ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS
Essential Understandings• Words and word parts have various meanings that can be acquired through different strategies.
• Writers use a wide range of structures, genres, and techniques to convey meaning effectively.
• Critical thinking skills help us evaluate ideas and information.
• Using resources allows us to access and evaluate information to learn and solve problems.
• Communicating effectively in professional and social settings allows us to share our ideas and information with others.
• Writing techniques vary depending on purpose and audience.
• Exposure to a variety of genres can help us better understand ourselves and the world.
• By understanding structure and purpose, readers can effectively analyze the text.
Power Standards READING
1. Students will be able to comprehend grade level text through reading, listening and speaking.
LANGUAGE
1. Students will be able to write proper grammar and mechanic usage of the English language.
2. Students will be able to analyze concepts of sentences and word relationship, meanings and parts.
WRITING
1. Students will be able to produce a clear and coherent writing piece that is appropriate to task, purpose and audience.Learning target READING
1A. I can make predictions based on text.
1B I can formulate accurate inferences.
1C. I can explain story elements.
1D. Ican analyze the main idea and supporting details.
1E. I can explain cause and effect relationships.
1F. I can sequence events within text.
1G. I can identify point of view.
1H. I can identify author’s view points and perspectives.
1I. I can paraphrase text.
1J. I can summarize text.
1K. I can analyze connections between texts.
1L. I can explain characteristics of the literature genres.
2A. I can use text features to comprehend text.
2B. I can explain fact and non fact
2C. I can make predictions based on text.
2D. I can formulate accurate inferences.
2E. I can analyze main idea and supporting details.
2F. I can explain cause and effect relationships.
2G. I can identify point of view.
2H. I can identify author’s purpose.
2I. I can identify author's view points and perspectives.
2J. I can paraphrase text.
2K. I can summarize text.
2L.I can analyze between texts.
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LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY
1A. I can use correct punctuation.
1B. I can identify linking and helping verbs.
1D. I can properly edit for pronoun case.
2A. I can use context to determine meaning of unknown and multiple meaing phrases.
2C. I can define words that use affixes and Greek and Latin roots. .
2D. I can interpret figurative language.
WRITING
1A. I can compose a narrative, argumentative, and informative/exploratory paper.
1B. I can choose several sources and gather information to answer my research questions.
1C. I can use pre-writing strategies to formulate ideas, apply editing strategies, and use multiple drafts to create my final draft.
PrerequisitesI can draw conclusions.
I can compose a text with a logical sequence of events
I can compose text using a variety of sentences.
I can compose a well-written paragraph.
• Writers use a wide range of structures, genres, and techniques to convey meaning effectively.
• Critical thinking skills help us evaluate ideas and information.
• Using resources allows us to access and evaluate information to learn and solve problems.
• Communicating effectively in professional and social settings allows us to share our ideas and information with others.
• Writing techniques vary depending on purpose and audience.
• Exposure to a variety of genres can help us better understand ourselves and the world.
• By understanding structure and purpose, readers can effectively analyze the text.
Power Standards READING
1. Students will be able to comprehend grade level text through reading, listening and speaking.
LANGUAGE
1. Students will be able to write proper grammar and mechanic usage of the English language.
2. Students will be able to analyze concepts of sentences and word relationship, meanings and parts.
WRITING
1. Students will be able to produce a clear and coherent writing piece that is appropriate to task, purpose and audience.Learning target READING
1A. I can make predictions based on text.
1B I can formulate accurate inferences.
1C. I can explain story elements.
1D. Ican analyze the main idea and supporting details.
1E. I can explain cause and effect relationships.
1F. I can sequence events within text.
1G. I can identify point of view.
1H. I can identify author’s view points and perspectives.
1I. I can paraphrase text.
1J. I can summarize text.
1K. I can analyze connections between texts.
1L. I can explain characteristics of the literature genres.
2A. I can use text features to comprehend text.
2B. I can explain fact and non fact
2C. I can make predictions based on text.
2D. I can formulate accurate inferences.
2E. I can analyze main idea and supporting details.
2F. I can explain cause and effect relationships.
2G. I can identify point of view.
2H. I can identify author’s purpose.
2I. I can identify author's view points and perspectives.
2J. I can paraphrase text.
2K. I can summarize text.
2L.I can analyze between texts.
.
LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY
1A. I can use correct punctuation.
1B. I can identify linking and helping verbs.
1D. I can properly edit for pronoun case.
2A. I can use context to determine meaning of unknown and multiple meaing phrases.
2C. I can define words that use affixes and Greek and Latin roots. .
2D. I can interpret figurative language.
WRITING
1A. I can compose a narrative, argumentative, and informative/exploratory paper.
1B. I can choose several sources and gather information to answer my research questions.
1C. I can use pre-writing strategies to formulate ideas, apply editing strategies, and use multiple drafts to create my final draft.
PrerequisitesI can draw conclusions.
I can compose a text with a logical sequence of events
I can compose text using a variety of sentences.
I can compose a well-written paragraph.