Appendix A
Standards
The Delaware State Standards has four main standards which each grade level addresses:
Standard 1: Use written and oral English appropriate for various purposes and audiences.
Standard 2: Construct, examine, and extend the meaning of literary, informative, and technical texts through listening, reading, and viewing.
Standard 3: Access, organize, and evaluate information gained through listening, reading, and viewing.
Standard 4: Use literary knowledge accessed through print and visual media to connect self to society and culture.
While this unit will contain components that will include each of the four main standards, standard 2 and standard 4 will be the major focus of the unit. Each standard has grade level expectations (GLE's) which target specific skills that need to be taught in each grade. The most important GLE's that will be of concentration in this unit are:
2. 4c ñ recognize and interpret figurative language and literary devices and differentiating between literal and non-literal meaning
- Identify and interpret alliteration, repetition, rhythm, dialogue, rhyme, idioms, simile, metaphor, personification, humor, double meanings, symbols, imagery and mood, exaggeration or hyperbole
- describe how figurative language and literary devices extend meaning
4. 3a ñ respond to literary texts and media representing the diversity of American cultural heritage inclusive of ages, genders, nationalities, races, religions and disabilities; respond to literary text and media representative of various nations and cultures
- Read and analyze stories from different cultures and eras to broaden cultural awareness.
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