Goal #1 – To bring all students to a proficient level of writing and guide them to become lifelong writers.

          Objective 1.1 – Conduct an annual portfolio evaluation of freshman and senior writing to ensure that our writing program is meeting the needs of our students and to evaluate the growth of student skills over time.

          Objective 1.2 – Teach and use the writing process as a means to guide students in developing their writing skills in a variety of increasingly complex forms.

          Objective 1.3 – Use effective vocabulary instruction to develop student writing.

Goal #2 – To guide students as critical readers who engage actively with a variety of texts and encourage them to become lifelong readers.

          Objective 2.1 – Provide students with a wide variety of authors, topics, and genres.

          Objective 2.2 – Teach and develop students’ active reading skills.

          Objective 2.3 -  Foster students’ ability to critically analyze texts through writing and discussion.

Goal #3 – To enhance student use of media and technology as tools for communication and learning.

          Objective 3.1 – Enhance students’ appropriate and effective use of research tools.

          Objective 3.2 – Provide students with a variety of ways to demonstrate analysis and synthesis of material.

          Objective 3.3 – Model appropriate use of media and technology in instruction.