Literature and
Language 2 Curriculum
STRAND
1: Meaning and Communication
Content
Standard 1: All students will read and comprehend general and
technical material. Grade Level: High School
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1. Use reading for
multiple purposes, such as enjoyment, learning complex procedures, completing
technical tasks, making workplace decisions, evaluating and analyzing
information, and pursuing in-depth studies. |
The learner will be able to draw logical and supported conclusions from passages. |
Students will research controversial topics to write a persuasive research paper. |
Research papers will be evaluated for content. |
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The learner will be able to identify the author’s purpose in a given passage. |
Students will read a selected short story and answer questions regarding author’s purpose on a worksheet. |
Students will demonstrate knowledge through oral response in class discussion. |
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The learner will be able to analyze a character depicted in a novel. |
Students will select prominent personality traits within a novel’s characters. |
Character analysis will evaluate this skill |
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The learner will be able to predict character response. |
Student’s will read short stories and guess characters’ actions. |
Students will respond to short answer questions. |
Content
Standard 1: All students will read and comprehend general and
technical material. Grade Level: High School
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Benchmark |
Performance
Description |
Recommended
Activities |
Recommended
Assessments |
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1. Use reading for multiple purposes, such as enjoyment,
learning complex procedures, completing technical tasks, making workplace
decisions, evaluating and analyzing information, and pursuing in-depth
studies. |
The learner will be able to identify a
statement as an opinion.
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Students will read nonfiction articles to support research and will take notes. |
Notes will be evaluated for content/clarity. |
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2. Read with developing fluency a variety of texts, such as
novels, poetry, drama, essays, research texts, technical manuals, and
documents. |
The learner will be able to identify story detail from a
novel. |
Students will read a selected novel. |
Students will demonstrate knowledge through oral responses during class discussion. Quizzes and tests. |
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The learner will be able to identify the main idea in
novels. |
Students will read a selected novel and complete worksheets. |
Students will correctly answer multiple choice/short answer questions on quizzes. |
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The learner will be able to read a given passage, and
summarize the main ideas, facts, and details of the passage. |
Students will read a selected novel and complete worksheets. |
Students will summarize novel details in an essay response. |
Content
Standard 1: All students will read and comprehend general and
technical material. Grade Level: High School
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Benchmark |
Performance
Description |
Recommended
Activities |
Recommended
Assessments |
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2. Read with developing
fluency a variety of texts, such as novels, poetry, drama, essays, research
texts, technical manuals, and documents. |
The learner will be able to analyze the
elements of a story (characters, setting, plot, mood, tone, climax, theme,
and resolution) and how the elements are connected.
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Students will complete worksheets answering questions about the elements of a short story. Discussion groups |
Students will read a story and be tested on how well they can pick out the elements of the short story. Quizzes |
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The learner will be able to construct meaning from a short
story by interpreting details, the title, character motives and feelings, and
by predicting outcomes. |
Through the use of worksheets and group discussion, students will explain character motives and predict outcomes. Students will write a paper analyzing a character and the characters motives. |
Students will take essay tests that will display their ability to construct meaning. Quizzes |
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Content
Standard 1: All students will read and comprehend general and
technical material.
Grade
Level: High School
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Benchmark |
Performance
Description |
Recommended
Activities |
Recommended
Assessments |
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2. Read with developing
fluency a variety of texts, such as novels, poetry, drama, essays, research
texts, technical manuals, and documents. |
The learner will be able to read and
understand a brief technical passage.
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Students will be given nonfiction articles to read. Students will find nonfiction articles to support a research paper they are writing. Students will take notes from these nonfiction articles. |
Notes will be evaluated. Research papers will be evaluated. |
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The learner will be able to read, make inferences, and
identify the tone of the poem. |
Students will read a poems of various styles by a variety of poets. They will complete worksheets. |
Students will take quizzes and a test over the poems to prove that they understand poetry. Students’ worksheets will be evaluated. |
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The learner will be able to read a variety of fiction
works. |
Students will read a variety of short stories. Students will read a selected novel. |
Students will take quizzes and tests over the short stories they have read and the novel they have read. |
STRAND
1: Meaning and Communication
Content
Standard 1: All students will read and comprehend general and technical
material. Grade Level: High School
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Benchmark |
Performance
Description |
Recommended
Activities |
Recommended
Assessments |
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2. Read with developing
fluency a variety of texts, such as novels, poetry, drama, essays, research
texts, technical manuals, and documents. |
The learner will be able to determine character description. |
Students will read short stories and complete worksheets showing an understanding of character description. Students will write a character analysis paper. |
Students will be assessed through, test, and analytical paper. |
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The learner will be able to analyze the function of the protagonist in a literary selection. |
Students will study various short stories with protagonists. Students will read a selected novel with a protagonist. |
Students will be assessed through worksheets, test, and
quizzes. |
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The learner will be able to analyze the function of an antagonist in a literary selection. |
Students will study various short stories with antagonists. Students will read a selected novel with a antagonist. |
Students will be assessed through worksheets, test, and quizzes. |
STRAND1:
Meaning and Communication
Content
Standard 1: All students will read and comprehend general and
technical material.
Grade
Level: High School
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Benchmark |
Performance
Description |
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Activities |
Recommended
Assessments |
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2. Read with developing
fluency a variety of texts, such as novels, poetry, drama, essays, research
texts, technical manuals, and documents. |
The learner will be able to analyze points of view in a reading selection to discern if views are supported. |
Students will read a selected short story and answer questions regarding point of view on a worksheet. |
Students will correctly answer multiple choice questions regarding point of view on a quiz. |
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The learner will be able to analyze how imagery functions within a reading selection. |
Students will read a selected short story and answer questions regarding imagery on a worksheet. |
Students will demonstrate knowledge of imagery through oral response in class discussion. |
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Linden Community Schools
Content
Standard 1: All students will read and comprehend general and
technical material. Grade Level: High School
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Benchmark |
Performance
Description |
Recommended
Activities |
Recommended
Assessments |
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2. Read with developing
fluency a variety of texts, such as novels, poetry, drama, essays, research
texts, technical manuals, and documents. |
The learner will be able to analyze a
symbol in a passage.
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Students will read short stories and identify symbols in each. |
Students will explain symbols and their meanings. |
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The learner will be able to read and understand a short
dialogue between multiple characters. |
Students will read selected novel and answer questions on a worksheet. |
Students will demonstrate knowledge through oral response during class discussion. |
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The learner will be able to read and understand short
stories, plays, and novels. |
Students will read selected short stories, plays, and novels and complete questions on a worksheet. |
Students will work cooperatively to present the author’s opinion and supporting facts. |
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The learner will be able to analyze staging, stage
directions and their effect on the element of drama (plot, setting,
characters, etc.). |
Students will read a short play and answer questions on a worksheet. |
Students will correctly answer multiple choice/short answer questions on a test. |
Content
Standard 1: All students will read and comprehend general and
technical material.
Grade
Level: High School
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Benchmark |
Performance
Description |
Recommended
Activities |
Recommended
Assessments |
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Read with developing fluency a variety of texts, such as
novels, poetry, drama, essays, research texts, technical manuals, and
documents. |
The learner will be able to analyze a
symbol in a passage.
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Students will read selected short stories identify symbols in each. |
Students will explain symbols and their meanings. |
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The learner will be able to read and understand an
informational, non-fiction story. |
Students will read a magazine article and take notes about important facts. |
Notes will be evaluated for content/clarity. |
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The learner will be able to read and understand a
persuasive passage. |
Students will read a persuasive essay and evaluate the arguments. |
Students will work cooperatively to present the author’s opinion and supporting facts. |
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3. Selectively employ the
most effective strategies to construct meaning, such as generating questions,
scanning, analyzing, and evaluating for specific information related to
research questions, and deciding how to represent content through
summarizing, clustering, and mapping. |
The learner will be able to identify the implied main idea
of a given passage. |
Students will use graphic organizer to map ideas/ details from a non-fiction article. |
Students will present content of article to class. Presentation will be evaluated for content/clarity. |
STRAND
1: Meaning and Communication
Content
Standard 1: All students will read and comprehend general and
technical material. Grade Level: High School
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Benchmark |
Performance
Description |
Recommended
Activities |
Recommended
Assessments |
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3. Selectively employ the
most effective strategies to construct meaning, such as generating questions,
scanning, analyzing, and evaluating for specific information related to
research questions, and deciding how to represent content through
summarizing, clustering, and mapping. |
The learner will be able to utilize a
variety of cues to construct meaning from a reading selection (illustrations,
titles, content).
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Students will read non-fiction articles in support of a research topic and take notes. |
Notes will be evaluated for content/ clarity. |
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4.Selectively
employ the most effective strategies to recognize words as they construct
meaning, including the use of context clues, etymological study, and
reference materials. |
The learner will be able to infer word meaning from
context. |
Students will complete vocabulary worksheet using context clues. |
Students will accurately answer vocabulary questions on a quiz using context clues. |
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The learner will be able to determine the meaning of
unfamiliar words by analyzing language expressions and conventions (including
antonyms, synonyms, definition, explanations, descriptions, examples, etc.). |
Students will complete vocabulary worksheet utilizing antonyms and synonyms. |
Students will complete matching items on a
vocabulary quiz and define unfamiliar terms.
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STRAND
1: Meaning and Communication
Content
Standard 1: All students will read and comprehend general and
technical material.
Grade
Level: High School
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Benchmark |
Performance
Description |
Recommended
Activities |
Recommended
Assessments |
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4. Selectively employ the
most effective strategies to recognize words as they construct meaning,
including the use of context clues, etymological study, and reference
materials. |
The learner will be able to use the
context of a sentence to determine the meaning of a specified word.
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Students will read a passage and determine definitions of |