Must gain an awareness of and respect for cultural and individual diversity through varied reading, writing, speaking and listening experiences. Should have access to and knowledge of technology supporting the communication process. The English language arts as a core discipline is complex. At its most basic level, English language arts instruction provides students with basic skills and processes they need to communicate and learn through reading, writing, speaking and listening. English language arts instruction also provides challenging opportunities to study and explore the richness of language and literature.
Students read and study a variety of texts that reflect our diverse literary heritage.
Teachers assist students in developing their own writing and speaking voices as they explore different formats and purposes for communicating. Strands one and two focus on the development of basic skills and processes students acquire to become proficient readers and writers. Strands three and four focus on the construction of meaning and communicative nature of reading and writing. They are represented separately in the document in order to simplify a complex body of information and provide focus on different elements of reading and writing. The graphic that follows illustrates their interrelated nature.