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State Core ILO's

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Seventh Grade Language Arts Core
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)


The overarching intent of language arts instruction in grades 7-12 is for students to value,
appreciate, and demonstrate literacy through expressive and receptive language skills, and to
understand and investigate the self, others, the culture, and the environment. The Intended
Learning Outcomes (ILOs) describe the goals for language arts skills and attitudes. They are an
integral part of the Core, and should be included as part of instruction. Process skills in language
arts domains are critical to the development of high levels of literacy and lead to understanding
and internalizing ILOs.


1. Demonstrate a Positive Attitude Toward Language Arts Skills and Processes
a. Develop confidence in the ability to access text.
b. Enjoy the processes and outcomes of reading and writing.
c. Develop confidence in the ability to express ideas, emotions, and experiences.


2. Demonstrate Appreciation for the Role of Language Arts
a. Recognize that the study of themes and values in texts is preparation for responsible
participation in society.
b. Use language arts skills and strategies to think critically, communicate with others, and
understand our culture and common heritage.
c. Develop thinking and language acquisition together through interactive learning.
d. Recognize that in studying language arts students will learn the strategies necessary for
acquiring academic knowledge, achieving common academic standards, and learning
independently.


3. Demonstrate Understanding of the Nature of Language
a. Understand that language enhances and identifies human beings as meaning makers.
b. Understand that language is the vehicle for constructing knowledge, acquiring skills, and
developing habits of mind.
c. Understand that language captures and records human aspirations and imagination.
d. Understand that language is continuously evolving as a reflection of human evolution.
e. Understand that language acquisition is not a matter of refining skills, but of increasing
confidence, insight, and discernment.
f. Understand that language conveys the depth of human experience, evoking both emotion
and reason.


4. Understand and Use Receptive and Expressive Oral Language Skills to Communicate
a. Give and seek information in conversations, in group discussions, and in oral
presentations.
b. Use questioning techniques to gain information.
c. Participate in and report on small group learning activities.
d. Develop and deliver individual presentations.
e. Plan, present, and critique the oral delivery of information and persuasive argument.
f. Plan, present, and critique dramatic readings of literary selections.



5. Use the Skills, Strategies, and Processes of Reading
a. Develop an enjoyment for reading as a lifelong way to learn.
b. Access background knowledge to prepare to read and enjoy texts.
c. Use meta-cognition strategies during reading to monitor comprehension.
d. Improve comprehension by using strategies when meaning breaks down.
e. Retain information from and respond to text after reading.


6. Use the Skills, Strategies, and Processes of Writing
a. Develop a distinctive writing voice.
b. Understand that writing is a process of skills, strategies, and practices for creating,
revising, and editing a variety of texts.
c. Develop reflective abilities and meta-awareness about writing.
d. Use writing to discover and explore ideas.
e. Develop collaborative writing skills to prepare for workplace writing.
f. Understand that writing is a tool for thinking: solving problems, exploring issues,
constructing questions, addressing inquiry.
g. Understand that reading and writing are interrelated: writers approach new reading
experiences with enhanced appreciation for the text.
h. Appreciate the value of personal writing and writing-to-learn in daily applications of
knowledge.

 

Course Description
The needs of early adolescents are a fundamental concern to seventh grade language arts
teachers. Teachers attempt to meet the unique needs of these students by using curriculum
concepts such as thematic organization, teaming among teachers, appropriate grouping, and
interdisciplinary efforts. At the seventh grade level, the Utah Core focuses on reading and
writing experiences that are developmentally appropriate: vocabulary instruction that
distinguishes literal meanings of words from more complex meanings, comprehension that focus
on text features and structures, retelling and paraphrasing, and distinguishing main idea and
details. Writing instruction emphasizes personal or self connections, basic skills in analytical
evaluation and assessment of writing, and editing skills that are specific and clearly delineated.
The research or inquiry skills identified are fundamental to investigation of a topic or question,
with basic oral and written reporting skills.

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