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LearningGoalStrands

Strand#1:ReadingandCriticallyAnalyzingFiction
ReportingTopic#1:RL.910.2Determineathemeofatextandanalyzeitsdevelopmentover
thecourseofthetext,includinghowitemergesandisshapedandrefinedbyspecificdetails
provideanobjectivesummaryofatext
Goal1:Studentswillbeabletoobjectivelysummarizeatext.
Goal2:Studentswillbeabletodetermineatheme
.
Goal3:Studentswillbeabletoidentifywherethemeemerges.
Goal4:Studentswillbeabletotrackathemesdevelopmentoverthecourseofatext.
Strand#2:ReadingandCriticallyAnalyzingInformationalTexts
ReportingTopic#1:RI.910.2Determineacentralideaofatextandanalyzeitsdevelopment
overthecourseofthetext,includinghowitemergesandisshapedandrefinedbyspecific
detailsprovideanobjectivesummaryofthetext.
Goal5:Studentswillbeabletoobjectivelysummarizeatext.
Goal6:Studentswillbeabletodetermineacentralideaofatext.
Goal7:Studentswillbeabletoidentifywhereacentralideaemerges.
Goal8:Studentswillbeabletotrackthecentralideasdevelopmentoverthecourse
ofthetext.
ReportingTopic#2:RI.910.8Delineateandevaluatetheargumentandspecificclaimsina
text,assessingwhetherthereasoningisvalidandtheevidenceisrelevantandsufficient
identifyfalsestatementsandfallaciousreasoning.
Goal9:Studentswillbeabletoidentifymainargumentandsubsequentclaims
presentedinatext.
Goal10:Studentswillbeabletoevaluateboththemainargumentandclaimsby
assessingvalidityofreasoningandrelevancy/sufficiencyoftheevidence.
Goal11:Studentswillbeabletoidentifyfallaciousreasoningandfalsestatementsin
ordertoevaluatemainargumentsandclaims.
Strand#3:ComposingSentencesandEditingtheEnglishLanguage
ReportingTopic#1:L.910.1bUSevarioustypesofphrases(noun,verb,adjectival,participial,
prepositional,absolute)andclauses(independent,dependentnoun,relative,adverbial)to
conveyspecificmeaningsandaddvarietyandinteresttowritingorpresentations.
Goal12:Studentswillbeabletoidentifyanduseavarietyofclausestoconvey
specificmeaningandaddvariety.
Goal13:Studentswillbeabletoidentifyanduseavarietyofphrasestoconvey
specificmeaningandaddvariety.
Goal14:Studentswillbeabletoidentifyerrorsintheusageofphrasesandclauses.
Strand#4:ComposingWellWrittenResponsesinDifferentModes
ReportingTopic#1:W.910.2aIntroduceatopic:organizecomplexideas,concepts,and
informationtomakeimportantconnectionsanddistinctionsincludeformatting,graphics,and

multimediawhenusefultoaidcomprehension.
Goal15:Studentswillbeabletousetransitionsandstatementstointroduceatopic
throughintroductionparagraphsandtopicsentences.
Goal16:Studentswillbeabletoorganizecomplexideas,concepts,andinformation
appropriatetothetask.
Goal17:Studentswillbeabletoformatadocumentordigitalmediumtobestconvey
complexideas,concepts,andinformationusinggraphicsandmultimediawhen
necessary.
ReportingTopic#2:W.910.2fProvideaconcludingstatementorsectionthatfollowfromand
supportstheinformationorexplanationpresented.
Goal18:Studentswillbeabletocomposeaconcludingsentencetoaparagraphor
smallersection.
Goal19:Studentswillbeablecomposeaconcludingsectionthatsupportsthe
informationorexplanationpresentedinthewriting.
ReportingTopic#3:W.910.2cUseappropriateandvariedtransitionstolinkthemajor
sectionsofthetext,createcohesion,andclarifytherelationshipsamongcomplexideasand
concepts.
Goal20:Studentswillbeabletoidentifytheappropriatetransitiontoconnectandlink
ideas.
Goal21:Studentswillbeabletovarytheuseoftransitionsinapieceofwriting.
Goal22:Studentswillbeabletoidentifyerrorsintransitionsinaprovidedpieceof
writing.
ReportingTopic#4:W.910.2dUsepreciselanguageanddomainspecificvocabularyto
managethecomplexityofthetopic.
Goal23:Studentswillbeabletoselectandinsertthemostspecificphrasetoavoid
misunderstandingsandreduceinconsistencies..
Goal24:Studentswillbeabletoselectandinsertdomainspecificterminologyto
increasespecificityofthewriting.
ReportingTopic#5:W.910.2eEstablishandmaintainaformalstyleandobjectivetonewhile
attendingtothenormsandconventionsofthedisciplineinwhichtheyarewriting.
Goal25:Studentswillbeabletoestablishandmaintainaformalstyleappropriateto
thetask.
Goal26:Studentswillbeabletoestablishandmaintainanobjectivetonethatdoes
notincludebias,showsmultipleperspectives,doesnotusefirstpersonpronouns,and
presentsvalidevidence.
Strand#5:DeterminingWordMeaningandImpact
ReportingTopic#1:RL.910.1Citestrongandthoroughtextualevidencetosupportanalysis
ofwhatthetextsaysexplicitlyaswellasinferencesdrawnfromthetext.
Goal27:Studentswillunderstandthedifferencebetweenexplicitandimplicitwhen
discussingatext.
Goal28:Studentswillbeabletoarticulatedifferencesbetweenexplicittextual
referencesandinferencedrawnfromagiventext.

Goal29:Studentswillbeabletoparaphrasethetextdirectlyinordertoidentify
supportforaresponse.
Goal30:Studentswillbeabletoidentify,extract,andquotetexttothoroughlysupport
theirreasoningandideas.
Strang#6:InterpretingandUtilizeSpeakingandListeningSkills

ReportingTopic#1:SL.910.3Evaluateaspeaker'spointofview,reasoning,anduseof
evidenceandrhetoric,identifyinganyfallaciousreasoningorexaggerateordistorted
evidence
Goal31:Studentswillbeabletoevaluatethemainpointsandpurposeofa
presentationorspeech.
Goal32:Studentswillbeabletorecognizetheuseofirrelevantorinconsequential
evidenceorsupport.
Goal33:Studentswillbeabletoevaluatetheamountofevidenceandreasoningto
supportaclaim.
Goal34:Studentswillbeabletodescribehowthespeakerspurposeorperspective
contributestotheoutcomeofthepresentation