Standards

** SS4H4 The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution. ** b. Explain the writing of the Declaration of Independence; include who wrote it, how it was written, why it was necessary, and how it was a response to tyranny and the abuse of power. d. Describe key individuals in the American Revolution with emphasis on King George III, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Benedict Arnold, Patrick Henry, and John Adams. ** ELA4W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres. ** The student produces a persuasive essay that: a. Engages the reader by establishing a context, creating a speaker’s voice, and otherwise developing reader interest. b. States a clear position. c. Supports a position with relevant evidence. d. Excludes extraneous details and inappropriate information. e. Creates an organizing structure appropriate to a specific purpose, audience, and context. f. Provides a sense of closure to the writing. ** ELA4W3 **** The student uses research and technology to support writing. The ** ** student ** a. Acknowledges information from sources. b. Locates information in reference texts by using organizational features (i.e., <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">prefaces, appendices, indicts, glossaries, and tables of contents). <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">c. Uses various reference materials (i.e., dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, electronic <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">information, almanac, atlas, magazines, newspapers, and key words). <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">d. Demonstrates basic keyboarding skills and familiarity with computer terminology <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">(e.g., software, memory, disk drive, hard drive). <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**ELA4R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**ELA4R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**texts.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and produces evidence of reading that: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a. Relates theme in works of fiction to personal experience. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">b. Identifies and analyzes the elements of plot, character, and setting in stories <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">read, written, viewed, or performed. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">c. Identifies the speaker of a poem or story. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">d. Identifies sensory details and figurative language. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">e. Identifies and shows the relevance of foreshadowing clues. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">f. Makes judgments and inferences about setting, characters, and events and <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">supports them with elaborating and convincing evidence from the text. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">g. Identifies similarities and differences between the characters or events and <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">theme in a literary work and the actual experiences in an author’s life. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">h. Identifies themes and lessons in folktales, tall tales, and fables. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">i. Identifies rhyme and rhythm, repetition, similes, and sensory images in poems. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For informational texts, the student reads and comprehends in order to <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">develop understanding and expertise and produces evidence of reading that: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a. Locates facts that answer the reader’s questions. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">b. Identifies and uses knowledge of common textual features (e.g., paragraphs, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">topic sentences, concluding sentences, glossary). <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">c. Identifies and uses knowledge of common graphic features (e.g., charts, maps, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">diagrams, illustrations). <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">d. Identifies and uses knowledge of common organizational structures (e.g., <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">chronological order, cause and effect). <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">e. Distinguishes cause from effect in context. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">f. Summarizes main ideas and supporting details. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">g. Makes perceptive and well-developed connections. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">h. Distinguishes fact from opinion or fiction.