Unit 4- Developing and Deepening Comprehension In Multiple Genres
In this unit...
Students will understand that ...
Language is written and printed in an organized manner.
Words and images impact meaning.
Effective readers use strategies to construct meaning in a variety of genres.
Writing is a process.
A writer’s purpose, audience, and text structure shape the style, development, and organization of reading and writing.
Punctuation and grammar guide readers through the text.
Listening and speaking are critical components to communicate effectively.
Students will keep considering the following questions:
Why do words and images matter?
What do good readers do?
How do I understand what I read?
How can I effectively communicate ideas?
Students will work on the following skills/concepts:
informational text has characteristics and structures that help the reader understand text.
print and graphic features help the reader understand important ideas
every move a writer makes has a purpose and can have an impact beyond the original intent.
informational compositions give accurate and factual information about a topic using a clear central idea.
argumentative text is written to demonstrate to an audience that a certain position or idea is valid and that others are not.
Students will be skilled at:
making connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.
making inferences and using text evidence to support understanding.
responding to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard or viewed.
analyzing plot elements, including the sequence of events, conflict, and resolution in literary texts.
recognizing characteristics and structures of informational text including the central idea with supporting evidence.
explaining the author’s purpose and message within a text.
using the writing process recursively to compose argumentative and informational texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.
Critical Vocabulary
argumentative
audience
claim
opinion essay
fact
opinion
adjectives
Unit 4 Test- Thursday, February 23rd (2/23)
Standards Being Assessed:
-use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple-meaning words.
-generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information.
-make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
-use text evidence to support an appropriate response.
-explain rhyme scheme, sound devices, and structural elements such as stanzas in a variety of poems.
-discuss elements of drama such as characters, dialogue, setting, and acts
-explain the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes.
-describe how the author’s use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia achieves a specific purpose.