English/Language Arts

Standards and Curriculum
Integrated Language Arts/Reading Standards are divided into six strands:
1. Reading
2. Writing
3. Listening,Speaking,Viewing
4. Literature
5. The English Language
6. Accessing and Processing Information
* In high school, students must earn four units (consisting of four full years of study) in
Language Arts for graduation, but the earning of additional credits is encouraged.
*A general course of study includes 9th and 10th Grade English, 11th Grade English (concentrating on American Literature), and 12th Grade English (concentrating on British Literature).
*Honors English courses are offered for Grades 9,10, and 11.
*Advanced Placement English - Literature and Composition is offered for students in Grade 12.
* Other high school electives include Journalism, Speech, Drama, and Shakespeare.
Initiatives and Programs
*K-6 Implementation
Literacy Place from Scholastic, Inc., selected by a DoDDS-coordinated review team of teachers, parents and administrators, is being used as the primary tool to support curriculum in Kindergarten through Grade 6. School year 1997-98 served as a pre-implementation/training year, and this year the program if being fully implemented in UK schools. Literacy place is an integrated program using literature as the springboard for reading, writing, grammar, usage, mechanics and spelling instruction. The program is built around three literacies – Personal, Intellectual, and Social – with two units for each literacy. The Personal Literacy strands are entitled “Personal Voice” and “Personal Expression.” The Intellectual Literacy strands deal with “Problem-Solving” and “Managing Information.” The Social Literacy strands are “Teamwork” and “Community Involvement.” Mentors who apply the literacies of the unit in a real-world workplace introduce the units.
*Grades 7-12 Pre-implementation
School year 1998-1999 served as a pre-implementation year for use of newly purchased materials entitled Elements of Writing (from Harcourt Brace/Holt, Rinehart, Winston) and The Language of Literature (from McDougal-Littell) as tools to support the DoDDS Language Arts/Reading Integrated Standards. These programs were selected by a DoDDS-coordinated review team of parents, teachers, and administrators. Implementation training in the use of the materials for standards-based instruction and Best Practices for Language Arts instruction was provided throughout SY 1999-2000.
*Reading Recovery
Four UK elementary schools have implemented a Reading Recovery program for selected first graders. This intervention program is used to improve students’ reading and writing ability following a structured program based on Reading Recovery Council guidelines and developed at Ohio State University
*Other Activities
- High schools participate in the School Pages of the Stars and Stripes.
- Students’ work is published in the SHOWCASE
- All 5,8,10 students participate in the DoDEA Writing Assessment
- Distance Learning offerings include “The Writer's Workshop” and “Daily Planet.”
Links to educational resources
1. DoDEA Standards

2. Literacy Place information

3. Elements of Writing information

4. Basic Grammar information

5. Additional links for K-6

6. Additional links for Grades 7-12

Powerpoint Presentations
Scholastic Reading Inventory

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