Reading Standards
Strand 1
Concept 4 Reading Process
Grades 8-12: Vocabulary: Acquire and use new vocabulary in
relevant contexts
Grade 10 PO 3. Determine how the meaning of the text is
affected by the writer’s word choice (e.g., literal
vs. figurative language, idioms, adages).
Concept 5: Grade
6-10 Fluency: PO 1. Read from a variety of genres
with accuracy, automaticity (immediate recognition), and prosody (expression)
Concept 6 Grades 6-8 Employ strategies to comprehend text.
PO 1.
Predict text content using prior knowledge and text features (e.g.,
illustrations, titles, topic sentences, key words).
PO 2. Confirm predictions about text for accuracy.
PO 3. Generate clarifying questions in order to
comprehend text.
PO 4.
Use graphic organizers in order to clarify the meaning of the text.
PO 5. Connect information and events in text to
experience and to related text
and sources.
PO 6. Apply
knowledge of the organizational structures (e.g., chronological order, cause
and effect relationships) of text to aid comprehension.
PO 7. Use reading strategies (e.g., drawing
conclusions, determining cause and effect, making inferences, sequencing) to
comprehend text.
Concept 6 Grades 9-12: Employ strategies to comprehend text.
PO 1. Predict text content using prior knowledge
and text features (e.g., illustrations, titles, topic sentences, key words).
PO 2. Generate clarifying questions in order to
comprehend text.
PO 3. Use graphic organizers in order to clarify
the meaning of the text.
PO 4. Connect information and events in text to
experience and to related text
and sources.
PO
5. Apply knowledge of
organizational structures (e.g., chronological order, sequence-time order,
cause and effect relationships, logical order, by classification,
problem-solution) of text to aid comprehension.
10th Grade PO 5. Apply knowledge of
organizational structures (e.g., chronological order, sequence-time order, cause and effect relationships, logical
order, by classification, problem-solution) of text to aid comprehension.
Grade 11-12 PO 5. Apply knowledge of
organizational structures (e.g., chronological order, sequence-time order, cause and effect relationships, logical
order, classification schemes, problem-solution) of
text to aid comprehension.
Writing Standards
Strand 1: Prewriting
Concept 1: Prewriting Grade 6-8)
Prewriting includes using strategies to generate, plan, and organize
ideas for specific purposes.
PO
1. Generate ideas through a
variety of activities (e.g., prior knowledge, discussion with others, printed material, or
other sources).
PO
2. Determine the purpose (e.g., to
entertain, to inform, to communicate, to persuade, to explain) of an intended
writing piece.
PO
3. Determine the intended audience
of a writing piece.
PO
4. Establish a central idea
appropriate to the type of writing.
PO
5. Use organizational strategies
(e.g., outline, chart, table, graph, Venn
Diagram, web, story map, plot pyramid) to plan
writing.
PO
6. Maintain a record (e.g., list,
journal, folder, notebook) of writing ideas.
High School Concept 1:
Prewriting
Prewriting includes using strategies to
generate, plan, and organize ideas for specific purposes. PO
1. Generate ideas through a
variety of activities (e.g., brainstorming, notes and logs, graphic organizers,
record of writing ideas and discussion, printed material or
other sources).
PO
2. Determine the purpose (e.g., to
entertain, to inform, to communicate, to persuade, to explain) of an intended
writing piece.
PO
3. Determine the intended audience
of a writing piece.
PO 4.
Establish a controlling idea appropriate to the type of writing.
PO
5. Use organizational strategies
(e.g., outline, chart, table, graph, Venn
Diagram, web, story map, plot pyramid) to plan
writing.
PO
6. Maintain a record (e.g., list,
journal, folder, notebook) of writing ideas.
Concept 3: Revising (Grades
6-12)
Revising includes evaluating and refining the rough draft for clarity
and effectiveness. (Ask: Does this draft say what you want it to say?)
PO
1. Evaluate the draft for use of
ideas and content, organization, voice, word choice, and sentence fluency. (See Strand 2)
PO
2. Add details to the draft to
more effectively accomplish the purpose.
PO 3.
Delete irrelevant and/or redundant information from the draft to more
effectively accomplish the purpose.
Writing Strand 2
Concept 3: Voice
Voice will vary
according to the type of writing, but should be appropriately formal or casual,
distant or personal, depending on the audience and purpose.
8th Grade
PO
1. Show awareness of the audience through word choice, style, and an appropriate connection
with, or distance from, the audience.
PO
3. Use language appropriate for the
topic and purpose.
PO
4. Choose appropriate voice (e.g., formal, informal, academic discourse) for the audience
and purpose.
High School
PO
1. Show awareness of the audience
through word choice, style, and
an appropriate connection with, or distance from, the audience.
PO
2. Convey a sense of identity
through originality, sincerity, liveliness, or humor appropriate to topic and
type of writing.
Concept 4: Word Choice
Grades 8 through High School
Word choice reflects the writer’s use of specific words and phrases to
convey the intended message and employs a variety of words that are functional
and appropriate to the audience and purpose.
PO 1. Use
accurate, specific, powerful words and phrases that effectively convey the
intended message.
Social Studies Standards
Grade 8
High School
World History
Strand 2
Concept 2:
Early Civilizations
PO 2.
Analyze the development and historical significance of Hinduism,
Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.
PO 3. Analyze the enduring Greek and Roman
contributions and their impact on later civilization:
PO 2. Analyze the development and historical significance
of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.