Academic standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5
- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.3
- Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.2
- Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3
- Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.6
- Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.9
- Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.10
- By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.10
- By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2
- Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1
- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4
- Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.6
- Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g.,...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1
- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.4
- Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.6
- Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation. (See grade 5 Language standards 1...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2
- Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.9
- Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.7
- Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.8
- Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of...
- CLE 3001.4.1
- Define and narrow a problem or research topic.
- CLE 3001.4.2
- Gather relevant information from a variety of print and electronic sources, as well as from direct observation, interviews, and surveys.
- CLE 3001.4.3
- Make distinctions about the credibility, reliability, consistency, strengths, and limitations of resources, including information gathered from websites.
- CLE 3001.4.4
- Write an extended research paper, using primary and secondary sources and technology and graphics, as appropriate.
- CLE 3001.4.5
- Use a standard format to arrange text, to cite sources correctly, and to document quotations, paraphrases, and other information.
- CLE 3001.6.1
- Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of informational and technical texts and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.
- CLE 3001.6.3
- Read, interpret, and analyze graphics that support informational and technical texts.
- CLE 3002.4.1
- Define and narrow a problem or research topic.
- CLE 3002.4.2
- Gather relevant information from a variety of print and electronic sources, as well as from direct observation, interviews, and surveys.
- CLE 3002.4.3
- Make distinctions about the credibility, reliability, consistency, strengths, and limitations of resources, including information gathered from websites.
- CLE 3002.4.4
- Write an extended research paper, using primary and secondary sources and technology and graphics, as appropriate.
- CLE 3002.4.5
- Use a standard format to arrange text, to cite sources correctly, and to document quotations, paraphrases, and other information.
- CLE 3002.6.1
- Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of informational and technical texts and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.
- CLE 3002.6.3
- Read, interpret, and analyze graphics that support informational and technical texts.
- CLE 3003.3.1
- Write in a variety of modes, with particular emphasis on persuasion, for
different purposes and audiences.
- CLE 3003.3.3
- Organize ideas into an essay with a thesis statement in the introduction, well-constructed paragraphs, a conclusion, and transition sentences that connect...
- CLE 3003.4.5
- Use a standard format to arrange text, to cite sources, and to document quotations, paraphrases, and other information.
- CLE 3003.6.1
- Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of complex informational texts
and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.
- CLE 3003.6.2
- Analyze the organizational structures of complex informational and technical
texts.
- CLE 3003.6.3
- Read, interpret, and analyze graphics that support complex informational and
technical texts.
- CLE 3003.8.1
- Demonstrate knowledge of significant works of American literature from the
colonial period to the present and make relevant comparisons.
- CLE 3003.8.4
- Analyze works of American literature for what is suggested about the
historical period in which they were written.
- CLE 3003.8.5
- Know and use appropriate literary terms to derive meaning and comprehension from various literary genres.
- CLE 3005.3.3
- Organize ideas into an essay with a thesis statement in the introduction, well-constructed paragraphs, a conclusion, and transition sentences that connect...
- CLE 3005.4.5
- Use a standard format to arrange text, to cite sources correctly, and to document quotations, paraphrases, and other information.
- CLE 3005.6.1
- Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of complex informational texts
and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.
- CLE 3005.6.3
- Read, interpret, and analyze graphics that support complex informational and
technical texts.
- CLE 3005.8.5
- Know and use appropriate literary terms to derive meaning and comprehension from various literary genres.
- GLE 0401.1.1
- Demonstrate knowledge of Standard English usage, mechanics, and spelling.
- GLE 0401.2.1
- Continue to develop oral language skills necessary for communication.
- GLE 0401.2.2
- Continue to develop listening skills necessary for communication.
- GLE 0501.2.1
- Continue to develop critical listening skills necessary for comprehension and
task completion.
- GLE 0501.2.2
- Continue to develop strategies for expressing thoughts and ideas clearly and
effectively.
- GLE 0501.2.4
- Participate in teams for work and discussion.
- GLE 0501.5.2
- Use logic to make inferences and to draw conclusions in a variety of oral and
written contexts.
- SPI 0501.2.4
- Organize ideas in the most effective order for an oral presentation.
- SPI 3001.4.4
- Evaluate the validity of Web pages as sources of information.
- SPI 3001.4.6
- Identify information that must be cited or attributed within a writing sample.
- SPI 3002.4.4
- Evaluate the validity of Web pages as sources of information.
- SPI 3002.4.6
- Identify information that must be cited or attributed within a writing sample.
- SPI 3003.2.5
- Identify the rhetorical devices used in a complex speech (i.e., rhetorical questions, parallelism and repetition, analogies, hyperbole, metaphors, simile,...
- SPI 3003.3.13
- Identify the targeted audience for a selected passage.
- SPI 3003.3.8
- Choose the transitional device that appropriately connects sentences or paragraphs within a writing sample.
- SPI 3003.6.1
- Discern the stated or implied main idea and supporting details of a complex informational or technical passage.
- SPI 3003.6.3
- Analyze the ways in which the organizational structure of a complex informational or technical text supports or confounds its meaning or purpose.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.L.VAU.5
- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings in grades 11-12 reading and content; interpret...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RI.CS.4
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RI.CS.6
- Determine an author's point of view and/or purpose in a text, analyzing how style and content contribute to its effectiveness.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RL.CS.4
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.RL.CS.6
- Analyze how point of view and/or author purpose requires distinguishing what is directly stated in texts and what is implied.
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.RBPK.9
- Support and defend interpretations, analyses, reflections, or research with evidence found in literature or informational texts, applying grade band...
- TSS.ELA.11-12.W.TTP.2
- Write informative/explanatory texts to analyze, synthesize, and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the...
- TSS.ELA.4.FL.WC.4
- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills when encoding words; write legibly.
- TSS.ELA.4.SL.CC.1
- Prepare for collaborative discussions on 4th grade level topics and texts; engage effectively with varied partners, building on others' ideas and expressing...
- TSS.ELA.4.SL.PKI.4
- Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to...
- TSS.ELA.4.SL.PKI.6
- Recognize that different situations call for formal vs. informal English, and use formal English when appropriate.
- TSS.ELA.5.SL.CC.1
- Prepare for collaborative discussions on 5th grade level topics and texts; engage effectively with varied partners, building on others' ideas and expressing...
- TSS.ELA.5.SL.PKI.4
- Report on a topic or text, or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main...
- TSS.ELA.5.SL.PKI.6
- Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation.
- TSS.ELA.9-10.RI.KID.2
- Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary.
- TSS.ELA.9-10.RL.KID.2
- Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary.
- TSS.ELA.9-10.W.RBPK.7
- Conduct and write short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem by...
- TSS.ELA.9-10.W.RBPK.8
- Use multiple search terms to generate a variety of print and digital sources; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of...
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