Unit 6: Learning Across Disciplines

Upon learning this topic you will be able to:

·         Use word parts to define unknown vocabulary in a reading.

·         Identify the intended audience of a particular discipline and how it shapes the text.

·         Understand how an author's purpose shapes the content and delivery.

·         Compare discipline-specific features between and within different texts.

·         Use context clues to define unknown vocabulary in a reading.

·         Identify the elements in MEAL (Main point, Evidence, Analysis, and Linking) in a body paragraph in an analysis essay.

·         Develop a conclusion that evokes the main idea without repeating it.

·         Identify appropriate use of apostrophes showing ownership or relationship.

·         Identify coordinating and subordinating conjunctions and punctuate them correctly.

·         Identify and correctly punctuate relative pronouns.

·         Identify appropriate use of apostrophes used to shorten words.

Grammar

Reading

Writing