nonfiction Lesson 8: Thesis/Paraphrase
Lesson 19: Comparing Themes Lesson 9: Using the Internet
Lesson 20: Poetry in a Song Lesson 10: Synthesizing Info.
 

These are the standards-based lessons presented on the LPB series "Reaching for Results: Teacher-to-Teacher."
They are for high school classroom teachers and include all necessary handouts and references.

English Language Arts
Lesson 1: Reading in the Movies
Lesson 2: Bio Poem I'm Nobody
Lesson 3: A Sure Bet
Lesson 4: Paraphrasing
Lesson 5: Looking at Life as a Metaphor
Lesson 6: Compare/Contrast Poetry
Lesson 7: Letter Writing
Lesson 8: A Heritage Study
Lesson 9: Pathfinders
Lesson 10: Class Forums

 

Professional Organizations

National Council of Teachers of English
The Louisiana Council of Teachers of English (LCTE)
The LCTE helps the teachers of English language arts, grades kindergarten through graduate school, stay abreast of the latest changes in the field and to help them enable their students to reach their greatest potential.

http://www.reading.org/
A professional membership organization dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit. Members include classroom teachers, reading specialists, consultants, administrators, supervisors, university faculty, researchers, psychologists, librarians, media specialists, and parents.