1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development
1.1 Analyze idioms, analogies,
metaphors, and similes to infer the literal and figurative meanings of phrases.
1.2 Understand the most important points in the history of English language and
use common word origins to determine the historical influences on English word
meanings.
1.3 Use word meanings within the appropriate context and show ability to verify
those meanings by definition, restatement, example, comparison, or contrast.
2.0 Reading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials)
2.1 Compare and contrast the
features and elements of consumer materials to gain meaning from documents
(e.g., warranties, contracts, product information, instruction
manuals).
2.2 Analyze text that uses proposition and support patterns.
2.3 Find similarities and differences between texts in the treatment, scope, or
organization of ideas.
2.4 Compare the original text to a summary to determine whether the summary
accurately captures the main ideas, includes critical details, and conveys the
underlying meaning.
2.5 Understand and explain the use of a complex mechanical device by following
technical directions.
2.6 Use information from a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents
to explain a situation or decision and to solve a problem.
2.7 Evaluate the unity,
coherence, logic, internal consistency, and structural patterns of text.
3.0 Literary Response and Analysis
3.1 Determine and articulate
the relationship between the purposes and characteristics of different forms of
poetry (e.g., ballad, lyric, couplet, epic, elegy, ode, sonnet).
3.2 Evaluate the structural
elements of the plot (e.g., subplots, parallel episodes, climax),
the plot's development, and the way in which conflicts are (or are not)
addressed and resolved.
3.3 Compare and contrast motivations and reactions of literary characters from
different historical eras confronting similar situations or conflicts.
3.4 Analyze the relevance of the setting (e.g., place, time, customs)
to the mood, tone, and meaning of the text.
3.5 Identify and analyze recurring themes (e.g., good versus evil) across
traditional and contemporary works.
3.6 Identify significant literary devices (e.g., metaphor, symbolism, dialect,
irony) that define a writer's style and use those elements to interpret the
work.
3.7 Analyze a work of
literature, showing how it reflects the heritage, traditions, attitudes, and
beliefs of its author. (Biographical approach)
Writing
1.0 Writing Strategies
1.1 Create compositions that
establish a controlling impression, have a coherent thesis, and end with a
clear and well-supported conclusion.
1.2 Establish coherence within and among paragraphs through effective
transitions, parallel structures, and similar writing techniques.
1.3 Support theses or conclusions with analogies, paraphrases, quotations,
opinions from authorities, comparisons, and similar devices.
1.4 Plan and conduct
multiple-step information searches by using computer networks and modems.
1.5 Achieve an effective balance between researched information and original
ideas.
1.6 Revise writing for word
choice; appropriate organization; consistent point of view; and transitions
between paragraphs, passages, and ideas.
2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)
2.1 Write biographies,
autobiographies, short stories, or narratives:
a. Relate a clear, coherent incident, event, or situation by using well-chosen
details.
b. Reveal the significance of, or the writer's attitude about, the subject.
c. Employ narrative and descriptive strategies (e.g., relevant dialogue,
specific action, physical description, background description, comparison or
contrast of characters).
2.2 Write responses to
literature:
a. Exhibit careful reading and insight in their interpretations.
b. Connect the student's own responses to the writer's techniques and to
specific textual references.
c. Draw supported inferences about the effects of a literary work on its
audience.
d. Support judgments through references to the text, other works, other
authors, or to personal knowledge.
2.3 Write research reports:
a. Define a thesis.
b. Record important ideas, concepts, and direct quotations from significant
information sources and paraphrase and summarize all perspectives on the topic,
as appropriate.
c. Use a variety of primary and secondary sources and distinguish the nature
and value of each.
d. Organize and display information on charts, maps, and graphs.
2.4 Write persuasive
compositions:
a. Include a well-defined thesis (i.e., one that makes a clear and
knowledgeable judgment).
b. Present detailed evidence, examples, and reasoning to support arguments,
differentiating between facts and opinion.
c. Provide details, reasons, and examples, arranging them effectively by
anticipating and answering reader concerns and counterarguments.
2.5 Write documents related to
career development, including simple business letters and job applications:
a. Present information purposefully and succinctly and meet the needs of the
intended audience.
b. Follow the conventional format for the type of document (e.g., letter of
inquiry, memorandum).
2.6 Write technical documents:
a. Identify the sequence of activities needed to design a system, operate a
tool, or explain the bylaws of an organization.
b. Include all the factors and variables that need to be considered.
c. Use formatting techniques (e.g., headings, differing fonts) to aid
comprehension.
Written and Oral English Language Conventions
1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions
1.1 Use correct and varied
sentence types and sentence openings to present a lively and effective personal
style.
1.2 Identify and use parallelism, including similar grammatical forms, in all
written discourse to present items in a series and items juxtaposed for
emphasis.
1.3 Use subordination, coordination, apposition, and other devices to indicate
clearly the relationship between ideas.
1.4 Edit written manuscripts
to ensure that correct grammar is used.
Punctuation and
Capitalization
1.5 Use correct punctuation and capitalization.
1.6 Use correct spelling
conventions.
Listening and Speaking
1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies
1.1 Analyze oral
interpretations of literature, including language choice and delivery, and the
effect of the interpretations on the listener.
1.2 Paraphrase a speaker's purpose and point of view and ask relevant questions
concerning the speaker's content, delivery, and purpose.
1.3 Organize information to
achieve particular purposes by matching the message, vocabulary, voice
modulation, expression, and tone to the audience and purpose.
1.4 Prepare a speech outline based upon a chosen pattern of organization, which
generally includes an introduction; transitions, previews, and summaries; a
logically developed body; and an effective conclusion.
1.5 Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate and
colorful modifiers, and the active rather than the passive voice in ways that
enliven oral presentations.
1.6 Use appropriate grammar, word choice, enunciation, and pace during formal
presentations.
1.7 Use audience feedback (e.g., verbal and nonverbal cues):
a. Reconsider and modify the organizational structure or plan.
b. Rearrange words and sentences to clarify the meaning.
Analysis and Evaluation of
Oral and Media Communications
1.8 Evaluate the credibility of a speaker (e.g.,
hidden agendas, slanted or biased material).
1.9 Interpret and evaluate the various ways in which visual image makers (e.g.,
graphic artists, illustrators, news photographers)
communicate information and affect impressions and opinions.
2.0 Speaking Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)
2.1 Deliver narrative presentations
(e.g., biographical, autobiographical):
a. Relate a clear, coherent incident, event, or situation by using well-chosen
details.
b. Reveal the significance of, and the subject's attitude about, the incident,
event, or situation.
c. Employ narrative and descriptive strategies (e.g., relevant dialogue,
specific action, physical description, background description, comparison or
contrast of characters).
2.2 Deliver oral responses to
literature:
a. Interpret a reading and provide insight.
b. Connect the students' own responses to the writer's techniques and to
specific textual references.
c. Draw supported inferences about the effects of a literary work on its
audience.
d. Support judgments through references to the text, other works, other
authors, or personal knowledge.
2.3 Deliver research
presentations:
a. Define a thesis.
b. Record important ideas, concepts, and direct quotations from significant
information sources and paraphrase and summarize all relevant perspectives on
the topic, as appropriate.
c. Use a variety of primary and secondary sources and distinguish the nature
and value of each.
d. Organize and record information on charts, maps, and graphs.
2.4 Deliver persuasive
presentations:
a. Include a well-defined thesis (i.e., one that makes a clear and
knowledgeable judgment).
b. Differentiate fact from opinion and support arguments with detailed
evidence, examples, and reasoning.
c. Anticipate and answer listener concerns and counterarguments effectively
through the inclusion and arrangement of details, reasons, examples, and other
elements.
d. Maintain a reasonable tone.
2.5 Recite poems (of four to six stanzas), sections of speeches, or dramatic
soliloquies, using voice modulation, tone, and gestures expressively to enhance
the meaning.