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It organizes 27 General Standards into four strands—Language, Reading and Literature, Composition, and Media—then specifies Learning Standards across grade spans and clusters. The framework includes rationales, classroom examples, and learning scenarios, plus supporting appendices covering literary works, contemporary authors, reading and writing guidance, research, limited English proficient students, and a glossary.","Massachusetts\u000bEnglish Language Arts\u000bCurriculum\u000bFramework\nJune 2001\nDear Colleagues:\nI am pleased to present to you the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework that was approved by the Board of Education in November 2000.\nMany people have assisted in creating this outstanding document. We drew on comments from many teachers, administrators, and specialists on both the 1997 framework and drafts of this framework. We also drew on the work of a committee of educators from school districts across the state. They revised this document while they continued to do their full-time jobs in their districts. Department of Education staff members unified their ideas and prepared the drafts of this framework, including its introductory and concluding material.\nAll these efforts have made the very good 1997 framework even better. It provides more guidance on the standards for each grade span. It also provides learning standards for beginning reading, PreK–3. It further emphasizes reading and writing skills across all grade levels. For the most part, the grade 9–10 learning standards have not been changed in order to keep expectations consistent for the grade 10 English Language Arts assessment.\nI encourage you to read this document with your colleagues and to work with it as you develop units and lessons for your classrooms. This framework offers you a comprehensive tool for planning your English language arts curriculum.\nSincerely yours,\nDavid P. Driscoll\nCommissioner of Education\n\u000fTable of Contents\nIntroduction\t1\nGuiding Principles \t2\nGeneral Standards \t5\nLanguage Strand \t8\nReading and Literature Strand \t20\nComposition Strand \t52\nMedia Strand \t70\nAppendix A:\nSuggested Authors, Illustrators, and Works Reflecting \u000bour Common Literary and Cultural Heritage \t76\nAppendix B:\nSuggested Authors and Illustrators of Contemporary American \u000bLiterature and World Literature \t86\nAppendix C:\nOn Reading and Writing\t100\nAppendix D:\nResearch on Reading \t104\nAppendix E:\nThe Limited English Proficient Student in the English Language Arts Classroom \t105\nAppendix F:\nGlossary of Terms \t107\nAppendix G:\nSelected Annotated Resources\t117\nEndnotes \t120\nIntroduction\nThis English Language Arts Curriculum Framework is one of seven documents created to advance educational reform in Massachusetts. It reflects the work of PreK–12 educators and consultants throughout the state in collaboration with staff from the Massachusetts Department of Education.\nOrganization of the Document\nThe ten Guiding Principles articulate a set of beliefs about the teaching, learning, and assessing of speaking, viewing, listening, reading, and writing. The English language arts are organized into four Strands, or content areas: Language, Reading and Literature, Composition, and Media. The 27 General Standards—broad statements that outline what students should know and be able to do in English language arts—are separated into Learning Standards for PreK–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9–10, and 11–12. General Standards for vocabulary (4), reading (7 and 8) and for composition (19 and 22) have been further divided into PreK–K and 1–2 clusters.\nA Rationale follows each General Standard. Examples, written in italics and following many Learning Standards, show how standards might be addressed in the classroom. 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