Catapult Learning has developed a high school language arts program, focusing on reading comprehension and vocabulary development. This program is based on the national high school standards for English Language Arts established by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. The Catapult Learning High School Reading Program targets a culturally and economically diverse student population and is designed for a small group instructional setting.

Each lesson has been designed to address specific standards, with objectives written to focus on targeted reading skills and strategies. The overarching goal is for students to become more effective and efficient readers and to directly apply these acquired skills to the classroom. Students demonstrate their knowledge through oral discussion and a variety of lesson related writing activities.

Reading selections represent both expository and narrative text, with two/thirds of the selections being expository to support the national reading standards' distribution of focus. Each lesson is supported by a specific reading text selection. These selections were chosen to represent cultural and economic diversity, and vary by topic, focus, genre, style, format and length, with an emphasis on content area topics and support. Text selections range in readability from 8.0 - 12.0 reading level and have been bound as an anthology selection for students’ and teachers’ use.

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