Overview of Standards: Module 2
- I can identify main events in the form of a plot diagram.
- I can identify literary elements, including setting, theme, conflict, and symbolism.
- I can cite textual evidence.
- I can determine the central idea of an article.
- I can write an objective summary of an article.
- I can analyze a text for subject, occasion, audience, purpose, style, and tone.
- I can understand the etymology of words.
- I can understand the function of adverbs, verbs, and adjectives.
Standards:
RL,I.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.2 : Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
W.2 Informative/Explanatory Writing
L1b. Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional, absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing or presentations.
L.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrase; use context clues
SL.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions