Literacy Lab & Literacy for Life Classes

Instructor Dustin Opitz Phone Number Work 885-7847 ext. 7227 Course Description
This class requires special placement and is designed to supplement the required language arts courses. The purpose of the literacy class is to identify students strengths and weaknesses in reading and writing. We will capitalize on students strengths and interests to encourage reading and writing for pleasure as well as for specific purposes. Specific interventions will be implemented to help students improve their reading and writing skills so they are able to independently read grade-level texts and write with grade-level proficiency standards. Students will read a variety of grade level texts, applying strategies appropriate to various genres. Students will also write for a variety of purposes and audiences in order to improve their ideas, organization, voice, and conventions. Finally, students will speak and listen for a variety of purposes and in a variety of settings.

E-Mail Address duopitz@lcsd2.org

Standards
1. Reading 2. Writing 3. Speaking & Listening Performance Standards The statements below describe how well students must perform the benchmark standards. The proficient level is required to meet the standards. Students performing at a proficient level independently read and comprehend a variety of materials: novels, short stories, and informational text. Students predict outcomes, draw inferences, determine cause/effect, summarize key concepts, and differentiate between fact and opinion. They distinguish readers response and authors purpose, analyze and interpret authors use of literary devices, and distinguish common themes through student-generated work. Students analyze and interpret data. Students also write with well-developed ideas, strong organizational style, engaging and appropriate voice, and with correct formal English conventions. The level descriptors help teachers to judge where students are performing in relation to the standards. A general definition of these levels is provided below. Advanced Students who perform at the advanced level use their knowledge of language arts in complex and abstract situations and can communicate, argue, and articulate information and ideas. Proficient Students who perform at the proficient level use concepts and skills to acquire and communicate information and ideas using appropriate strategies as required by the standards. Basic Students who perform at the basic level use rudimentary knowledge and skills to acquire and communicate information and ideas on well-defined tasks with direction. Read 180 A customized reading instructional program, which includes the following: software focusing on fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary; Wyoming Language Arts 9-12 Grade Standards

Course Materials and Resources

audiobooks for modeled reading; independent reading books; and Read 180 R-Books for direct instruction in reading and writing strategies. Scholastic Scope a current monthly magazine for improving oral reading, reading comprehension, and discussion of current issues.

School Supplies (To be left in classroom)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. one 2 three-ring binder 5 section dividers with tabs binder paper pencils or blue/black pens colored pencils flash drive/memory stick (not required but recommended)

LCSD2 agrees to ensure equitable access and equitable participation in all District courses/classes. All district schools will effectively manage and creatively utilize resources necessary to support student learning. The Districts Board of Trustees is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in relation to race, gender, age, national origin, color, religion, or disability in admission to, or access to, or treatment in its educational programs or activities.