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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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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.
1b.
Summarize, synthesize, and evaluate information from a variety of text and
genre.
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.
4c.
Differentiate fact from opinion in a variety of texts.
5a. Use organizational features of
printed text (for example: annotations, citations, and bibliographic
references).
5b. Use organizational features of
electronic information (for example: keyword searches and email addresses).
5d. Evaluate information for
specific needs and credibility.
5e. Give credit for others' ideas,
images, or information in an appropriate form.
6a.
Read and respond to a variety of literature that represents perspectives
from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar.
1a.
Compare and contrast texts with similar themes and ideas.
1e.
Sequence events and procedures.
4b. Use
reading and writing skills to identify problems, list possible solutions,
and answer questions.
Writing
2a. Write in a variety of genres -
expository.
2b.
Organize ideas so that there is an inviting introduction, logical
arrangement of ideas and a purposeful conclusion.
2c.
Use vivid and precise language appropriate to audience and purpose.
2f. Vary
sentence structure and length to enhance meaning and fluency.
2g.
Develop ideas and content with specific details, 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.
2e.
Write in format (for example: lab reports, summaries, formal letters, and
memos) and voice appropriate to purpose and audience.
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