Kent School District students in language arts will actively listen to, interpret, and respond to diverse oral communications. Kent School District students in language arts will connect all facets of language, utilize universal communication modes effectively, and accept personal and public accountability. The analysis of the power of language can promote universal understanding. Evaluating structural relationships can increase the power of communication. Understanding universal truths can affect creative responses.
Creative communication can enhance the understanding of the universality of human experience.
Creative communication can increase cultural empathy. Student symposia, panel discussions, interpretive readings, and speeches will be evaluated by the teacher according to effective speaking techniques, accurate interpretation of literature, and effective use of media in presentation. Compositions, speeches, and media presentations will be evaluated by the teacher according to the ability to speak to a specific audience, accurate use of Greek and Latin context cues, and logical analysis of common themes in diverse cultural literature. This book is an essential source for those teachers who want students to go beyond average word study. It gives in-depth, interesting etymologies from Latin and Greek origins and offers interesting anecdotal entries concerning words and their assimilation into the English language.