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College Readiness and Study Skills ELPS
Texas College Readiness and Study Skills
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Grade Level: 9-12
Correlation
Texas College Readiness and Study Skills
A complete program that prepares students for college or career, Texas College Readiness and Study Skills is a new online solution that provides an abundance of resources for students to learn important 21st century skills as they develop into contributing citizens within our society. Students will acquire study skills to help them improve reading comprehension, listening techniques, writing skills, and ability to evaluate texts. In addition, they will learn soft skills for personal success in educational, social, and professional situations. The format is concise, easy-to-use, and appropriate for any class or discipline. The modular format enables instructors to customize instruction for independent assignment or classroom presentation.
  • College readiness topics, such as Responding and Evaluating Texts and Reading Comprehension, help students improve their reading skills.
  • Study skills lessons focus on how to study and succeed in academic life.
  • Soft skills lessons cover the people skills that enable workers to communicate and get along with others. Videos complement each lesson for real-life application.
  • Portfolio Development activities guide students in creating a personal portfolio for use when applying for school, career, and volunteer opportunities.
  • A hands-on career exploration tool helps students identify potential career opportunities.
College Readiness and Study Skills TEKS
Texas College Readiness and Study Skills
By:
Grade Level: 9-12
Correlation
Texas College Readiness and Study Skills
A complete program that prepares students for college or career, Texas College Readiness and Study Skills is a new online solution that provides an abundance of resources for students to learn important 21st century skills as they develop into contributing citizens within our society. Students will acquire study skills to help them improve reading comprehension, listening techniques, writing skills, and ability to evaluate texts. In addition, they will learn soft skills for personal success in educational, social, and professional situations. The format is concise, easy-to-use, and appropriate for any class or discipline. The modular format enables instructors to customize instruction for independent assignment or classroom presentation.
  • College readiness topics, such as Responding and Evaluating Texts and Reading Comprehension, help students improve their reading skills.
  • Study skills lessons focus on how to study and succeed in academic life.
  • Soft skills lessons cover the people skills that enable workers to communicate and get along with others. Videos complement each lesson for real-life application.
  • Portfolio Development activities guide students in creating a personal portfolio for use when applying for school, career, and volunteer opportunities.
  • A hands-on career exploration tool helps students identify potential career opportunities.
Journalism ELPS
Journalism: Publishing Across Media, 2nd Edition
By: Janet Ewell, Michelle Balmeo, Ellen Austin, and Randy Hamm
Grade Level: 9-12
Correlation
Journalism: Publishing Across Media, 2nd Edition
Journalism: Publishing Across Media teaches the principles, practices, and styles used in traditional and new media. It explains core journalism concepts in a student-friendly way to high school learners in first-year Journalism and Communication programs. In contrast to other journalism texts, this text stresses the importance of telling stories through visual and audio elements, as well as the written and spoken word. The chapters are divided into teachable sections that include opportunities for students to process and apply what they have read. Examples of student and professional work accompany the text.
  • Writers’ Workshops in each chapter lead students through a process that emphasizes writing for an audience, develops students’ writing ability, and trains them for future editorial leadership.
  • Journalism Style activities at the end of each chapter teach students the skills they need to create written copy in accepted journalism style.
  • The text includes abundant examples and assignments derived from real-life high school publishing situations to help create strong writers and editors who are grounded in journalistic values, ethics, and practices.
Journalism TEKS
Journalism: Publishing Across Media, 2nd Edition
By: Janet Ewell, Michelle Balmeo, Ellen Austin, and Randy Hamm
Grade Level: 9-12
Correlation
Journalism: Publishing Across Media, 2nd Edition
Journalism: Publishing Across Media teaches the principles, practices, and styles used in traditional and new media. It explains core journalism concepts in a student-friendly way to high school learners in first-year Journalism and Communication programs. In contrast to other journalism texts, this text stresses the importance of telling stories through visual and audio elements, as well as the written and spoken word. The chapters are divided into teachable sections that include opportunities for students to process and apply what they have read. Examples of student and professional work accompany the text.
  • Writers’ Workshops in each chapter lead students through a process that emphasizes writing for an audience, develops students’ writing ability, and trains them for future editorial leadership.
  • Journalism Style activities at the end of each chapter teach students the skills they need to create written copy in accepted journalism style.
  • The text includes abundant examples and assignments derived from real-life high school publishing situations to help create strong writers and editors who are grounded in journalistic values, ethics, and practices.
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