ELA

ELA Learning Expectations:

1. Curiosity- The desire to know more about the world.

2. Openness- The willingness to consider ways of being and thinking in the world.

3. Engagement- A sense of investment and involvement in learning.

4. Creativity- The ability to use novel approaches for generating, investigating, and representing ideas.

5. Persistence- The ability to sustain interest in and attention to short- and long-term projects.

6. Responsibility- The ability to take ownership of one’s actions and understand the consequences of those actions for oneself and others.

7. Flexibility- The ability to adapt to situations, expectations, or demands.

8. Metacognition- The ability to reflect on one’s own thinking as well as on the individual and cultural process used to construct knowledge.

National Council of Teachers of English & National Writing Project (2011)