Benyonne Schwortz, bschwortz@gmail.com
Bayside High School, http://www.baysidehighschool.org
Modern Writers of Nepal
Appendix B: New York State Board of Regents Standards
1. Learning standards for English language arts: students will read, write, listen, and speak for:
a. information and understanding
b. literary response and expression
c. critical analysis and evaluation
d. social interaction
2. Performance standards for English language arts: students will demonstrate standard-setting performance in the following areas:
a. Reading:
1. read 25 books of quality and complexity
2. read and comprehend at least four books on the same subject, or by the same author, or in the same genre
3. read and comprehend informational materials
b. Writing:
1. produce a report of information
2. produce a response to literature
3. produce a narrative account (fictional or autobiographical)
4. produce a narrative procedure
5. produce a persuasive essay
6. produce a reflective essay
c. Speaking, Listening, and Viewing:
1. participate in one-to-one conferences with the teacher
2. participate in group meetings
3. prepare and deliver an individiual presentation
4. make informed judgments about TV, radio, film
5. listen to and analyze a public speaking performance
d. Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language
1. independently and habitually demonstrate an understanding of rules of English language in written and oral work
2. analyze and subsequently revise work to improve its clarity and effectiveness
e. Literature:
1. respond to non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive and critical processes
2. produce work in at least one genre that follows the conventions of the genre
f. Public Documents:
1. critique public documents with an eye to strategies common in public discourse
2. produce public documents
g. Functional Documents:
1. critique functional documents with an eye to strategies common to effective functional documents
2. produce functional documents appropriate to audience and purpose