Standards
Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry
with them years beyond the instruction received this year.
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Effective readers analyze text to make
predictions and draw conclusions; infer purpose of text.
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Effective readers apply different
strategies and skills to understand a variety of texts.
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Effective readers can locate meanings,
pronunciations, spellings, and derivations of unfamiliar words, and can use
and apply new words in other contexts to improve vocabulary.
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Effective readers identify and incorporate
relevant, personal knowledge in order to connect with the text.
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?
How do we communicate? What is effective communication? Why does effective communication require a
process? What is standard English? Why do we need to know and use standard
English rules? How do we apply stylistic elements and
appropriate formats? What is critical thinking? How do we think critically in our lives? What is literature? How can we make personal connections through literature? What makes us human?
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.
1d.
Infer by making connections within and among text.
4a. Identify author's point of view and
purpose.
4b. Use
reading and writing skills to identify problems, list possible solutions,
and answer questions.
6a. Read and
respond to a variety of literature (for example: novels, poetry, short
stories, nonfiction, and plays) that represents perspectives from places,
people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar.
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.
6c. Read a
given text, identify the theme, and provide support from the text.
6e.
Understand how figurative language supports meaning in a given text.
5f.
Locate meanings, pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words using
dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources.
Writing
2a.
Write in a variety of genres.
2b.2
Organize writing so that it has an engaging
introduction, development of ideas, and a purposeful conclusion.
2c. Use vivid and precise language
and imagery appropriate
to audience and purpose.
2d. Plan, draft, revise, and edit for a
legible final copy.
2e. Write in
format (for example: letters, lab reports, business communications,
summaries, and essays)
and voice appropriate to purpose and audience.
2f. Vary sentence structure and length to
enhance meaning, clarity, and fluency.
2g. Develop
main ideas and content with relevant support and explanation in response to
a prompt.
3a.
Edit for conventional grammar.
3b. Use standard English usage in writing,
including pronoun/antecedent agreement, subject/verb agreement,
regular/irregular verbs, and correct 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.
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