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English I Competency Goals
By the end of the semester in English I:
Goal 1: The learner will express reflections
and reactions to print and non-print text and
personal experiences.
Objective 01: The learner will be able to narrate
personal experiences through writing a descriptive
personal narrative, letter, or journal entry with a level of III
or IV.
Writing: Personal Narrative (Nonfiction Unit-
Autobiographical)
Objective 02: The learner will be able to respond
reflectively to a variety of expressive texts through writing
a reflective paragraph, essay, or journal entry with a level
of III or IV.
Writing: Reflective (Poetry Unit-Mood/Tone)
Objective 03: The learner will be able to demonstrate
the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of
increasingly complex print and non-print expressive texts
through writing a descriptive paragraph, essay, or journal
entry with a level of III or IV AND taking a reading test with
a minimum score of 70%.
Writing: Descriptive (Poetry Unit-Figurative
Language)
Test with 70% (Poetry Unit)
Goal 2: The learner will explain meaning,
describe processes, and answer research
questions to inform an audience.
Objective 01: The learner will be able to demonstrate
the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of
increasingly complex print and non-print informational
texts through a reading test with a minimum score of 70%.
Test with 70% (Informational Unit)
Objective 02: The learner will be able to explain
commonly used terms and concepts through writing a
definition paragraph or paper with a level of III or IV.
Writing: Definition (Epic Unit-The Odyssey-Hero)
Objective 03: The learner will be able to instruct an
audience in how to perform specific operations or
procedures through writing a process paragraph or paper
using visuals and media for a product or presentation with

a level of III or IV.
Writing: Process with visuals (Informational Unit-
Research Paper)
Objective 04: The learner will be able to form and refine
a question for investigation, using a topic of personal
choice, and answer that question through writing a
research paper with a level of III or IV.
Writing: Research Paper (Informational Unit-
Career)
Goal 3: The learner will examine
argumentation and develop informed
opinions.
Objective 01: The learner will be able to demonstrate
the ability to study arguments through writing a
persuasive paragraph or speech with a level of III or IV.
Writing: Persuasive (Nonfiction Unit)
Objective 02: The learner will be able to express and
support an informed opinion through writing an editorial,
letter to the editor, or position/argumentative paragraph or
paper with a level of III or IV.
Writing: Argumentative (Nonfiction Unit)
Objective 03: The learner will be able to demonstrate
the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of
increasingly complex print and non-print argumentative
texts through a reading test with a minimum score of 70%.
Test with 70% (Nonfiction Unit-Persuasion &
Argumentation)
Goal 4: The learner will create and use
standards to critique communication.
Objective 01: The learner will be able to evaluate the
effectiveness of communication through writing a
comparison/contrast paragraph or paper with a level of III
or IV.
Writing: Comparison/Contrast (Short Story Unit-
POV)
Objective 02: The learner will be able to read and
critique various genres through writing a critical analysis
paragraph or paper with a level of III or IV.
Writing: Critical Analysis (Drama Unit-Romeo &
Juliet)
Objective 03: The learner will be able to demonstrate
the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of
increasingly complex print and non-print critical texts
through a reading test with a minimum score of 70%.
Test with 70% (Nonfiction Unit-Literary/Media
Criticism)
Goal 5: The learner will demonstrate
understanding of various literary genres,

concepts, elements, and terms.
Objective 01: The learner will be able to read and
analyze various literary works through a reading test with
a minimum score of 70%.
Test with 70% (Each test on the individual units of
short story, novel, drama, and epic.)
Objective 02: The learner will be able to demonstrate
increasing comprehension and ability to respond
personally to texts by selecting and exploring a wide range
of genres through writing a cause and effect paragraph or
paper with a level III or IV.
Writing: Cause and Effect (To Kill a Mockingbird-
Atticus’s Decision)
Goal 6: The learner will apply conventions
of grammar and language usage.
Objective 01: The learner will be able to demonstrate an
understanding of conventional written and spoken
expression through grammar tests with a minimum score
of 70%.
Test with 70% (All Grammar Tests)
Objective 02: The learner will be able to discern and
correct errors in spoken and written English through the
practice of peer editing resulting in improvement in a
peer’s written work.
Writing: Peer Editing
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Developed by Andrea Chase, Southern Alamance HS, ABSS, 2007.