In this course, students will know and be able to:

 

• Use scaffolding strategies to make meaning of text.

• Use instructional conversations (speaking and listening) to strengthen comprehension.

• Analyze, evaluate, and elaborate on informational and literary texts.

• Defend a position using appropriate evidence.

• Use the writing process for multiple purposes, including on-demand writing tasks.

• Engage in research and individual inquiry to locate, analyze, and evaluate information.

• Develop a grade-appropriate academic vocabulary, including the connotation and denotation of words.

• Extend the ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration.

• Evaluate the credibility of an author’s argument or defense of a claim by critiquing the relationship between generalizations and evidence, the comprehensiveness of evidence, and the way in which the author’s intent affects the structure and tone of the text.

• Synthesize the content from several sources or works by a single author dealing with a single issue; paraphrase the ideas and connect them to other sources and related topics.

• Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the ideas expressed in each work.

• Write persuasive compositions, expository compositions, and responses to literature; write on-demand essays.

• Deliver persuasive arguments, expository presentations, and oral responses to literature.

• Prepare for California State Standardized assessments.