Module 4—Literacy Strands Arts Education

Learning Outcomes Participants will: explore the relationship between the new Essential Standards and the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Identify the natural links between Arts Instruction and Literacy concepts

 Demonstrate independence  Build strong content knowledge  Respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline  Comprehend as well as critique  Value evidence  Use technology and digital media strategically and capably  Come to understand other perspectives and cultures

Demonstrate Independence  Understand key points ◦ (e.g. Plot, Focal Points, Musical Theme)  Build on others’ ideas & articulate their own ◦ (e.g. improvisation, presentation)  Broad vocabulary ◦ (e.g. movement, stage directions, dynamic markings, visual art techniques)

 Build Content Knowledge ◦ Read purposefully ◦ Listen attentively ◦ Gain discipline-specific expertise

 Respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline ◦ Nuance ◦ Tone ◦ Context

 Comprehend as well as critique ◦ Open-minded ◦ Discerning ◦ Adhere to protocol

 Value evidence ◦ Describe what you see in the painting… ◦ Describe what you hear that supports… ◦ Describe what movements were … ◦ Describe the characterization … ◦ Describe the technical elements that …

 Use technology and digital media strategically and capably ◦ How do students have an opportunity to use technology and digital media in your arts classroom?

 Come to understand other perspectives and cultures ◦ Global nature of the 21st century classroom ◦ Learning from one another & working together ◦ Communicate effectively with others ◦ Demonstrate respect

 Key Ideas and Details ◦ Read closely, make logical inferences, cite specific evidence ◦ Determine central ideas - summarize key supporting details and ideas ◦ Analyze how & why individuals, events, ideas develop and interact over the course of the text  Consider how this happens in your classroom.

 Craft and Structure ◦ Interpret words and phrases ◦ Analyze structure of texts ◦ Assess how point of view/purpose shapes the work  Consider how this happens in your classroom… College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards

 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas ◦ Use content presented in a variety of ways ◦ Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text ◦ Analyze how 2 or more “texts” address similar themes (compare approaches of the authors) College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards

 #10 - Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity ◦ Text complexity ◦ Classic & Contemporary as well as Informational Text ◦ Myths, US Documents, American Literature, Shakespeare College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards

 Reading (comprehension, fluency)  Writing (clarity, compelling)  Speaking & Listening (articulation, perception)  Language conventions (e.g. rules, vocabulary)

Learning Outcomes Participants have explored the relationship between the new Essential Standards and the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & identified the natural links between Arts Instruction and Literacy concepts Share: 1) an affirmation of something you already do 2) an element that you will try in the next 3 weeks 3) a concept that you would like to try but may need more support Wrap-up & Next Steps