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Standard 1:Discussion
Students will use agreed-upon rules for informal and formal discussions in small and large groups.
Standard 2:Questioning,Listening,and Contributing
Questioning will pose questions, listen to the ideas, and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions or interviews in order to acquire new knowledge.
Standard 3:Oral Presentation
Students will make oral presentations that demonstrate appropiate consideration of audiance, purpose, and the information to be conveyed.
Standard 4:Vocabulary and Concept Development
Students will understand and acquire new vocabulary and use it correctly in reading and writing.
Standard 5:Structure and Origins of Modern English
Students will analyze standard English grammer and usage and recognize how its vocabulary had developed and been influanced by other languages.
Standard 6:Formal and Informal English
Students will describe, analyze, and use appropiately formal and informal Engish.
| Reading.and.Literature.Strand |
Standard 7:Beginning Reading
Students will understand the nature of written English and the relationship of letters and spelling patterns to the sound of speach.
Standard 8:Understanding a Text
Students will identify the basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for interpretation.
Standard 9:Making Connections
Students will deepen their understanding of a literary or non-literary work by relating it to its contemporary context or historical background.
Standard 10:Genre
Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the characteristics of different genres.
Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the characteristics of different genres.
Standard 11:Theme
Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of theme in a literary work and provide evidence from them text to suport their theme.
Standard 12:Fiction
Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
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Standard 13:NonFiction
Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purposes, structure, and elements of nonfiction or informational materials and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
Standard 14:Poetry
Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the themes, structure, and elements of poetry and provide eveidence from the text to support their understanding.
Standard 15:Style and Language
Students will identify and analyze how and author's words appeal to senses, create imagery, suggest mood, and set tone, and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
Standard 16:Myth, Traditional, and Classical Literature
Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the themes, structure, and elements of myths, traditional narratives, and classical literature and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
Standard 17:Dramatic Literature
Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the themes, structure, and elements of drama and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
Standard 18:Dramtic Reading and Performance
Students will plan and present dramatic readings, recitations, and performances that demonstrate appropiate consideration of audiance and purpose.