004+RWG+Outcomes

004 Reading Learner Outcomes
By the end of 004, students will be able to read a low advanced level text of at least 1000 words at a rate of 200 words per minute with 70% or better comprehension.

Low advanced level is defined as: Flesch Reading Ease indicator 50-60 Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Grade 9-11 K1 words (1000 most common words in English) 70-80%

To achieve this learner outcome, using materials appropriate to the level, the students will learn to

1. state their purpose for reading and choose appropriate strategies for this purpose. 2. use pre-reading strategies, including
 *  surveying a text
 *  predicting content
 *  formulating questions

3. use reading strategies, including
 *  using contextual clues and morphology to determine the meaning of new vocabulary
 *  using an English-English dictionary
 *  understanding pronoun reference
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> skimming to find the main idea
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> scanning to find specific information
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> distinguishing main idea from details
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> recognizing paragraph structure
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> recognizing rhetorical forms (genres)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> recognizing and understanding connecting words
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> using grammar to analyze sentences
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> recognizing the intended audience of the text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> recognizing the author’s purpose (entertain, inform, persuade)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> distinguishing fact from opinion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> drawing conclusions and making inferences
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> identifying the author’s tone and point of view
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> recognizing documentation of outside sources, such as reported speech, quotations, citations, and end of text references.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">4. use post-reading strategies, including
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> annotating a text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> using graphic organizers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> checking predictions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> answering questions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> summarizing a text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> paraphrasing sentences


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">004 Writing Learner Outcomes **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Process Writing

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">1. By the end of 004, students will be able to write a unified, coherent four-to-five paragraph essay by
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">using prewriting strategies to generate ideas and to plan
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">creating a first draft
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">revising the draft based on feedback received
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">editing the draft
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">using correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation and formatting


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Timed Writing **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">2. By the end of 004, within a 30-minute time limit, students will be able to write a unified, coherent four-to-five paragraph essay with:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">an introduction
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">a thesis statement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">body paragraphs with topic sentences and support
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">a conclusion

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">using:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">topic-appropriate vocabulary
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">appropriate transitional expressions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">appropriate grammatical structures

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">given a prompt relating to a topic they have not previously read about and discussed.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">To achieve these learner outcomes, students will


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">apply the steps of the writing process: demonstrate awareness of audience and purposedemonstrate awareness of audience and purpose
 * 2) use prewriting strategies to explore a topic and organize writing
 * 3) use post-writing strategies (revising, editing and proofreading) to rewrite drafts
 * 4) demonstrate awareness of audience and purpose
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">apply self-, peer- and teacher-assessment criteria
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">write essays with
 * 7) introductions and thesis statements
 * 8) body paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting evidence and cohesive devices
 * 9) conclusions
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">write for academic purposes using a variety of rhetorical forms, including: use outside sources in their writing by citing and quoting or paraphrasing a sourceuse outside sources for their writing by paraphrasing or quoting or paraphrasing a source
 * 11) argument
 * 12) summary/response
 * 13) use outside sources by citing and quoting or paraphrasing a source
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">apply spelling, capitalization and punctuation rules
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">apply the conventions of formatting (spacing, margins, indenting, etc.)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> The following forms of assessment will be used to measure students’ mastery of the outcomes:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">in-class writing assignments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">homework writing assignments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">in-class timed writing assignments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">the end-of-semester reflective writing assignment
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">the end-of-semester MEI writing test


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">004 Grammar Learner Outcomes **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">(It is assumed that the teacher will review and consolidate material from the 001, 002 and 003 grammar outcomes as needed)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">By the end of 004, students will be able to use, accurately and in appropriate contexts:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">adverbial clauses of contrast (while/whereas), condition (hypotheticals, mixed time, inverted word order)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">relative clauses with prepositions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">quoted speech and reported speech
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">parallel structure
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> future progressive
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">future perfect
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">compound modals (should have done, could be doing, might have been doing, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">negatives and questions with these grammatical forms
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> participial phrases and adjectives

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The following forms of assessment will be used to measure students’ mastery of the outcomes:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">in-class assignments (grammar exercises or writing assignments)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">homework assignments (grammar exercises or writing assignments)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">quizzes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">midterm exam
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">grammar achievement test
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Compass test (grammar section)