1. Prior to this class, what experience/exposure have you had to national/state/local standards?
2. What are your concerns about the standards?
Last semester for my fiction for adolescence class we had to pick a project to do. I choose to write a lesson plan; with that choice i had to find CSO's that related to my lesson. While research and typing up my unit plan for the book Speak I found that my lesson plan covered many CSO's. I found this project to be very beneficial. I was able to incorporate a book i enjoyed with many fun and student oriented activities that covered a wide range of CSO's. As a teacher I now know that one activity may be able to cover a few different CSO's. This will be important if I need to cover a certain amount throughout the school year.
My only concern is that I will not be able to come up with an activity that incorporates a state standard or CSO's. However,with the use of technology today I'm sure between internet and my cohort I will be able to find something that my student can do that they will find useful that incorporates a standard.
Does covering CSO's and state standards such as SAT's in a high school English classroom help students to do better in their high school classes as well as their state standards?
