HS+ English Portfolio (2020)
Overview
This Portfolio and English course integrates reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking skills around assignments and activities focus on developing and demonstrating student skills in writing and communicating with audiences in diverse educational, professional, and personal contexts.This competency-based class allows students to work at their own pace, exit at a level appropriate to demonstrated skills and knowledge, and earn high school credits in English and/or electives.
About this Course
This Portfolio and English course integrates reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking skills around assignments and activities focus on developing and demonstrating student skills in writing and communicating with audiences in diverse educational, professional, and personal contexts.
Topics include:
- Introductions Through Poetry
- Summaries Through Song
- Peer Review And Rhetorical Analysis
- Exploring Education And Equity
- Rhetorical Grammar
- Revising, Reviewing And Redoing
- Evaluating One’s Self And The Future
- Building A Portfolio
This competency-based class allows students to work at their own pace, exit at a level appropriate to demonstrated skills and knowledge, and earn high school credits in English and/or electives.
Culturally Responsive Approach
This course was intentionally developed to align with the Washington State Board for Community and Technical College’s vision, mission, values, and strategic plan. The Culturally Responsive Scorecard, developed by NYU Steinhardt, was a guiding document in the development of this course. Sincere efforts were made to develop a culturally responsive curriculum that is inclusive of all students, with particular emphasis on highlighting the histories, experiences, and strengths of historically underserved populations. Faculty planning to teach this course should review modules thoroughly prior to presenting material to students. The HS+ Instructor Resource Guide provides resources and strategies that may be a useful starting place for faculty to address gaps in knowledge and confidence.
Course Outcomes
- Read, evaluate, and integrate content across diverse media and formats, including visual, audio, quantitative and written texts
- Use technological tools to read and compose in multiple formats
- Write narrative, descriptive, and argument essays
- Practice writing as a process, including drafts, peer review, instructor feedback, and revision
- Evaluate the needs of your audience. Make communication choices based on the audience for your work.
- Consider audiences within and beyond the classroom. Evaluate the needs of audiences in multiple contexts
- Explore and communicate personal, career, and educational goals for multiple audiences.
- Gather evidence for writing from multiple sources, assess the credibility of sources, and integrate the information to support ideas in writing
College and Career Readiness Standards
Throughout the course students demonstrate the following:
Reading
Reading anchor standard 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Writing
- Writing Anchor Standard 3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
- Writing anchor standard 5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
- Writing anchor standard 6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
- Writing anchor standard 8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
Speaking and Listening
Speaking and Listening anchor standard 6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.