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Jane Ailor, Supervisor
Andrew Johnson Building, 10th Floor, (865) 594-1730 Fax: (865) 594-1743
The mission of the Knox County Language Arts Department is to facilitate learning and empower students to develop and demonstrate effective reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and problem solving skills in their personal, community, and work environments in an ever-changing society.
News Outside Reading ListsClick here for English-Language Arts outside reading lists for 2012-13.
Testing Dates for May 2012The following dates have been set for high school state testing this semester:
May 2, Wednesday--English 10; May 7, Monday--English 9; May 8, Tuesday, English 11. (Note the change in the previous test date for English 9.) Language Arts Information for grades K-5Click here to access reading and language arts information for grades K-5
Contacts Language Arts Files
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Web Links All sites contain lesson ideas for each facet of Language Arts Websites with special focus on 6+1 Traits of Writing, research papers, and general composition strategies Websites with special focus on grammar studies Websites with special focus on AP Language and Literature course preparation. Websites with special focus on literature studies, public domain sites, and reading strategies websites with special focus on the art of persuasion and non-fiction analysis Websites with special focus on research skills and documentation Websites with special focus on speech creation and delivery with links to famous speeches Websites with special focus on preparing students for national and state evaluations Websites with special focus on developing vocabulary skills. Includes links to online dictionaries and thesaurus |
Activities/Instructional strategies