The new Common Core framework will challenge students to deepen their literacy in nearly every subject area, yet CHSSA has seen speech education achieve this cross-curricular synthesis for over half a century.
The lessons here will cover all three textual styles espoused by the Common Core, beginning with our Advocacy unit that teaches argumentation skills. Students will read, write, speak, and listen throughout this project, and its focus on issues surrounding food engages history, science, health, and physical education. Moreover, we’ve devised a rubric that draws upon several elementary and secondary standards, making the lesson easily adaptable to many grade levels.
Speech education increases proficiency and fluency in native speakers and English Learners alike, and we’ll add materials for the English Language Development classroom in the coming months. We are eager to support all teachers through this exciting transition.
-- Paul Pinza
coach.pinza@gmail.com
California ELA & ELD Curriculum Framework Committee
