Appendix A
Implementing District Standards
Writing Strategies
1.1 Organization and Focus: demonstrate an understanding of the elements of discourse (e.g., purpose, speaker, audience, form) when completing narrative, expository, persuasive, or descriptive writing assignments
- Covered when defining biography and oral history as well as writing biography.
1.2 Organization and Focus: use point of view, characterization, style (e.g., use of irony), and related elements for specific rhetorical and aesthetic purposes
- Covered when defining biography and oral history as well as writing biography.
1.6 Research and Technology: develop presentations by using clear research questions and creative and critical research strategies (e.g., field studies, oral histories, interviews, experiments, electronic sources)
- Covered when conducting interviews, developing questions, investigating yearbooks, and developing presentations.
Reading Comprehension
Covered during literature circles and when reading full length biographies and think/read alouds.
2.5 Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: analyze an author's implicit and explicit philosophical assumptions and beliefs about a subject
Literary Response and Analysis
3.2 Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on life, using textual evidence to support the claim
3.5 Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: analyze recognized works of American literature representing a variety of genres and traditions:
- evaluate the philosophical, political, religious, ethical, and social influences of the historical period that shaped the characters, plots, and settings
Our school is committed to integrating art into every classroom. The Visible thinking and Visual Thinking Strategies are designed to support these school standards.
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