NCATE Standard 3.1.1

The candidate has integrated knowledge of students' language acquisition

and development into instruction and assessment designed to enhance students’ learning.  

     Artifact 2   Leads (anticipatory sets) in these artifacts are designed to engage students in learning.

                   Enclosed are sample lesson leads to hook the students into the beginning of a lesson. 

NCATE Standard 3.1.2

The candidate has designed, implemented, and assessed instruction that engages all students in reading,

writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and thinking as interrelated dimensions of the learning experience in ELA.

     Artifact 3     Arnie the Fence

                   The lesson using Arnie the Fence illustrates involving students in these skills:  speaking, listening and reading.