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Reception
Reception
ELA21.5.LF.V.R
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Reading
Reading
ELA21.5.12
Interpret the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns as they are used in texts, including domain-specific and academic vocabulary and figurative language.
Interpret the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns as they are used in texts, including domain-specific and academic vocabulary and figurative language.
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Knowledge
Student know:
- Academic vocabulary is language that is more formal than spoken language.
- Domain-specific vocabulary refers to words that are used specifically in school subject areas, like math, science, and social studies.
- Figurative language is a creative way to use words and phrases beyond their literal definition to explain or describe something.
- Strategies to determine the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns in text.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Interpret the meaning of domain-specific vocabulary, academic vocabulary, and figurative language as they are used in texts.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There are multiple strategies they can use to interpret the meaning of academic and domain-specific vocabulary, including using context clues in the text, their background knowledge, the morphological structure of the word, and outside resources.
- Words and phrases, including figurative language, can have different meanings in different texts.
Vocabulary
- Domain-specific vocabulary
- Academic vocabulary
- Figurative language
ELA21.5.12a
Locate similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and idioms and interpret their meanings in context.
Locate similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and idioms and interpret their meanings in context.
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Knowledge
- Figurative language is a creative way to use words and phrases beyond their literal definition to explain or describe something.
- Examples of figurative language include similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and idioms.
Skills
- Identify examples of similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and idioms in text.
- Interpret the meaning of the figurative language in context.
Understanding
- Figurative language carries meaning other than the literal meaning of the words or phrases, and authors choose to include figurative language in text to enhance the text's meaning.
Vocabulary
- Similes
- Metaphors
- Personification
- Hyperbole
- Imagery
- Alliteration
- Onomatopoeia
- Idioms
ELA21.5.12b
Explain the meanings of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Explain the meanings of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
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Knowledge
- Idioms, adages, and proverbs are all figures of speech, in which the words and phrases carry meaning beyond their literal definitions.
- An idiom is a common saying with a meaning different from that of its individual words.
- Adages and proverbs are well-known sayings that have been used for a long time.
- Proverbs usually give practical advice about ways to behave and live.
Skills
- Identify examples of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
- Explain the meanings of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Understanding
- Idioms, adages, and proverbs are figures of speech that carry meaning beyond the literal definitions of the words.
- To fully comprehend text that contains figures of speech, they must learn the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Vocabulary
- Common idioms
- Common adages
- Common proverbs
ELA21.5.12c
Use the relationships between synonyms, antonyms, and homographs to increase understanding of word meanings.
Use the relationships between synonyms, antonyms, and homographs to increase understanding of word meanings.
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Knowledge
- Words with opposite meanings are antonyms, and words with similar meanings are synonyms.
- Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but not necessarily pronounced the same and have different meanings and origins.
Skills
- Use synonyms, antonyms, and homographs to interpret word meaning.
Understanding
- The relationships between words can be used to increase vocabulary knowledge.
Vocabulary
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Homographs
ELA21.5.12d
Explain how an author’s vocabulary and style influence the tone and mood of a text and support his/her purpose for writing.
Explain how an author’s vocabulary and style influence the tone and mood of a text and support his/her purpose for writing.
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Knowledge
- Authors choose particular vocabulary and write in a specific style depending on the purpose of the writing and the tone and mood they intend to create.
- Tone is the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience, and mood is the overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text.
Skills
- Identify the tone and mood of a text.
- Explain how an author's vocabulary and writing style influence the tone and mood of the text.
- Identify an author's purpose for writing a text.
- Explain how an author's vocabulary and writing style support their purpose for writing the text.
Understanding
- Authors select specific words and write in a particular style to set a tone and mood for the text, and indicate their purpose for writing the text.
Vocabulary
- Author's vocabulary
- Author's style
- Tone
- Mood
- Purpose
ELA21.5.12e
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meanings of words.
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meanings of words.
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Knowledge
- Many English words and English morphemes originated from ancient Latin and Greek languages.
- Understanding Latin and Greek roots and affixes can provide clues to meanings of unknown words.
Skills
- Identify and use Latin and Greek affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.
Understanding
- The meaning of an unknown word can be learned by knowing the morphology and orthography of the word, including its origin.
Vocabulary
- Common Latin roots
- Common Greek roots
- Common Latin affixes
- Common Greek affixes
ELA21.5.LF.V.R.L
Listening
Listening
ELA21.5.13
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- Strategies to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases in spoken language.
- Active listening skills.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases in spoken language.
- Clarify the meaning of multiple-meaning words and phrases in spoken language.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- When listening to to others speak, they may hear word they don't know or a word that has multiple meanings depending on the context.
- They must use active listening skills to determine an unknown's word's meaning or to clarify the meaning of a multiple-meaning word.
Vocabulary
- Determine
- Clarify
- Multiple-meaning words and phrases
ELA21.5.LF.V.E
Expression
Expression
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Writing
Writing
ELA21.5.14
Write using grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases accurately, including those that signal contrasting ideas, additional information, and other logical relationships.
Write using grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases accurately, including those that signal contrasting ideas, additional information, and other logical relationships.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Academic vocabulary is language that is more formal than spoken language.
- Domain-specific vocabulary refers to words that are used specifically in school subject areas, like math, science, and social studies.
- There are words and phrases that can be used in writing to signal relationships between ideas.
- Academic, domain-specific vocabulary should be used in school writing.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Accurately use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in writing.
- Accurately use words and phrases that signal contrasting ideas, additional information, and other logical relationships between ideas in writing.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- It is important to use academic, domain-specific vocabulary in formal settings, like school writing.
- They can show relationships between their ideas in writings by using particular words and phrases.
Vocabulary
- General academic vocabulary
- Domain-specific vocabulary
- Words that signal contrasting ideas
- Words that signal additional information
- Words that signal other logical relationships
ELA21.5.LF.V.R.S
Speaking
Speaking
ELA21.5.15
Use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases during presentations and discussion.
Use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases during presentations and discussion.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Academic vocabulary is language that is more formal than spoken language.
- Domain-specific vocabulary refers to words that are used specifically in school subject areas, like math, science, and social studies.
- Academic, domain-specific vocabulary should be used in school for presentations and discussions.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Use academic and domain-specific words in speech.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- It is important to use academic, domain-specific vocabulary in formal settings, like school discussions and presentations.
Vocabulary
- General academic vocabulary
- Domain-specific vocabulary
- Presentations
- Discussions
ELA21.5.LF.C
Comprehension
Comprehension
ELA21.5.16
Demonstrate comprehension of varied literary and informational texts by utilizing its content when discussing or writing in response to the text.
Demonstrate comprehension of varied literary and informational texts by utilizing its content when discussing or writing in response to the text.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Comprehension of text can be demonstrated by referring to the text in discussions or written responses.
- Informational text is nonfiction text, and literary text is fictional.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of varied literary and informational text by referring to the text in discussions.
- Demonstrate understanding of varied literary and informational text by referring to the text in written responses.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- They can show that they understood a wide variety of literary and informational text by discussing or writing about specific content from the text.
Vocabulary
- Comprehension
- Literary text
- Informational text
- Discussing
- Writing
- Response
ELA21.5.17
Demonstrate comprehension of text by asking and responding to questions about literary elements used in the text.
COS Examples
Examples: theme, plot, point of view
Demonstrate comprehension of text by asking and responding to questions about literary elements used in the text.
COS Examples
Examples: theme, plot, point of view
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Literary elements within a story include the theme, plot, and point of view.
- Comprehension can be demonstrated by asking and answering questions about a text.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Ask questions about literary elements used in the text to demonstrate comprehension.
- Respond to questions about literary elements used in the text to demonstrate comprehension.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- They can show they understood a story they read by asking and answering questions about specific literary elements.
Vocabulary
- Demonstrate
- Comprehension
- Literary elements
ELA21.5.LF.C.R
Reception
Reception
ELA21.5.LF.C.R.R
Reading
Reading
ELA21.5.18
Explain the relationships among events, people, or concepts in informational texts, supported by textual evidence.
Explain the relationships among events, people, or concepts in informational texts, supported by textual evidence.
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Knowledge
Students know:
- Informational text often explains the relationships among events, people, or concepts (ideas).
- Comprehension can be demonstrated by referring to specific evidence in the text.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Explain the relationships among events, people, or concepts in informational text by providing textual evidence.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- They can show they understood informational text by using specific text evidence to support their explanations.
Vocabulary
- Relationships
- Events
- People
- Concepts
- Informational text
- Textual evidence
ELA21.5.19
Interpret how authors use literary elements throughout a text, including character, setting, conflict, dialogue, and point of view.
Interpret how authors use literary elements throughout a text, including character, setting, conflict, dialogue, and point of view.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Authors use literary elements, such as character, setting, conflict, dialogue, and point of view, throughout a text to develop and drive the plot.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Identify literary elements in a text.
- Interpret how authors use literary elements throughout a text.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Interpreting the author's use of literary elements in a text supports their overall comprehension of the text.
Vocabulary
- Interpret
- Literary elements
- Character
- Setting
- Conflict
- Dialogue
- Point of view
ELA21.5.20
Explain how the author’s use of character types throughout a narrative helps drive its plot.
COS Examples
Examples: static, dynamic, and stock characters
Explain how the author’s use of character types throughout a narrative helps drive its plot.
COS Examples
Examples: static, dynamic, and stock characters
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Authors use different character types to develop, or drive, the plot.
- A static character does not change during the narrative, while a dynamic character exhibits many changes.
- A stock character represents a particular stereotype and is recognizable as belonging to a certain genre.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Identify different character types in a narrative.
- Explain how the author's use of character types develops the narrative's plot.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Character types used in a story help determine the plot of the narrative.
Vocabulary
- Character types
- Static characters
- Dynamic characters
- Stock character
- Narrative
- Plot
ELA21.5.21
Compare and contrast characters, points of view, or events in two or more literary texts.
Compare and contrast characters, points of view, or events in two or more literary texts.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Compare means tell how things are alike or similar, and contrast means tell how things are different.
- There will be similarities and differences between characters, points of view, and events among literary texts.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Identify similarities between characters, points, of view, or events in two or more literary texts.
- Identify differences between characters, points, of view, or events in two or more literary texts.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Although literary texts may have common elements, like characters, points of view, and plot events, there will similarities and differences among these elements.
Vocabulary
- Compare
- Contrast
- Characters
- Point of view
- Events
- Literary texts
ELA21.5.22
Determine the implied and/or explicit main idea in literary and informational texts.
Determine the implied and/or explicit main idea in literary and informational texts.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text.
- Sometimes an author will clearly state the main idea, while other times an author will merely suggest the main idea.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Identify the implied or explicit main idea of a text.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Most texts have a main idea, or most important message.
- An author can choose to state the main idea in the text or provide clues through details in the text to imply the main idea.
Vocabulary
- Implied main idea
- Explicit main idea
- Literary text
- Informational text
ELA21.5.23
Determine and analyze themes of various culturally-diverse literary texts, supporting analysis with textual evidence.
Determine and analyze themes of various culturally-diverse literary texts, supporting analysis with textual evidence.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text.
- An author develops a theme by including specific details in the text to help the reader identify and understand the theme.
- There are common, or universal, themes that frequently appear in literary text.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Identify the themes of various culturally-diverse literary texts.
- Analyze the themes of various culturally-diverse literary texts using text evidence.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Literature often includes universal (common) themes, and the author suggests the theme of the text by including particular details about characters or events.
- They can demonstrate they understood the theme of a story by using text evidence to support their identification.
Vocabulary
- Determine
- Analyze
- Themes
- Culturally-diverse literary text
- Textual evidence
ELA21.5.23a
Analyze common themes of diverse texts with support from textual evidence.
Analyze common themes of diverse texts with support from textual evidence.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- There are common, or universal, themes that frequently appear in literary text.
Skills
- Identify common themes in diverse texts.
- Analyze the meaning of common themes from diverse texts using textual evidence.
Understanding
- Literature often includes universal (common) themes, and they can show they identified the theme by supporting their analysis with text evidence.
Vocabulary
- Theme
- Diverse texts
- Textual evidence
ELA21.5.23b
Summarize a story or drama, describing how the plot unfolds and how characters respond to challenges or change their thoughts and actions and citing textual evidence.
Summarize a story or drama, describing how the plot unfolds and how characters respond to challenges or change their thoughts and actions and citing textual evidence.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- A summary of a story or drama is a short statement that describes the main events of the plot and the actions of the primary characters.
Skills
- Create a summary of a story or drama that includes the main plot events and describes how characters external or internal actions.
- Cite textual evidence to support summary statements.
Understanding
- A summary is a short explanation of the most important elements from a text, and statements in a summary should be supported with textual evidence.
Vocabulary
- Summarize
- Plot
- Characters
- Thoughts
- Actions
- Citing
- Textual evidence
ELA21.5.24
Determine and evaluate the effectiveness of digital and print text features and structures, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, and cause and effect.
Determine and evaluate the effectiveness of digital and print text features and structures, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, and cause and effect.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Text features are items like charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages.
- Text features can provide additional information or enhance understanding of the text.
- Text can be structured in different ways, depending on the type of information that is being communicated.
- A text that follows a comparison and contrast structure will describe how two or more things are alike or different.
- Problem and solution text structure describes a problem and how the problem was solved or could be solved.
- Cause and effect text structure describes an event (the cause) and the consequence or result of the event (the effect).
Skills
Students are able to:
- Identify digital and print text features and structures.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of digital and print text features and structures in communicating the intended meaning.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Text features can be found in printed and digital text materials.
- Text features often provide important information about details in the text or can enhance understanding of details in the text.
- Texts follow a predictable structure that contributes to the overall meaning of the text.
- They can demonstrate comprehension of the text by evaluating on the purpose and effectiveness of the text features and structure the author chose to use.
Vocabulary
- Determine
- Evaluate
- Effectiveness
- Digital text features
- Print text features
- Text structures
- Comparison and contrast
- Problem and solution
- Cause and effect
ELA21.5.24a
Identify various text features used in diverse forms of text.
Identify various text features used in diverse forms of text.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- Text features are items like charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages.
- Text features can provide additional information or enhance understanding of the text.
Skills
- Identify text features in varied forms of texts.
Understanding
- Text features often provide important information about details in the text or can enhance understanding of details in the text.
Vocabulary
- Text features
ELA21.5.24b
Compare and contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in multiple texts.
Compare and contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in multiple texts.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- Compare means tell how things are alike or similar, and contrast means tell how things are different.
- There will be similarities and differences among the structure of events, ideas, concepts, and information across multiple texts.
Skills
- Identify similarities between the structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
- Identify differences between the structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
Understanding
- Comparing and contrasting multiple texts helps them better comprehend the texts and synthesize information from multiple sources.
Vocabulary
- Compare
- Contrast
- Events
- Ideas
- Concepts
- Information
ELA21.5.25
Determine credibility and appropriateness of a research source by distinguishing between fact and the author’s opinion in informational text.
Determine credibility and appropriateness of a research source by distinguishing between fact and the author’s opinion in informational text.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- A fact is a statement that can be proven with evidence, while an opinion is a personal belief that cannot be proven true in every case.
- Informational text can present both facts and opinions.
- Informational text that presents verified facts tends to be more credible and appropriate as a research source.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Distinguish between fact and the author's opinion in informational text.
- Determine the credibility and appropriateness of a research source by identifying the facts and the author's opinions.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- A fact is a thing that is known or proved to be true, and an opinion is a personal view or judgment about something.
- They can determine if a statement is a fact or an opinion using their current knowledge or by referencing other materials.
- To be a credible, appropriate research source, an informational text must present mostly verified facts.
Vocabulary
- Credibility
- Research
- Fact
- Opinion
- Informational text
ELA21.5.26
Analyze how two or more texts address similar topics in diverse media and formats, including graphics, live and/or recorded performances, and written works.
Analyze how two or more texts address similar topics in diverse media and formats, including graphics, live and/or recorded performances, and written works.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Strategies to analyze text and diverse media formats.
- Similar topics can be presented in different formats.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Analyze and explain how two or more texts explain similar topics in diverse media and formats.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Similar concepts can be explained in different ways depending on the format of the text and the viewpoint of the author.
Vocabulary
- Analyze
- Topics
- Diverse media and formats
- Graphics
- Live and/or recorded performances
- Written works
ELA21.5.26a
Explain how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the overall meaning and tone of a text.
Explain how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the overall meaning and tone of a text.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- A creator chooses to include visual or multimedia elements in text to convey a particular tone and meaning.
- Tone is the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
Skills
- Identify visual and multimedia elements in text.
- Describe the overall meaning and tone of text.
- Explain how the visual and multimedia elements impact the overall meaning and tone of the text.
Understanding
- Visual and multimedia elements are added to text to enhance or clarify the overall meaning and create a tone.
Vocabulary
- Visual elements
- Multimedia elements
- Overall meaning
- Tone
ELA21.5.26b
Compare and contrast the approaches to theme in several stories within a genre.
Compare and contrast the approaches to theme in several stories within a genre.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- Compare means to tell how something is similar and contrast is to tell how something is different.
- Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text.
- Stories within a genre will have similar in forms, styles, or subject matter.
Skills
- Identify and describe the theme of a story.
- Identify similarities between themes of texts in the same genre.
- Identify differences between themes of texts in the same genre.
Understanding
- Identifying, describing, and analyzing themes of stories within the same genre improves their comprehension of the text and their knowledge of text genres.
Vocabulary
- Compare
- Contrast
- Theme
- Genre
