English Language Arts/English Language Development
Key Features of English Language Arts Instruction
- Demonstrate independence
- Build strong content knowledge
- Respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose and discipline
- Comprehend as well as critique
- Value evidence
- Use technology and digital media strategically and capably
- Come to understand other perspectives and cultures
- Focus on Balanced Literacy
- Reading, Writing, and Speaking grounded in evidence from Literary and Informational texts
- Gradual Release Model focusing on mastery over time
SVUSD Adopted Curriculum
