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Literacy and Service
America SCORES uses two literacy enrichment curricula exclusive to all America SCORES elementary and middle school after-school creative writing workshops. The Power of Poetry curriculum, used in the fall, is a comprehensive guide to teaching students to read, interpret, write, and perform poetry while simultaneously building their voices through self-expression and teamwork. Students bring knowledge of the world around them to their writing workshops, and they build on that knowledge through reading poetic works by diverse authors, discussions in class with their peers, and by using the genre of poetry for their own self-exploration.
The Writing for the Community curriculum, used in the spring semester, incorporates literacy instruction and writing for a variety of purposes while guiding students through the discrete stages of a service-learning project. Students engage in community awareness through both oral and written literacy activities, researching issues that affect their community, and using writing as a tool to affect positive change for themselves and others.
Together, these curricula address the K-12 Standards for the English Language Arts developed by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the International Reading Association (IRA) as well as the K-12 Service-Learning Standards developed by the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC).
Please click on the links below for a detailed description of how America SCORES curricula align with these standards.
