English

English / Language Arts Philosophy @ EBV

At Escuela Bella Vista, study in English, which involves Reading, Composition, Literature and Media, enables students to use the language confidently and competently in a variety of situations for communication, personal growth and learning. Through exposure to a wide range of learning experiences that include print and non-print materials, that have literary and informational purposes, the students are given opportunities to read and write, view and discuss, or interpret and perform in order to understand and communicate meaning.

General Essential Agreements of English/Language Arts at EBV

English teachers at EBV

• Help students demonstrate language development through literacy and provide opportunities for meaningful interaction in all classes.
• Seek to incorporate technology in every unit, in a manner that is appropriate and relevant to the needs of the student learning.
• Ensure that English is the only language used in the classroom at all times (except when the unit requires the inclusion of another language).
• Maintain awareness of the continuum of the curriculum and adhere to this at all times
• Review the McREL standards and benchmarks on which they are based, annually.
• Ensure that each year there is at least one writing sample for every student in the class.
• Apply a common set of proof-reading symbols for writing assignments.
• Help students identify and use grammar and conventions regularly.
• Provides support to subject teachers in language teaching, when called upon to do so.
• Provides opportunities for viewing and strategies fro interpreting visual media at least once every unit.

Standards-based Essential Agreements for English / Language Arts at EBV

WRITING

• Facilitate the development of the writing skill by providing opportunities for students to edit, proof read and revise draft versions of every writing assignment.

READING

• Facilitate active reading using a range of appropriate texts that include various literary genres, non-literary text types and media.
• Ensure that students have the opportunity to learn and use general reading skills and strategies of the reading process at each grade level.

LISTENING & SPEAKING

• Facilitate the development of listening and speaking strategies in every quarter, keeping in mind appropriacy of purpose and audience.

MEDIA & VIEWING

• Facilitate the understanding of various characteristics and components of viewing media at each grade level
• Facilitate use of viewing skills in and out of the classroom, every quarter