In effective English language arts classrooms at all grade levels, students are actively engaged in reading a variety of literary and non-literary texts. By reading imaginative, expository, and informational texts of increasing complexity, students gain an understanding of the elements and structure of different genres. The standards of this strand outline the reading skills and strategies as well as the literary concepts and vocabulary that enable students to comprehend and appreciate high quality reading materials. General Standards 7 and 8 outline basic reading competencies. General Standard 9 focuses on an understanding of the contemporary context and/or the historical background of literary works. General Standards 10–18 present. | Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework June 2001 Simpo PDF. Merge andSplit Unregistered Version - http The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Education David p. Driscoll ommissioner of Education 350 Main street Malden Massachusetts 02148-5023 Telephone 781 338-3000 Dear Colleagues I am pleased to present to you the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework that was approved by the Board of Education in November 2000. Many people have assisted in creating this outstanding document. We drew on comments from many teachers administrators and specialists on both the 1997 framework and drafts of this framework. We also drew on the work of a committee of educators from school districts across the state. They revised this document while they continued to do their full-time jobs in their districts. Department of Education staff members unified their ideas and prepared the drafts of this framework including its introductory and concluding material. All these efforts have made the very good 1997 framework even better. It provides more guidance on the standards for each grade span. It also provides learning standards for beginning reading PreK-3. It further emphasizes reading and writing skills across all grade levels. For the most part the grade 9-10 learning standards have not been changed in order to keep expectations consistent for the grade 10 English Language Arts assessment. I encourage you to read this document with your colleagues and to work with it as you develop units and lessons for your classrooms. This framework offers you a comprehensive tool for planning your English language arts curriculum. Sincerely yours David P. Driscoll Commissioner of Education Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework June 2001 iii Símiii NiigiiBdãilíliMBiigiiiiiidỂíiiiíìBiiỂiii Ntt ĩiu Table of Contents Introduction 1 Guiding Principles 3 .
