Unit 2:

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone). (V1 and 2)

V1 Integrate grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately for a variety of tasks and purposes.

V2 Interpret an author’s use of figurative, connotative, and technical language in grade-level literary and informational text.

Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. (RP 3 and 4)

RP 3: Analyze how the author's choices related to perspective or point of view contribute to the meaning, significance, or aesthetic of a literary text.

RP 4: Analyze how an author uses text structure, including the manipulation of time (e.g., foreshadowing, flashbacks) to create literary effects such as mystery, tension, and suspense.

Determine a 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. (RI 1 and 2)

RI 1 Analyze the development of two or more implied or explicit central ideas over the course of an informational text or texts

RI 2 Analyze how the interaction of individuals, important events, and key ideas contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole.

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. (RI. 3).

RI 3: Analyze an author's perspective or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. (W1, W2, W.4 and W.6?--only if they have to do their own research)

Introduce precise claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that establishes clear relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence. (W1, W.2, W4)

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. (W1, W2, W.5)