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Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry
with them years beyond the instruction received this year.
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Different strategies and skills are required to
understand a variety of texts.
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An effective communicator knows his/her
audience and purpose.
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An effective communicator uses standard English language rules.
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Independent learners use critical thinking skills.
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Literature provides an understanding of human experience.
Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should
be able to answer after completing learning activities.
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What is text? How do we apply different strategies and skills to understand a variety
of texts?
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How do we communicate? What is effective communication? Why does effective communication require a
process?
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What is standard English? Why do we need to know and use standard
English rules?
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How do we apply stylistic elements and
appropriate formats?
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What is critical thinking? How do we think critically in our lives?
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How can we make personal connections through literature?
Standards
 Highest
Frequency Standards  High
Frequency Standards  Other
Standards & E-skills
Reading
1c/4e.
Analyze main idea and supporting details in a variety of text and genre/Analyze
the text's main idea and use relevant details to support the analysis
1g. Identify the meaning of unfamiliar words in
context using word recognition skills and context clues.
4d. Analyze text to make predictions and draw
conclusions
6b. Apply
literary terminology and knowledge of literary techniques (including, but
not limited to, setting, protagonist, antagonist, point of view,
foreshadowing, personification, and flashback) to understand text.
6d.
Understand how figurative language supports meaning in a given context.
1d. Infer using information from a variety of texts and genre.
1f. Locate and recall information in
different text structures (for example, cause/effect, problem/solution,
compare/contrast).
4a. Identify author's point of view and
purpose.
5f. Locate meanings, pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words using
dictionaries, glossaries and other sources.
6c. Read a
given text and identify the theme.
Writing
2a. Write in a variety of genres.
2b. Organize writing so that it has an inviting
introduction, logical progression of ideas, and a purposeful conclusion.
2c. Use vivid and precise language appropriate
to audience and purpose.
2e. Write in
format (for example: lab report, summaries, formal letters, and memos)
and voice appropriate to purpose and audience.
2f. Vary sentence structure and length to
enhance meaning and fluency.
2g. Develop ideas and content with specific
examples, and/or reasons to address a prompt.
3a. Identify eight parts of speech.
3b. Use standard English usage in writing,
including pronoun/antecedent agreement, subject/verb agreement,
regular/irregular verbs, and modifiers.
3c. Write in complete sentences.
3d. Use conventions correctly.
3e. Use conventional spelling.
3f. Use paragraphing correctly so that each
paragraph is differentiated by indenting or blocking and includes one major,
focused idea.
2d. Plan, draft, revise, and edit for a
legible final copy.
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