Reading Unit Goals:
This curriculum is designed to advance students through grade-specific standards, develop a deeper understanding of skills, and work toward meeting the expectations of reading to prepare students for college and careers in order for them to succeed in the future.
*The goals of this curriculum will develop in our students the ability to:
1. read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences and relevant connections from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
2. determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
3. analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. 4
4. interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including Updated June 2018 determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
5. analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
6. assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
7. integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
8. delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
9. analyze and reflect on how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
10. read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently with scaffolding as needed.
Writing Units of Study:
~ Poetry
~ Narratives (Realistic Fiction)
~ Informational / Explanatory (research driven)
~ Literary / Opinion Essay (writing about literature)
~ Narrative Nonfiction / Biography
~ On-demand writing genre
~ Literary essay / historical fiction
Writing Unit Goals:
This curriculum is designed to advance students through grade-specific standards, develop a deeper understanding of skills, and work toward meeting the expectations of writing language to prepare students for college and careers in order for them to succeed in the future.
*The goals of this curriculum will develop in our students the ability to:
1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Updated June 2018
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects, utilizing an inquiry-based research process, based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.