North Carolina Community College System College and Career Readiness Adult Secondary Education Content Standards Level 5, Grade Levels 9.0 – 12.9 Prepared by: Dianne B. Barber & Steven J. Schmidt Adult Basic Skills Professional Development Appalachian State University Boone, NC Prepared for: North Carolina Community College System Department of College and Career Readiness September 2014 Introduction This notebook contains standards to help instructors understand what adult secondary students should know and be able to do in the four content areas of language arts, math, science, and social studies. Adult secondary students function in grade level equivalents 9.0 to 12.9 and study in adult high school diploma and high school equivalency programs. These standards should guide programs as they create and align their curricula. Language Arts and Math Standards The language arts and math standards come from the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCR) which were released by The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) in April 2013. The CCR Standards were distilled from the Common Core State Standards and reflect the essential skills and knowledge that adult students should have to be prepared for postsecondary education and training, work, and citizenship. The CCR standards recognize that adult learners need a manageable set of standards since adult learners usually attend class less than 100 hours over the course of a program year, have some prior schooling, and benefit from previous life experiences. Language arts encompass standards from speaking and listening, reading, writing, and language. Students are expected to read increasingly complex texts and gain the ability to evaluate arguments while understanding challenging works. Writing standards guide students as they learn to create arguments and write informative, explanatory, and narrative texts. Language standards provide rules for written and spoken English as well as for acquiring new vocabulary. The language arts and math standards have both been divided into four parts based on the North Carolina Community College System Career and College Readiness Adult Secondary Education Credential courses facilitated by Adult Basic Skills Professional Development at Appalachian State University. These divisions are as follows, and each course covers these topics: Language Arts ASE LA 1-‐Production and Distribution of Writing: How to write informative and narrative texts ASE LA 2-‐Using Research in Writing Endeavors: How to conduct research, evaluate sources and create argument based writing ASE LA 3-‐Understanding and Analyzing Literature: How to analyze and understand literature including poetry and prose ASE LA 4-‐Understanding and Analyzing Informational Texts: How to analyze and understand informative texts Math ASE MA 1-‐Algebraic Concepts and Expressions: How to understand and solve radical expressions along with performing operations on polynomial and rational expressions ASE MA 2-‐Algebraic Equations and Inequalities: How to create, represent, explain, and solve algebraic equations and inequalities ASE MA 3-‐Algebraic Functions and Models: How to interpret and evaluate functions and model mathematical expressions in various forms ASE MA 4-‐Geometry, Probability, and Statistics: How to interpret and solve problems in geometry, probability, and statistics Science and Social Studies Standards As the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education only cover math and language arts, the science and social studies standards are based on the North Carolina Essential Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards. The Essential Standards guide secondary instruction for North Carolina high school students and were developed by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. These Essential Standards were adopted to ensure the most rigorous and relevant standards to guide instruction for 21st Century students. The Next Generation Science Standards were developed by teams of writers from 26 states. The standards include the core ideas science students should know, the practices scientists engage in as they work, and the crosscutting concepts that link the different domains of science. The science and social studies standards have both been divided into four parts based on the North Carolina Community College System Career and College Readiness Adult Secondary Education Credential courses facilitated by Adult Basic Skills Professional Development at Appalachian State University. These divisions are as follows: Science ASE SC 1-‐Living Organisms and Ecosystems: How to understand various life forms as they interact with each other across the Earth ASE SC 2-‐Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution: How genetic material and molecules function on Earth ASE SC 3-‐Physical Science: How to conduct scientific inquiry while understanding the physical principles and chemistry of the natural world ASE SC 4-‐Environmental, Earth and Space Science: How the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, and biosphere work together on Earth and other planets Social Studies ASE SS 1-‐US History (Colonial Period to 1877): How to understand, see the relevance of, and think about the major events in United States history from early exploration through Reconstruction ASE SS 2-‐Modern US History (1877 to the Present): How to understand, see the relevance of, and think about the major events in United States history from Reconstruction through recent events ASE SS 3-‐Civics and Economics: How to understand and apply fundamental concepts in civics and economics including personal finance applications ASE SS 4-‐World History: How to understand, see the relevance of, and think about the major events in world history from the mid-‐1500s through recent events All areas of the Adult Secondary Education Standards have checklists that both instructors and students can use to track their progress of standard mastery. These checklists appear at the end of each of the four major sections. North Carolina Community College System College and Career Readiness Adult Secondary Education Content Standards Level 5, Grade Levels 9.0 – 12.9 Language Arts Speaking and Listening -‐ 1.3 ASE LA 1: Production and Distribution of Writing Standards – 1.5 Instructor Checklist – 1.23 Student Checklist – 1.30 ASE LA 2: Using Research in Writing Endeavors Standards – 1.9 Instructor Checklist – 1.26 Student Checklist – 1.33 ASE LA 3: Understanding and Analyzing Literature Standards – 1.11 Instructor Checklist – 1.27 Student Checklist – 1.34 ASE LA 4: Understanding and Analyzing Informational Text Standards – 1.15 Instructor Checklist – 1.28 Student Checklist – 1.35 Updated: September 2014 Language Arts-‐1.1 Updated: September 2014 Language Arts-‐1.2 Adult Secondary Education Speaking and Listening Standards Including, but not limited to, skills necessary for formal presentations, the Speaking and Listening Standards require students to develop a range of broadly useful oral communication and interpersonal skills. The standards ask students to learn to work together, express and listen carefully to ideas, integrate information from oral, visual, quantitative, and media sources, evaluate what they hear, use media and visual displays strategically to help achieve communicative purposes, and adapt speech to context and task. These standards should be integrated though out Language Arts instruction. CCR Anchor 1: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-‐on-‐one, in groups, and teacher-‐ led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. a. Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-‐reasoned exchange of ideas. b. Work with peers to set rules for collegial discussions and decision-‐making (e.g., informal consensus, taking votes on key issues, presentation of alternate views), clear goals and deadlines, and individual roles as needed. c. Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions. d. Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives, summarize points of agreement and disagreement, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views and understanding and make new connections in light of the evidence and reasoning presented. (SL.9-‐10.1) CCR Anchor 2: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data. (SL.11-‐12.2) CCR Anchor 3: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used. (SL.11-‐12.3) CCR Anchor 4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. (SL.9-‐10.4) CCR Anchor 5: Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. (SL.11-‐12.5) CCR Anchor 6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating a command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (SL.11-‐12.6) Updated: September 2014 Language Arts-‐1.3 Updated: September 2014 Language Arts-‐1.4 ASE LA 1: Production and Distribution of Writing LA.1.1: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. CCR Anchor 2 What Learner Should Know, Understand, Objectives Teaching Notes and Examples and Be Able to Do Write informative/explanatory texts to Students are expected to write Writing Expository (Informative) Texts examine and convey complex ideas, informative texts that examine and https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resou concepts, and information clearly and communicate complex ideas, concepts, or rce/685/02/ accurately through the effective selection, information clearly and accurately. They organization, and analysis of content. should effectively select, organize, and Examples of Informative/Explanatory a. Introduce a topic; organize complex analyze their content. Essay ideas, concepts, and information to Selecting includes: http://achievethecore.org/page/504/com make important connections and • Using relevant and sufficient facts, mon-‐core-‐informative-‐explanatory-‐writing distinctions; include formatting (e.g., definitions, details, and quotes See the grade 9-‐10 example Gains of the headings), graphics (e.g., figures, • Using sources that are appropriate to Great Depression that shows examples of tables), and multimedia when useful to task, audience, and purpose each objective aiding comprehension. • Choosing precise words and domain-‐ b. Develop the topic with well-‐chosen, specific vocabulary Expository Essay relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, Organizing includes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_tZL quotations, or other information and • Introducing a topic tmwesU examples appropriate to the audience’s • Arranging ideas, concepts, and knowledge of the topic. information to show interrelationships Note: To be college-‐ and career-‐ready c. Use appropriate and varied transitions • Formatting effectively writers, students must take task, purpose, to link the major sections of the text, and audience into careful consideration, • Developing a topic create cohesion, and clarify the choosing words, information, structures, relationships among complex ideas and • Organizing graphics and formats deliberately. These skills work concepts. • Providing multimedia when useful in tandem with reading expectations-‐-‐as d. Use precise language and domain-‐ • Using transitions to link together the expressed in the reading standards for specific vocabulary to manage the major sections of the text informational texts-‐-‐so that students are complexity of the topic. • Writing a concluding statement that examining authors’ craft and style and applying what they have observed to their e. Establish and maintain a formal style supports the information presented own writing. In the ninth grade as students and objective tone while attending to • Choosing a formal style and objective explore writing informational text they the norms and conventions of the tone need to learn how to make deliberate discipline in which they are writing. Analyzing includes: choices as writers. They need to f. Provide a concluding statement or • Deciding what organization is most understand that establishing task, section that follows from and supports effective for purpose, audience, and audience, and purpose prior to writing will the information or explanation task then influence their word choice, the presented (e.g., articulating • Determining how many facts, supporting details they choose, the tone implications or the significance of the definitions, details, quotations and they use, and the organizational features topic). other information are needed they will need to effectively communicate. Ninth graders should learn how to organize their writing. Often students do not see the correlation between developing a topic and organizing a paper. As students become more skilled with writing informational texts, they should pay more attention to the words they use to communicate ideas. They should develop a strong formal style appropriate for their task. They should be able to maintain a tone that is free of bias. They should learn how to integrate multimedia when appropriate and effective. Updated: September 2014 Language Arts-‐1.5 LA.1.2: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-‐chosen details, and well-‐ structured event sequences. CCR Anchor 3 What Learner Should Know, Understand, Objectives Teaching Notes and Examples and Be Able to Do Write narratives to develop real or Students are expected to write narratives Narrative Essays imagined experiences or events using – conveying an experience that is real or https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resou effective technique, well-‐chosen details, imagined – and using time as its deep rce/685/04/ and well-‐structured event sequences. structure. The writing should have form or a. Engage and orient the reader by setting structure based on a progression of events Narrative Essay Example out a problem, situation, or that build upon each other. As with all http://achievethecore.org/page/505/com observation, establishing one or good writing, students should select multiple point(s) of view, and effective details using precise language. mon-‐core-‐narrative-‐writing-‐list-‐pg introducing a narrator and/or They should establish point of view(s), Scroll down to find “The Day the Tractor characters; create a smooth introduce a narrator, provide characters, Came” example progression of experiences or events. and present a situation. Students should be aware of and apply narrative b. Use narrative techniques, such as Narrative Writing techniques including dialogue, description, dialogue, pacing, description, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTft-‐ and plot in order to develop experiences, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to l5LTG4 events, and/or characters choosing words develop experiences, events, and/or that create vivid pictures. Students should characters. provide a conclusion to the events they set c. Use a variety of techniques to sequence out at the beginning of their narrative. events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole. d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters. e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative. LA.1.3: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. CCR Anchor 4 What Learner Should Know, Understand, Objectives Teaching Notes and Examples and Be Able to Do Produce clear and coherent writing in Students are expected to produce writing Analyzing a Writing Prompt to Determine which the development, organization, and that is clear and understandable to the Task, Audience, and Purpose style are appropriate to task, purpose, and reader. Task (type of writing assignment), https://learnzillion.com/lessons/2244-‐ audience. audience (the intended reader), and analyze-‐a-‐writing-‐prompt-‐to-‐determine-‐ purpose (the writer’s designated reason the-‐task-‐purpose-‐and-‐audience for writing) should be reflected in the student’s style, organization, and development of a topic. Updated: September 2014 Language Arts-‐1.6
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