Module 4—Literacy Strands

Arts Education

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:explore the relationship between the new

Essential Standards and the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

Identify the natural links between Arts Instruction and Literacy concepts

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

Demonstrate Independence Understand key points

◦ (e.g. Plot, Focal Points, Musical Theme) Build on others’ ideas & articulate their own

◦ (e.g. improvisation, presentation) Broad vocabulary

◦ (e.g. movement, stage directions, dynamic markings, visual art techniques)

Build Content Knowledge◦Read purposefully

◦Listen attentively

◦Gain discipline-specific expertise

Respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline◦Nuance◦Tone◦Context

Comprehend as well as critique◦Open-minded◦Discerning◦Adhere to protocol

Value evidence◦Describe what you see in the painting…◦Describe what you hear that supports…◦Describe what movements were …◦Describe the characterization …◦Describe the technical elements that …

Use technology and digital media strategically and capably◦How do students have an opportunity to

use technology and digital media in your arts classroom?

Come to understand other perspectives and cultures◦Global nature of the 21st century classroom

◦Learning from one another & working together◦Communicate effectively with others

◦Demonstrate respect

Key Ideas and Details◦ Read closely, make logical inferences, cite

specific evidence◦ Determine central ideas - summarize key

supporting details and ideas◦ Analyze how & why individuals, events, ideas

develop and interact over the course of the text Consider how this happens in your

classroom.

Craft and Structure

◦ Interpret words and phrases

◦ Analyze structure of texts

◦ Assess how point of view/purpose shapes the work

Consider how this happens in your classroom…

College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

◦ Use content presented in a variety of ways

◦ Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific

claims in a text

◦ Analyze how 2 or more “texts” address similar

themes (compare approaches of the authors)

College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards

#10 - Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity

◦ Text complexity

◦ Classic & Contemporary as well as Informational

Text

◦ Myths, US Documents, American Literature,

Shakespeare

College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards

Reading (comprehension, fluency) Writing (clarity, compelling) Speaking & Listening (articulation, perception) Language conventions (e.g. rules, vocabulary)

Learning Outcomes Participants have explored the relationship

between the new Essential Standards and the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & identified the natural links between Arts Instruction and Literacy concepts

Share: 1) an affirmation of something you already do2) an element that you will try in the next 3 weeks3) a concept that you would like to try but may

need more support

Wrap-up & Next Steps