Literature and Language 4 (World Lit)
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 world issues and write an informative 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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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 a fact.
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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, 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 infer meaning from fiction
selections. |
Students will form |
Students will take essay tests that will display their ability to infer meaning. 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 the character and the character’s motives in relation to significant cultural events of the time. |
Students will write reading logs indicating how well they can construct meaning. Students will take essay tests that will display their ability to construct meaning. Quizzes Analytical paper will be assessed. |
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The learner will be able to recognize and contrast
narrative patterns. |
Students will study the narrative patterns of various authors by reading several short stories. Class discussion over these patterns. Students will write a narrative. |
Quizzes over various patterns. Personal narrative paper will be evaluated. |
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 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 and understand a 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 learning logs, test, and analytical paper. |
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The learner will be able to analyze the function of dialogue and how dialogue reveals characters, their personality traits, and motives, within the context of a reading selection. |
Students will read and analyze various short stories that use dialogue to develop characters. |
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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 learning logs, 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 learning logs, 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 |
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 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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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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The learner will be able to read a variety
of non-fiction.
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Students will read non-fiction articles to support research and will take notes. |
Notes will be evaluated for content/clarity. |
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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 show understanding through essay response. |
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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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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 story dealing with character development.
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Students will read selected short story and answer questions on a worksheet. |
Students will write how an author uses character development in an essay response. |
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The learner will be able to read and understand an
informational, non-fiction story. |
Students will read a biography from a foreign author and write a paper that compares his/her life experience to their own. |
Students will identify similarities and differences between our culture and another culture. |
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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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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 technical terms by analyzing the context(
a paragraph or more) in which the words are used. |
Students will read non-fiction articles in support of a research topic and take notes. |
Students’ research papers will be evaluated for content. |
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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.
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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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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 selected words using context clues on a worksheet. |
Students will complete a multiple choice vocabulary quiz. |
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5. Respond personally,
analytically, and critically to a variety of oral, visual, written, and
electronic texts, providing examples of how texts influence their lives and
their role in society. |
The learner will be able to analyze how symbols function
in a reading selection. |
Students will read a selected novel and answer questions regarding symbolism on a worksheet. |
Student will discuss symbolism of novel in an essay response. |
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The learner will be able to construct meaning from
informational texts by examining context clues such as captions for
illustrations, chapter headings, table of contents, the organization of
texts, graphs, and charts, and by relying on resources such as dictionaries,
textbooks, atlases, indexes, and encyclopedias. The students should also b e able to
utilize these abilities to create original informational texts. |
Students will research a specific geographical region and time period. |
Students will create a presentation that explains the
impact of the time period and location on an assigned author’ s
world. |