Syllabus

COURSE GOALS:

By the end of this course, students will be able to: 

•  ELA.E1.AOR.1.1 Analyze how perspective, context, and/or key elements deepen meaning or enhance style.

• ELA.E1.AOR.1.2 Analyze how figurative language impacts mood, tone, and meaning in a text(s); explain an author’s use of allusion.

• ELA.E1.AOR.2.1 Determine a universal theme(s) and explain how key details contribute to its development over the course of a literary text.

• ELA.E1.AOR.2.2 Evaluate supporting details an author uses to develop a central idea(s) over the course of an informational text.

• ELA.E1.AOR.6.1 Summarize and/or paraphrase content from grade-level text to enhance comprehension.

• ELA.E1.AOR.7.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of known, unknown, and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing from an array of strategies such as context clues, prior knowledge, or consulting reference materials.

• ELA.E1.AOR.8.1 Interpret an author’s use of figurative, connotative, and technical language in literary, informational, and multimedia texts. 

• ELA.E1.R.1.1 Conduct short and more sustained research to answer a question(s) or solve a problem(s) by generating and answering a research question(s) about a topic; and by using a variety of print and multimedia sources to refine the scope of inquiry as relevant to the topic, purpose, and audience.

• ELA.E1.C.1.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of a topic or texts. When writing, introduce and support a precise claim with sufficient evidence, and acknowledge and refute at least one counterclaim with an appropriate tone. 

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