LOUISIANA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

CONTENT STANDARDS

The Louisiana English Language Arts Content Standards listed below should be considered as a whole and not as isolated components of instruction. Further, it should be noted that the content standards are numbered for reference purposes and are not arranged by hierarchy or progression.

1.Students read, comprehend, and respond to a range of materials, using a variety of strategies for different purposes.

2.Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.

3.Students communicate using standard English grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and handwriting.

4.Students demonstrate competence in speaking and listening as tools for learning and communicating.

5.Students locate, select, and synthesize information from a variety of texts, media, references, and technological sources to acquire and communicate knowledge.

6.Students read, analyze, and respond to literature as a record of life experiences.