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| Specific courses acquired through the
English Department at Pueblo Technical Academy are needed to satisfy Pueblo School District 70 graduation requirements in the Language Arts area. These courses include: |
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| English 1 | English 2 | ||
| English 3 | English 4 | ||
| Satisfactory completion of these four courses fully satisfies credit requirements in the Language Arts area. | |||
| Other courses offered through the English Department include: | |||
| Creative Writing | English Enrichment | ||
| Journalism | Speech and Debate | ||
| Courses taught through the English
Department at the Pueblo Technical Academy are based upon the
District 70 Language Arts Standards as a minimum requirement of what students should know and be able to do. |
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| Language Arts Standards | |||
| 1. Reading Strategies: Students apply reading strategies to a variety of materials. | |||
| 2. Writing and Composition: Students write for a variety of purposes. | |||
| 3. Mechanics and Usage: Students apply rules and knowledge about sentence
structure, organization and language as they write and speak for specific purposes. |
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| 4. Speaking and Listening: Students apply rules for speaking and listening to promote effective communication. | |||
| 5. Multi-media Information: Students locate, select and make use of relevant information from a variety of
print, media and technological sources. |
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| 6. Literature: Students recognize literature as a cultural record and as an expression of human experience. | |||