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Short Story: Analyzing
The learner will be able to analyze a short story for details, emotions, and events, and predict the outcomes of the story.
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Genre/Cultures: Selecting Literature
The learner will be able to independently select books from a variety of genres (biographies, nonfiction, fiction, diaries, and journals) and from multiple cultures.
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Author Technique: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of author technique.
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Author Intention: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate and identify the author's purpose in a given work.
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Short Story: Construct Meaning
The learner will be able to construct meaning from a short story by interpreting details, the title, character motives and feelings, by predicting outcomes, and analyze a character depicted in a short story.
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Point of View: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate how author point of view influences reading materials.
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| Language Expressions |
| This unit includes comprehending and applying the rules which govern language expressions and usage. Students studying this unit develop an intuitive sense of language structure, and the ability to make judgments regarding how language expressions relate to the cohesiveness of sentences and passages. |
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Noun: Forms/Edit
The learner will be able to edit writing for noun forms.
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Subject-Verb: Agreement
The learner will be able to use correct subject-verb agreement.
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Pronoun: Case/Edit
The learner will be able to edit written works for correct use of pronouns.
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Sentence Structure: Identify Complete
The learner will be able to identify complete sentences; edit a series of sentences for double negatives, verb forms, subject-verb agreement, redundancies, and clarity.
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Sentence Structure: Grammar/Effective
The learner will be able to write grammatically correct, effective sentences.
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Run-On: Identify
The learner will be able to identify run-on sentences.
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Fragment: Identify
The learner will be able to identify incomplete sentences.
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Sentence Combining
The learner will be able to combine multiple complete sentences into one complete sentence with clarity of meaning.
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Grammar: Use
The learner will be able to use correct grammar.
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Sentence Structure: Length/Variety
The learner will be able to write using a variety of sentence structures and lengths.
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| Language Mechanics |
| This unit includes comprehending and applying the rules which govern punctuation and capitalization. Students studying this unit incorporate knowledge of language mechanics into original writing, and successfully edit passages for language mechanics errors. |
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Mechanics: Conventions
The learner will be able to understand and apply English language conventions in the following areas: punctuation (commas, periods, quotation marks) and usage (pronouns, singular and plural nouns, subject/verb agreement, verb tenses, singular possessives and plural possessives.).
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Endmark: Use
The learner will be able to use endmarks correctly.
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Capitalization: Proper Nouns
The learner will be able to capitalize proper nouns.
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Capitalization: Title
The learner will be able to capitalize a title.
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Capitalization: City/State
The learner will be able to capitalize cities and states.
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Capitalization: Pronoun "I"
The learner will be able to capitalize the pronoun "I".
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Capitalization: Letter Parts
The learner will be able to identify the correct capitalization of the parts of a letter.
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Capitalization: Use Correctly
The learner will be able to use capitalization correctly.
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Capitalization: Identify Correct
The learner will be able to identify correct capitalization.
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Comma: City/State
The learner will be able to use a comma between a city and state.
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Comma: Understand
The learner will be able to edit sentences for the correct use of commas and show an understanding of how commas alter meaning.
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Comma: Identify Correct Use
The learner will be able to identify the correct use of commas.
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Quotation Mark: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the correct use of quotation marks in a sentence.
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Quotation Mark: Dialogue/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the correct use of quotation marks in dialogue.
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Apostrophe: Use
The learner will be able to correctly use apostrophes in sentences.
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Apostrophe: Contractions
The learner will be able to identify and correctly use apostrophes with contractions.
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Apostrophe: Possessive/Singular
The learner will be able to identify and correctly use apostrophes with singular possessives.
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Apostrophe: Possessive/Plural
The learner will be able to identify and correctly use apostrophes with plural possessives.
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Punctuation: Apply
The learner will be able to apply fundamental punctuation rules to written works.
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Punctuation: Identify Correct
The learner will be able to identify the correct punctuation.
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Punctuation: Letters/Correct
The learner will be able to identify the correct use of punctuation in a letter.
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| Listening |
| This unit includes identifying and distinguishing between sounds and patterns in sounds, and constructing meaning from information delivered verbally. |
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Response: Story/Analyze/Discuss
The learner will be able to analyze a story and discuss story elements after hearing it read aloud. This includes identifying the main idea, events, sequence, and details of the story.
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Evaluating: Student/Teacher Criteria
The learner will be able to evaluate the oral presentations given by others on the basis of a set of student/teacher developed criteria (cohesive main idea, consistent organization of supporting ideas, and effective speaking style).
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| Reading Operations |
| This unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. Students are able to identify, discuss, and compare both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications). |
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Predict Outcome
The learner will be able to analyze how elements of a story are connected, and utilize this analysis to make predictions about how a story might end.
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Story Elements: Analyzing/Connecting
The learner will be able to analyze story elements such as characters, point of view, setting, and story line, and discuss how these elements are connected.
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Strategies: Monitoring
The learner will be able to develop strategies for monitoring his/her reading process.
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Reading Behaviors: Apply
The learner will be able to apply meaning while reading.
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Comprehension: Display Skills
The learner will be able to display comprehension skills.
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Response Logs
The learner will be able to keep a reading response log which includes sections for detailing events, and for providing an emotional and/or intellectual reaction to story elements. Such a log should be referred to by the student as a measure of the student's growth as a reader, for topics for group discussions, and as a way to become an engaged reader.
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Response: Activities
The learner will be able to engage in self-initiated reading response activities such as prewriting on topics (lists, webbing, illustrations, graphs, clusters), maintaining reading response logs, discussing reading materials with peers, and forming questions about reading materials during which the student is able to recall key elements of reading materials, summarize, paraphrase main ideas, generalize about characters, explain how elements of reading materials may be connected, and remain open to the ideas and interpretations of others.
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Prior Knowledge: Understand Text
The learner will be able to use prior knowledge to understand texts.
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Cause/Effect: Understanding
The learner will be able to understand the relationship between cause and effect.
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Main Idea: Stated
The learner will be able to determine the main idea stated in a passage.
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Draw Conclusion: Reading Material
The learner will be able to draw conclusions about reading materials.
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Draw Conclusion: Passage
The learner will be able to draw logical and supported conclusions from passages.
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Predict Outcome: Information
The learner will be able to make predictions from information in written material.
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Fact/Opinion
The learner will be able to distinguish between fact and opinion.
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Summary: Strategies
The learner will be able to summarize material while he/she reads.
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Theme: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the theme of a given reading passage.
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Inference: Information
The learner will be able to make inferences from information in written material.
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Figurative Language: Infer Meaning
The learner will be able to infer meaning from figurative language.
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Detail: Identify
The learner will be able to identify details from reading passages.
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Story: Elements/Identify
The learner will be able to identify story elements, such as setting, plot, and characters.
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Compare: Reading Material
The learner will be able to make comparisons about reading material.
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Strategies: Vocabulary/Using
The learner will be able to use vocabulary to understand what is read.
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Strategies: Graphic/Use
The learner will be able to use common graphical features to increase understanding of reading materials.
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Strategies: Knowing
The learner will be able to know of a variety of strategies which aid comprehension.
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Strategies: Extend Information
The learner will be able to extend information beyond passage ideas while reading.
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Strategies: Critical Thinking
The learner will be able to apply critical thinking when reading materials.
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Plot: Climax
The learner will be able to recognize plot climax in reading selections.
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Literary Device: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze literary devices used in reading materials.
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Critical Thinking: Reading Materials
The learner will be able to critically examine reading materials.
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Sentence Completion: Infer Word
The learner will be able to infer words missing from sentences.
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Reality/Fantasy
The learner will be able to distinguish between reality and fantasy.
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Sequence: Identify Order
The learner will be able to identify the order of events which occur within a reading selection.
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Sequence: Time/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the time structure of a reading passage.
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Sequence: Use/Understand
The learner will be able to use sequence to understand reading materials.
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Generalization: Passage
The learner will be able to make a generalization based on passage elements.
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Questions: Aid Understanding
The learner will be able to generate questions to aid understanding while reading.
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Structure: Increase Understanding
The learner will be able to use text structure to increase understanding of reading materials.
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Reading: Silent Sustained
The learner will be able to read silently for a sustained period of time to include Accelerated Reading.
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| Speaking |
| This unit includes practicing techniques and strategies (voice modulation, body language, ordering of ideas, visual aids, etc.) to convey meaning and to present information and opinions to groups. Students learn to choose appropriate topics, and methods of presenting topics, for specific audiences. |
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Persuasion: Devices/Utilize
The learner will be able to communicate a point of view utilizing persuasive devices (powerful examples, language, tone of voice, and sequencing events), and body language.
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General: Guidelines/Follow
The learner will be able to orally present a report, speech, poem, or story which follows the guidelines set by the class/teacher for an appropriate presentation.
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Story: Retell/Summarize
The learner will be able to orally retell or summarize a story.
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| Spelling |
| This unit includes studying language and word structure knowledge to discern the correct spelling of words. Students edit passages for correct spelling by making connections between spelling, meaning, and structure. |
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Edit: Contextual
The learner will be able to edit for correct spelling by transferring a knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and their definitions to the spelling of words.
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Strategies
The learner will be able to develop a study method for learning how to spell new words (such as keeping a log of words misspelled frequently).
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Consonants: Variant Spelling
The learner will be able to correctly spell words which contain a phonetic segment which has multiple representations.
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Consonant: Phonemes
The learner will be able to identify the correct spelling of words with consonant phonemes.
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Vowels: Digraphs
The learner will be able to correctly spell words which have a digraph.
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Vowel: Phonemes
The learner will be able to identify the correct spelling of vowel phonemes.
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Vowels: Long/Short
The learner will be able to use the correct spelling with both long and short sounds of vowels.
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Double Letters
The learner will be able to correctly spell words that have double letters.
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Suffixes
The learner will be able to correctly spell words which have a suffix.
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Affix: Root Words
The learner will be able to spell root words correctly.
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Root Words: Building
The learner will be able to correctly spell words where an affix may or may not change the spelling of the root word.
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Homophones
The learner will be able to review sentences for the appropriate use and correct spelling of homophones.
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Schwa Sound
The learner will be able to correctly spell words which have a schwa sound.
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Structural Units: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the correct spelling of structural units.
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Spelling
The learner will be able to choose a word that best completes a sentence and is spelled correctly.
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Irregular Words
The learner will be able to correctly write words with irregular spelling.
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Compound Word
The learner will be able to correctly spell compound words.
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| Study and Research Skills |
| This unit includes developing organization and research skills needed to find appropriate resources, to judge resources as relevant or not relevant to a given topic, to categorize and synthesize information, to take notes in class, and to study for exams. |
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Dictionary: Identify/Locate Information
The learner will be able to identify the kinds of information a dictionary contains and locate information in a dictionary.
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Outline: Titles
The learner will be able to use organizational skills to complete an outline and choose the most appropriate title for a given outline.
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Encyclopedia: Locate Information
The learner will be able to locate information in an encyclopedia.
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Diagrams: Keys
The learner will be able to use a diagram and its accompanying keys.
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| Vocabulary |
| This unit includes studying and applying knowledge of word structure (bases and affixes) to define unfamiliar words and understand technical or informational content. |
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Analogy
The learner will be able to generate analogies which encompass the multiple levels of meaning and connotations of words.
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Word Relationships: Understand
The learner will be able to understand word relationships and determine the meaning of a word through its relationship to another word.
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Word Choice: Poems
The learner will be able to demonstrate a large vocabulary and the ability to use multiple-meaning words precisely by writing cinquains, haikus, diamantes, and acrostics.
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Word Choice: Appropriate
The learner will be able to select words appropriately.
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Synonym: Define
The learner will be able to define synonyms.
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Antonym: Define
The learner will be able to define antonyms.
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Sentence Completion
The learner will be able to identify the vocabulary word that best completes a given sentence as read aloud by the teacher.
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Context: Word Meaning
The learner will be able to infer word meaning from context.
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Context: Missing Words
The learner will be able to use context to infer missing words.
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Vocabulary: Multiple Meaning/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize multiple meaning words.
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Vocabulary: Read/Identify/Understand
The learner will be able to read, identify, and understand grade specific vocabulary words.
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Vocabulary: Mature Command
The learner will be able to demonstrate a mature command of vocabulary when writing.
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Strategies: Variety
The learner will be able to apply a variety of vocabulary strategies.
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| Writing |
| This unit includes utilizing each stage of the writing process to create original pieces. Students explore a variety of organizational formats and purposes for writing (communicating ideas, opinions, and feelings, clarifying thoughts, and solving problems). |
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Paragraph: Topic Sentences
The learner will be able to create and edit a topic sentence which develops the topic of a given paragraph.
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Style: Selecting
The learner will be able to choose an appropriate writing style (expository, persuasive, narrative, or expressive) for a given purpose.
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Writing as a Process: Expository
The learner will be able to demonstrate the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, rewriting, editing, publishing) to create an expository piece.
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Edit: Adjectives/Adverbs
The learner will be able to edit for correct use of adverbs and adjectives.
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Edit: Language Conventions
The learner will be able to proofread sentences for punctuation errors and complete sentences using correct punctuation and capitalization.
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Edit: Usage/Mechanics
The learner will be able to edit final drafts of writing for correct use of the following conventions: pronouns, singular or plural nouns, subject-verb agreement, singular possessives, punctuation, and spelling.
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Revise: Content
The learner will be able to revise writing in terms of content, style, voice, selection and sequence of ideas, and sentence structure (declarative, interrogatory, imperative, exclamatory). The student should show a willingness to be flexible, open to changes in drafts, and should view writing as a continuous process.
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Conclusion: Use
The learner will be able to use a conclusion in a written work.
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Prewriting: Outline/Understand
The learner will be able to understand how to use an outline as a prewriting strategy and apply a variety of prewriting strategies.
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Organization: Information
The learner will be able to use writing as a way to organize information.
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Paragraph: Topic Sentence/Identify
The learner will be able to select the best topic sentence for a given paragraph.
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Expository: Essay
The learner will be able to write an expository essay.
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Narrative: Events/Sequence
The learner will be able to write a narrative which describes events in sequential order.
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Sequence: Identify
The learner will be able to identify correct sentence sequence.
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Sequence: Ideas
The learner will be able to order ideas sequentially when writing.
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Descriptive: Object/Idea
The learner will be able to write to describe the qualities of an object or an idea.
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Main Idea/Supporting Details
The learner will be able to write a composition which includes a main idea and supporting details.
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Descriptive: Describe/Support
The learner will be able to write a descriptive passage that uses concrete sensory details to describe and support impressions of people, places, things, or experiences.
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Revise: Audience
The learner will be able to revise writing to include a sense of audience.
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Composition: Mechanics
The learner will be able to use correct mechanics when creating a composition.
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Descriptive: Adjectives/Senses
The learner will be able to write using adjectives which appeal to the senses.
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Descriptive: Adjectives/Specific
The learner will be able to when retelling an event, use specific adjectives.
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Organization: Clarity
The learner will be able to use clear organization in writing.
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Prewriting: Develop a Focus
The learner will be able to develop a focus for his/her writing.
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Topic: Assigned/Composition
The learner will be able to create a composition on an assigned topic.
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Transition: Composition
The learner will be able to write a composition with effective transitions.
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Clarity/Focus: Relevant Information
The learner will be able to include relevant information in his/her writing.
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Edit: Verb Form
The learner will be able to edit written works for correct verb forms.
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Edit: Capitalization
The learner will be able to edit sentences for capitalization errors.
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Edit: Punctuation
The learner will be able to edit for correct use of punctuation.
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Edit: Usage
The learner will be able to edit written works for usage.
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Topic: Choose
The learner will be able to choose a topic for his/her writing.
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Transition: Phrase/Use
The learner will be able to use effective transitions (and, but, or) , use transitional phrases and use transitional conjunctions in his/her writing.
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