Appendix on Implementing District Standards
Virginia is not a Common Core state; thus, the following VA Standards provide examples of reading, writing, speaking, and research standards for grades
9-12. Ss read: Standards: 9.5, 10.5, 11.5, and 12.5: Ss read and analyze nonfiction. Ss cite relevant and contextual evidence. Determine a central idea and analyze the ideas over the course of the text(s). Ss read fiction, and recount events, and/or character actions related to the theme. Determine how people, or characters change over the course of the text. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices and tone. Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance.
Ss write: Standard 9.6 Write Cause and Effect papers: describe the interconnectedness of issues (basic human needs, population, consumption, resources, poverty, conflict etc.) and explain how changes in one part of the system can lead to positive or negative impacts to other parts of the system. Standard 10.6, Ss write research and Social Issue Essays. Standard 12.6: Ss write argumentative essays. Ss understand the Writing Process, and grammar is taught in a contextualized way. Ss participate in shared research and writing projects. Ss gather information from primary and secondary sources. Ss cite relevant and contextual evidence. Ss support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Ss speak and listen: Standards: 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, & 12.1: They make planned presentations -follow discussion rules, draw on preparation, pose questions that connect ideas, and acknowledge ideas and information shared by others. Demonstrate understanding while actively engaged in text and listening. Ss research: 9.2, 10.2, 11.2, and 12.2: Plan, produce and organize media research and presentations: Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other sources to explain relationships between locations of places and regions. They use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information.
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