Literacy Skills: Reading and Writing, Open (ELS2O)

Reading Skills

Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of contemporary literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning

• How to Read a Novel (Book)
• Please Excuse This Poem (Book)
• When You Ask Me Where I’m Going (Book)
• The Ultimate Rock Pop Fake Book (Book)
• Friends With Boys (Book)
• Cell Phones and Distracted Driving (Book)
• PressReader (Database)
• Comprehension: The Goal of Reading (Website)

Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate an understanding of how they help communicate meaning

• English Literary Stylistics (Book)
• How Literature Works (Book)
• This Book Contains Graphic Language (Book)
• The Making of a Poem (Book)

Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently

• The American Heritage Student Grammar Dictionary (Book)
• The Infographic Guide To Grammar (Book)
• The Secret Life of Pronouns (Book)
• Watch Your Tongue (Book)
• 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary (Hoopla eAudiobook)
• Get the Most Out of Your Books (YouTube)
• Using Context Clues (YouTube)

Reflecting on Reading Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading

• Reflections (Book)
• Skill Set (Book)
• The Insightful Reader (Hoopla eBook)

Writing Skills

Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience

• Essay Writing for High-school Students (Book)
• The Poets & Writers (Book)
• For Those About to Write (Book)
• Writing Your Life (Book)
• Guys Write for Guys Read (Book)
• Comics Experience Guide to Writing Comics (Book)
• Accidental Genius (Book)

Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience

• Microstyle (Book)
• The Complete Guide to Article Writing (Book)
• How to Write Great Dialogue in Fiction (Book)
• Technical Writing (Book)
• Writing About Literature (Book)
• Song-writing Without Boundaries (Book)
• The Elements of Style (Book)
• Writing Persuasive Essays (DVD)

Applying Knowledge of Conventions: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively

• Literature and the Writing Process (Book)
• The Scene Book (Book)
• A Student’s Writing Guide (Book)
• The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings (Book)
• MLA Handbook (Book)
• The Dictionary of Concise Writing (Book)

Reflecting on Writing Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process

• Remix (Book)
• Painless Writing (Book)
• Writing Creative Writing (Book)
• Fire Up your Writing Brain (Book)