Implementing District Standards
This unit meets multiple standards under the Virginia Department of Education’s Standards of Learning. Specifically, they meet the following:
9.4: The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of literary texts including narratives, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
b) Summarize text relating supporting details.
e) Explain the relationships between and among elements of literature: characters, plot, setting, tone, point of view, and theme.
g) Analyze the cultural or social function of a literary text.
i) Explain the influence of historical context on the form, style, and point of view of a written work.
k) Analyze how an author’s specific word choices and syntax achieve special effects and support the author’s purpose.
l) Make predictions, inferences, draw conclusions, and connect prior knowledge to support reading comprehension.
m) Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.
9.5 The student will read and analyze a variety of nonfiction texts.
a) Recognize an author’s intended purpose for writing and identify the main idea.
b) Summarize text relating supporting details.
d) Identify characteristics of expository, technical, and persuasive texts.
e) Identify a position/argument to be confirmed, disproved, or modified.
h) Draw conclusions and make inferences on explicit and implied information using textual support as evidence.
k) Use the reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.
9.6 The student will develop narrative, expository, and persuasive writings for a variety of audiences and purposes.
a) Generate, gather, and organize ideas for writing.
b) Plan and organize writing to address a specific audience and purpose.
e) Elaborate ideas clearly through word choice and vivid description.
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