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Informational Sources: Synthesizing
The learner will be able to make connections among sources, authors, and daily experiences by synthesizing information read in three entries of a particular resource (newspapers, magazines, books) and judging the information on specific criteria (set by teacher and/or student) such as the value of the information, how well the authors of the sources made and substantiated their points, etc.
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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 the author's purpose in a given work.
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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.
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Sentence Structure: Edit/Context
The learner will be able to 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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Conjunction: Use
The learner will be able to correctly use conjunctions in a sentence.
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Modifier: Misplaced/Identify
The learner will be able to identify a misplaced modifier in a sentence.
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Fragment: Identify
The learner will be able to identify incomplete sentences.
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Run-On: Identify
The learner will be able to identify run-on sentences.
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Sentence Combining
The learner will be able to combine multiple complete sentences into one complete sentence.
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Idiom: Define/Interpret
The learner will be able to define and interpret idioms.
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Simile: Recognize
The learner will be able to show an understanding of similes by reading sentences and choosing the best similes for the underlined words or phrases.
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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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Metaphor: Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret metaphors and show an understanding of how they are used in comparisons.
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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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Punctuation: Apply
The learner will be able to apply fundamental punctuation rules to written works.
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Capitalization: Complete Sentence
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of capitalization rules by identifying the correct capitalization required to complete a given sentence.
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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: Title/Book
The learner will be able to capitalize the titles of books.
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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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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/plural possessives.
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Punctuation: Identify Correct
The learner will be able to identify the correct punctuation.
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Punctuation: Use
The learner will be able to use periods (in abbreviations and at the end of sentences), question marks, exclamation marks, commas (in letter openings/closings, dates, between cities and states, and with direct quotes), and apostrophes (possessives and contractions).
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Punctuation: Letters/Correct
The learner will be able to identify the correct use of punctuation/capitalization in the parts of a letter.
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Punctuation: Literature Titles
The learner will be able to properly punctuate literary titles.
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Capitalization: Pronoun "I"
The learner will be able to capitalize the pronoun "I".
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Capitalization: Identify Correct
The learner will be able to identify and use correct capitalization.
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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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Draw Conclusion: Underlying Relationship
The learner will be able to draw a conclusion from underlying relationships.
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Detail: Relevant/Irrelevant/Distinguish
The learner will be able to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant details in an orally read passage.
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Main Idea: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the main idea in an orally read passage.
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Inference: Orally Read Passage
The learner will be able to make inferences from an orally read passage.
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Interpret: Speaker's Message
The learner will be able to will be able to critique a speaker for speech content (ideas selected for speech, organizaiton of ideas, facts and opinons given as support, appropriateness of topic for given audience.).
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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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Story Elements: Response
The learner will be able to read a grade level appropriate story and demonstrate comprehension of the story by taking one element (a character, the setting, a theme) and writing an original story which develops and elaborates on the element by placing it in a new scenario. (e.g., Write an original story which captures the themes of maturity, personal growth, rites of passage, and becoming an adult from a young adult literary selection.) The student must identify the element, explore it, and capture it in an original piece. The student should also write a reflection piece which explains why specific creative decisions were made in writing the original story.
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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: Short Paper
The learner will be able to write a brief response to a short passage which addresses the necessary points and details and shows an understanding of the passage.
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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 and implied 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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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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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/Contrast: Reading Materials
The learner will be able to compare and contrast reading materials.
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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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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 time sturcture and order of events which occur within a reading selection.
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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 Behaviors: Initial Understanding
The learner will be able to demonstrate an initial understanding of a text.
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Read Aloud: Set Example
The learner will be able to set example of reading aloud (Teacher reads aloud).
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Reading Aloud
The learner will be able to read aloud before audiences without struggle or difficulty.
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Reading - Silent Sustained
The learner will be able to read silenty for sustained period of time.
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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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Informative: Panel/Speech/Interview
The learner will be able to present information to a group in a panel, speech, interview, or dramatization format using body language, eye contact, effective word choices and sentence construction, voice modulation, timing, and precise pronunciation to communicate.
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| Spelling |
| This unit includes studying language and word structure 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 spelling using context clues, affixes, base words, and other spelling patterns, and make connections between word etymology, spelling, and meaning.
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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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Vowels: Diphthongs
The learner will be able to correctly substitute, use and spell vowel diphthongs.
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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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Vowels: R Influence
The learner will be able to correctly spell words where the vowel sound is influenced by the letter "r".
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Sight Words
The learner will be able to analyze a series of words and identify which word is spelled incorrectly.
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Suffixes
The learner will be able to correctly spell words which have a suffix.
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Prefixes
The learner will be able to correctly spell words that have a prefix.
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Affix: Root Words
The learner will be able to spell root words correctly.
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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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Sound/Letter: Multiple Representations
The learner will be able to correctly spell words whose sounds have multiple letter representations (graphemes).
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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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Strategies: Word Parts
The learner will be able to use knowledge of similar word parts to spell words correctly.
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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: Entry
The learner will be able to find specific dictionary entries and details of dictionary entries: pronunciation of a specific letter in a given word, parts of speech, correct use of a word, and the number of syllables in a word.
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Index: Locate Information
The learner will be able to locate page numbers for specific topics when given an index.
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Encyclopedia: Locate Information
The learner will be able to locate information in an encyclopedia.
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Card Catalog
The learner will be able to use a card catalog to identify parts of a book (such as the author, topic, title, total pages, publisher, location of publisher, and information about the author).
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Diagrams: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze a diagram.
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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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Word Relationships: Understand
The learner will be able to understand word relationships.
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Compound Word: Define
The learner will be able to define compound words in a sentence.
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Analogy: Create/Interpret
The learner will be able to create and interpret analogies.
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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: Technical
The learner will be able to determine the meaning of unfamiliar technical terms by analyzing the context (a paragraph or more) in which the words are used.
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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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Strategies: Variety
The learner will be able to apply a variety of vocabulary strategies.
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Word Choice: Appropriate
The learner will be able to select words appropriately.
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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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Portfolios: Collection
The learner will be able to compile a portfolio of writing samples which includes writing from different content areas, reports, short stories, persuasive, and expository pieces, and poems with drafts from each stage of the writing process. The writing should reflect the writer's growth in such areas as writing strategies, vocabulary, language conventions, and interests throughout a month, semester, or year. The portfolio should also include an explanation of why the pieces were selected, a self-evaluation of progress, and a judgment statement on whether goals set by teacher and/or student were met.
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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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Strategies
The learner will be able to execute writing strategies (compare/contrast, cause/effect, examples, case studies, elaboration, evidence, definition, sentence construction, organization of ideas, descriptive language, voice, and classification) with control and purpose in writing for pleasure, in content areas, and to communicate ideas and opinions to members of the community.
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Expository: Audience
The learner will be able to write pieces which inform a given audience, and include logically organized and relevant ideas.
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Descriptive: Character Letter
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of a historical character and writing skills to create a one page letter which explains a modern invention to the character. The description should be appropriate for the historical character's educational background, age, time period, experiences, and tied in some way to the character's interests. The modern invention must be explained in clear, precise, and vivid terms. The pros, cons, functions, and appearance of the invention should be included. Each stage of the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, rewriting, editing, and publishing) should be self-evaluated, or evaluated by peers, parents, or teachers.
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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 edit written works for the correct application of the following English language conventions: pronouns and their references, subject-verb agreement, irregular verbs, verb tenses, plural possessives, capitalization, punctuation (commas between cities/states, dates, after yes or no responses, after introductory phrases, and after nouns of direct address), and spelling.
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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.
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Prewriting: Sources/Information
The learner will be able to understand how to use information sources as a prewriting strategy.
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Revise: Audience
The learner will be able to revise writing to include a sense of audience.
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Prewriting: Strategies/Variety
The learner will be able to 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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Persuasive: Strategies
The learner will be able to write to persuade a given audience on a given topic utilizing word choices, language expressions, examples, metaphors, and other persuasion techniques.
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Sequence: Identify
The learner will be able to identify correct sentence sequence.
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Order ideas sequentially
The learner will be able to order ideas sequentially when writing.
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Main Idea: Details/Subtopics
The learner will be able to write a composition which includes a main idea, subtopics, and supporting details.
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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: Proofreading
The learner will be able to identify the word that is spelled incorrectly in a given sentence.
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Composition: Mechanics
The learner will be able to use correct mechanics when creating a composition.
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Expository: "Why"/"Why No
The learner will be able to write an expository piece which clearly answers the "why" or "why not" of a question.
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Expository: Analytical
The learner will be able to write an expository paper which is analytical.
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Expository: Compare/Contrast
The learner will be able to use compare and contrast relationships in expository papers.
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Expository: Definitional
The learner will be able to write an expository paper which is definitional.
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Expository: Explains
The learner will be able to write an expository piece which explains.
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Expository: Relevant Reasons
The learner will be able to use relevant reasons to support expository pieces.
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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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Support: Relevant
The learner will be able to include relevant support when creating a composition.
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Support: Vivid
The learner will be able to include vivid support when creating a composition.
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Topic: Assigned/Composition
The learner will be able to create a composition on an assigned topic.
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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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Edit: Paragraph Coherence
The learner will be able to edit a paragraph for cohesiveness, theme, and sequence of ideas.
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Support: Write Text
The learner will be able to write a supported text.
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Transition: Phrase/Use
The learner will be able to use transitional phrases in his/her writing.
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Transitions
The learner will be able to use effective transitional conjunctions (and, but, or) in his/her writing.
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