ELA Instruction

A brief overview of the essential components of ELA instruction:

1. Reading
• Aside from the obvious, reading, a core aspect of reading is comprehension, the capability of understanding the text. Understanding text can have many levels, and the more a student can make connections between ideas and other texts as well as point out inconsistencies, ambiguities and potentially other issues, the farther along the student has progressed.
2. Writing
• Writing has many complexities. A student must plan the layout, apply revisions, or adjustments and critiques. There is also an understanding of how to apply citations, quotes etc..
3. Speaking and Listening
• A student must learn to communicate. Communication includes listening, understanding, expressing oneself and then integrating that information.
4. Language
• There very well may be more exceptions than rules in the English language! A student has to have an understanding of appropriate vocabulary and domain-specific words and phrases (a cookie to one person may mean a yummy treat, however to a computer engineer it may mean an electronic trace)