Education and Early Childhood Learning

Senior 2 English Language Arts: A Foundation for Implementation

Implementation Overview: Senior 2

The Implementation Overview includes the following sections:

The Senior 2 Student and the Learning Environment identifies characteristics of the Senior 2 learner and their implications for teachers, and discusses ways of fostering a will to learn and creating a stimulating learning environment.

• Characteristics of Senior 2 Learners
• Fostering a Will to Learn / Fostering Motivation / Creating a Stimulating Learning Environment

Language Learning discusses the dynamic processes of language learning, and how they are accomplished and expressed through the six language arts: listening and speaking, reading and writing, and viewing and representing.

• Dynamic Processes in Literacy Learning / Six Language Arts

English Language Arts Content examines the dimensions of learning in the language arts classroom, and explores the question of content and text selection in the context of the evolution of English language arts curricula. It suggests classroom practices that promote literacy and strategic learning.

• The Evolution of ELA
• Promoting Strategic Learning / Scaffolding: Supporting Students in Strategic Learning

Classroom Assessment

• Planning for Assessment
• Characteristics of Effective Assessment
• Managing Classroom Assessment

Planning, Teaching, and Learning with Learning Outcomes

• ELA Learning Outcomes / Planning with Learning Outcomes / Planning with the End in Mind
• Getting Started: A Planning Vignette / August / First Class / First Week
• Using Initial Assessment for Planning /  End of Third Week / Planning the First Instructional and Learning Unit
• Instructional Approaches / Selecting Teaching and Learning Activities
• Phases of Learning /  Fourth Week
• Planning Balanced Programming for the School Year / Suggested Resources

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