MSAD
#55
English/Language
Arts
A.
Students will use the skills
and strategies of the reading process to comprehend interpret, evaluate, and
appreciate what they have read.
Students will be able to:
1.
Formulate questions
to be answered while reading.
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a. Design a variety of questions based
on reading material.
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b. Formulate a variety of questions
using higher level thinking skills. (i.e. evaluation, synthesis, analysis).
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c. Participate in class and small group
reading discussions.
2. Reflect on what
has been discovered and learned while reading, and formulate additional
questions.
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a. Analyze, synthesize material, and expand questioning techniques.
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b. Formulate questions based on what
was read.
3. Use specific
strategies (e.g. rereading, consultation) to clarify confusing parts of a text.
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a. Use context clues to clarify text,
using different strategies for different kinds of text.
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b. Access prior knowledge.
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c. Use strategies of skimming/scanning
to clarify confusing parts of a text.
4. Understand stories
and expository texts from the perspective of the social and cultural context in
which they were created.
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a. Identify cultural bias through
discussions.
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b. Make connections between literature
and different cultures
5. Identify
accurately the author’s purpose, the author’s point of view, and specific
devices an author uses.
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a. Identify accurately the author’s
purpose.
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b. Identify accurately the author’s
point of view.
6. Summarize whole
text by referring to important and representative passages.
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a. Identify and paraphrase
representative passages.
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b. Clearly summarize including
beginning, middle, and end.
7. Read for a wide
variety of purposes (e.g. to gain knowledge, to aid in making decisions, to
receive instruction, to enjoy.
8. Explain
orally and defend opinions formed while reading and viewing.
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a. Compare and contrast the opinions
formed in situations in what they are reading and situations in other media.
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b. Compare the author’s opinion or other readers’ opinions
to their own.
9. Adjust viewing and
listening strategies in order to comprehend materials viewed and heard.
10. Generate and
evaluate the notes they have taken from course related reading, listening, and
viewing.
B. Students
will use reading, listening, and viewing strategies to experience, understand,
and appreciate literature and culture.
Students will be able to:
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