Teacher Materials

Language Arts Learning Goals
Jill developed learning goals in Language Arts for the It's a Wild Project
that reinforce the needed skills of researching, reading for information, and technical writing.

Key: (Roman numerals, numbers, and letters reference actual Idaho Standards)
ALL CAPS = LANGUAGE ARTS TOPIC AREAS
Bold = K-12 Idaho Language Arts Standards
a), b), c) in a yellow row = 8th Grade Content Knowledge and Skill Targets for Language Arts
Italics = Represent teacher-selected specific performance objectives for project.
Investigating:
Learning the preliminary content-specific skills
II. STUDENTS WRITE TO DEMONSTRATE SKILLS AND CONVENTIONS ACCORDING TO PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE
. 1. Understand and use the writing process
   a. Understand and use steps of the writing process
      i. Brainstorm and narrow a topic.
      ii. Use the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature as a source of information.
Applying:
 Utilizing skills in real-world processes
II. STUDENTS WRITE TO DEMONSTRATE SKILLS AND CONVENTIONS ACCORDING TO PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE
. 6. Write to gather, synthesize, and communicate research findings.
   a. Begin to use a variety of technological and informational resources to perform the following:
  • Avoid plagiarism through proper use of paraphrasing, quoting , and citing.
  • Formulate thesis or focus and provide relevant support
   b. Present research findings.