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Introduction to ELA Performance Standards

Executive Summary ELA Introductory Video Unit Planning in ELA Presentation ELA Frameworks GPS Training Materials GPS Online Training Professional Support for Grades K-3 Reading Standards Grades 4-8 Overview Presentation New Grade 8 Writing Test Presentation Reading the High School ELA Standards Reading Across the Curriculum - High School Presentation Unit Evaluation Process - High School Presentation

New K-3 Writing Standard Training Materials

Local systems and schools will be providing introductory training regarding the New K-3 Writing Standard (W2). This training will occur during preplanning and/or within the first two weeks of school. Below are links to the same training materials that have been mailed to systems and schools. Pre-planning Introduction to the K-3 Writing Standards Participant Handouts

GPS Revisions

The following final copies of the ELA Precision Review for Grades K-3 were accepted at the June State Board Meeting. These additional Writing Standards and Elements were previously posted for 60 days for public review (until June 1st). Should you have any questions and/or concerns about these changes, please feel free to contact: Mary Stout, ELA Program Manager, mstout@doe.k12.ga.us. Additional K-3 Writing Standard: Narrative Genre Additional K-3 Writing Standard: Informational Genre Additional K-3 Writing Standard: Persuasive Genre Additional K-3 Writing Standard: Response to Literature Genre English/Language Arts Revisions Approved on 7/25/2006

Grades K-5

Georgia Writing Assessments Kindergarten ELA Standards Grade 1 ELA Standards Grade 2 ELA Standards Grade 3 ELA Standards Grade 4 ELA Standards Grade 5 ELA Standards

Grades 6-8

Georgia Writing Assessments Grade 6 ELA Standards Grade 7 ELA Standards Grade 8 ELA Standards

Grades 9-12

Georgia Writing Assessments Grade 9 ELA Standards Grade 10 ELA Standards Grade 11 ELA Standards Grade 12 ELA Standards American Literature and Composition Standards British Literature and Composition Standards World Literature and Composition Standards Literature and History of the Old Testament Literature and History of the New Testament AP English Language and Composition: American Literature Focus Composition, Conventions, and Listening, Speaking and Writing Reading and American Literature AP Sample Syllabus 1 AP Sample Syllabus 2 AP Sample Syllabus 3

Detailed Lesson Plans for ELA

These units are intended to provide educators with examples of how instruction might look within the standards based classroom. These units are written in a very detailed format, including day by day plans, in order to provide teachers with clear explanations of the information within in each unit. ELA Sample Units Introduction Grades 4-8 Building Reading Skills Grade 7 Purpose and Power of Persuasion Persuasion Weeks 1-3 Persuasion Week 4 Persuasion Extras Grade 8 Out of the Dust Out of the Dust Weeks 1-3 Out of the Dust Weeks 4-6 Out of the Dust Extras Grade 9 Exploring Poets and Poetry Grade 10 Classical Tragedy Introduction to World Literature, Fairy Tales and Children's Stories Grade 12 British Romanticism Modernism, Post-Modernism and Media Literacy Sample AP English Language and Composition/American Literature Syllabus AP Syllabus 1 AP Syllabus 2 AP Syllabus 3