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Language Arts/English instruction has to be engaging and relevant.  Students need to learn the things that this course has to offer but will not be able to if they feel a disconnect from the material.  By bringing in texts of interests, different genres of text, and encouraging students to bring in their own ideas and texts, teachers will be more likely to bring bring many students into the world of Language Arts/English instruction; hopefully they will see this world as somewhere exciting that they want to remain in for years to come. See what your class and students enjoy and are interested in and use that to make their experiences in this class mean something!

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Media Studies Activity - Staying Safe Online

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Media Studies Activity - Behind the Scenes

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Media Studies Activity - Comparing Perspectives

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Writing Actvitity - Children's Literature

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Oral Language Activity - Live Tweet Interview

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English instruction is a critical element of our students' education because it sets them up to be successful in all of their other high school courses as well as in daily life.  An effective program should help students to develop their oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills by studying and creating a variety of texts. Students will also learn what strategies and processes they can use to interpret and understand texts as well as communicate their thoughts clearly and effectively.

In order to reach these Intermediate learners, the English classroom should  exciting so that students are motivated to learn.  Students need to drawn in with interesting and relevant lessons that ignite a love language arts-learning in them.  The English classroom must also be a place where students feel supported to take risks, share their thoughts, and expose themselves through language.  With this kind of learning environment, students will be able to make meaning of what they experience in class and take them with them as they go through their lives.

Below are each of the strands of the English curriculum where you will find activities relating to each one. See the attachment in each post for a description, rationale, and assessment tool sample for each activity.