Earn High School Credit for Language Arts: Reading 2




Home Buy Now Books Reading Planner Vocabulary Tool Gallery Author Blog Testimonials Study Support Homeschoolers Organizations Events Speakers Laws Other FAQ Tell a Friend Contact	Homeschooling » Credit » Language Arts Language Arts: Reading 2 - Old and New Testament Florida Department of Education (courses) Grades: 9th to 12th (Adult) Subject Area: Language Arts Course Number: 1008310 Course Title: Reading II Credit: 1.0 Course Length: 36 weeks (4 segments of 9 weeks is typical) Hours of Accumulated Study: 180 Hours (1 hour per day; 5 days per week) Required Course Materials: Balancing the Sword (Volume 1 or Volume 2) by Allen B. Wolfe Reputable Study Bible Covering Old and New Testament Audio/Visual Bible on DVD or CD Step One. Read all the information below to gain a general sense of this course's summary description, major concepts and content, requirements, and achievement objectives. Step Two. Select your biblical books. You may wish to reference the sample reading plan for this course. Step Three. Use the BTS Reading Planner software to create an itenerary including the books that you've selected combined with your starting date and ending date. Click here for help determining when your school year should start and stop. Step Four. Read the biblical books according to your schedule. Answer the Balancing the Sword questions in either the first or second volume as you progress. Reread each chapter when you fail to successfully answer the BTS questions. Check your answers against the answer key provided in the back of BTS. * More specific instructions will follow. Basic Assumptions for Language Arts Education: Reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing competencies are integrated throughout students’ learning experiences. Benchmarks for the Sunshine State Standards are repeated as needed in course sequences. As students progress from one course to the next, increases should occur in the complexity of materials and tasks and in the students’ independence in the application of skills and strategies. Learning tasks and materials accommodate the individual needs of students. Technology is available for students to develop competencies in the language arts. A. Major Concepts/Content. The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop and strengthen reading skills through integrated experiences in the language arts strands. The content should include, but not be limited to, the following: reading as a complex process cueing systems content area vocabulary reading for meaning through varied texts reading strategies reading fluency integrated reading and writing processes complex response to varied texts critical-thinking and study skills varied reading materials This course shall integrate the Goal 3 Student Performance Standards of the Florida System of School Improvement and Accountability as appropriate to the content and processes of the subject matter. Course student performance standards must be adopted by the district, and they must reflect appropriate Sunshine State Standards benchmarks. B. Special Note. None C. Course Requirements. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the benchmarks from the Sunshine State Standards that are most relevant to this course. Benchmarks correlated with a specific course requirement may also be addressed by other course requirements as appropriate. Some requirements in this course are not addressed in the Sunshine State Standards. Achievement Objectives (AO). After successfully completing this course, the student will: AO-1. Demonstrate knowledge of reading as a complex process, including knowledge of the roles of reader, author, and text structure. LA.E.2.4.2 understand the relationships between and among elements of literature, including characters, plot, setting, tone, point of view, and theme. BTS Assignment: LA-R2-01A. LA.E.2.4.5 analyze the relationships among author’s style, literary form, and intended impact on the reader. BTS Assignment: LA-R2-01B. LA.E.2.4.6 recognize and explain those elements in texts that prompt a personal response, such as connections between one’s own life and the characters, events, motives, and causes of conflict in texts. BTS Assignment: LA-R2-01C. AO-2. Demonstrate use of complex cueing systems (i.e., graphophonic, morphemic, syntactic, semantic, and contextual analysis) to gain meaning from varied text. BTS Assignment: LA-R2-02. AO-3. Demonstrate use of morphological analysis (i.e., prefixes, roots, and suffixes) to construct meaning of vocabulary. LA.A.1.4.2 select and use strategies to understand words and text, and to make and confirm inferences from what is read, including interpreting diagrams, graphs, and statistical illustrations (i.e., picture cueing system). AO-4. Demonstrate use of appropriate and effective vocabulary, including specific content area vocabulary. LA.A.1.4.3 refine vocabulary for interpersonal, academic, and workplace situations, including figurative, idiomatic, and technical meanings. AO-5. Construct meaning of text through inference, application, analysis, and evaluation. LA.A.2.4.1 determine the main idea and identify relevant details, methods of development, and their effectiveness in a variety of types of written material. LA.E.2.4.1 analyze the effectiveness of complex elements of plot, such as setting, major events, problems, conflicts, and resolutions. AO-6. Demonstrate use of before, during, and after reading strategies and critical-thinking skills to enhance comprehension of literary, informational, and technical text. LA.A.1.4.1 select and use prereading strategies that are appropriate to the text, such as discussion, making predictions, brainstorming, generating questions, and previewing to anticipate content, purpose, and organization of a reading selection. LA.A.1.4.4 apply a variety of response strategies, including rereading, note taking, summarizing, outlining, writing a formal report, and relating what is read to his or her own experiences and feelings. LA.A.2.4.2 determine the author’s purpose and point of view and their effects on the text. LA.A.2.4.5 identify devices of persuasion and methods of appeal and their effectiveness. LA.A.2.4.7 analyze the validity and reliability of primary source information and use the information appropriately. AO-7. Demonstrate flexible use of strategies and rates suited to varied purposes and types of reading materials. AO-8. Demonstrate comprehension of multiple sources of text and graphic information through critical response (e.g., analysis, hypothesis, evaluation, synthesis). LA.A.2.4.8 synthesize information from multiple sources to draw conclusions. AO-9. Apply critical-thinking and study skills to enhance achievement. LA.A.2.4.6 select and use appropriate study and research skills and tools according to the type of information being gathered or organized, including almanacs, government publications, microfiche , [Internet], news sources, and information services. AO-10. Select, analyze, and use materials (e.g., fictional, multicultural, informational, technical) for varied purposes, including reading for recreation. LA.A.2.4.3 describe and evaluate personal preferences regarding fiction and nonfiction. LA.A.2.4.4 locate, gather, analyze, and evaluate written information for a variety of purposes, including research projects, realworld tasks, and self-improvement. Original Course Description - 2002 (source) List of Courses
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