Pennsylvania State Standards for Reading Writing, Speaking and Listening
1.1 Learning to Read Independently
A. Locate various texts, media and traditional resources for assigned and independent projects before reading.
1.2 Reading Critically in All Content Areas
A. Read and understand essential content of informational texts and documentsin all academic areas.
C. Produce work in at least one literary genre that follows the conventions of the genre.
1.3 Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
B. Analyze the relationships, uses and effectiveness of literary elements used by one or more authors in similar genres including characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view, tone and style.
C. Analyze the effectiveness, in terms of literary quality, of the author's use of literary devices.
D. Analyze and evaluate in poetry the appropriateness of diction and figurative language (e.g., irony, understatement, overstatement, paradox)
F. Read and respond to nonfiction and fiction, including poetry and drama.
1.4 Types of Writing
B. Write complex informational pieces
C. Write persuasive pieces.
1.5 Quality of Writing
D. Write with a command of the stylistic aspects of composition.
E. Revise writing to improve style, word choice, sentence variety and subtlety of meaning after rethinking how questions of purpose, audience and genre have been addressed.
F. Edit writing using the conventions of language.
1.6 Speaking and Listening
D. Contribute to discussions.
E. Participate in small and large group discussions and presentations.
F. Use media for learning purposes.
1.7 Characteristics and Functions of the English Language
B. Analyze when differences in language are a source of negative or positive stereotypes among groups.
1.8 Research
B. Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies.
C. Organize, summarize and present the main ideas from research.
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