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STATE GOAL 1: Read with understanding and fluency.
B. Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
1.B.3b Identify text structure and create a visual representation (e.g., graphic organizer, outline, drawing) to use while reading. 1.B.3c Continuously check and clarify for understanding (e.g., in addition to previous skills, draw comparisons to other readings).
C. Comprehend a broad range of reading materials
1.C.3a Use information to form, explain and support questions and predictions. 1.C.3b Interpret and analyze entire narrative text using story elements, point of view and theme.
STATE GOAL 2: Read and understand literature representative of various societies, eras and ideas.A. Understand how literary elements and techniques are used to convey meaning
2.A.3a Identify and analyze a variety of literary techniques (e.g., figurative language, allusion, dialogue, description, word choice, dialect) within classical and contemporary works representing a variety of genres. 2.A.3b Describe how the development of theme, character, plot and setting contribute to the overall impact of a piece of literature.
B. Read and interpret a variety of literary works.
2.B.3c Analyze how characters in literature deal with conflict, solve problems and relate to real-life situations.
STATE GOAL 3: Write to communicate for a variety of purposes.
3.B.3a Produce documents that convey a clear understanding and interpretation of ideas and information and display focus, organization, elaboration and coherence.
3.B.3b Edit and revise for word choice, organization, consistent point of view and transitions among paragraphs using contemporary technology and formats suitable for submission and/or publication.
C. Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a variety of purposes.
3.C.3a Compose narrative, informative, and persuasive writings (e.g., in addition to previous writings, literature reviews, instructions, news articles, correspondence) for a specified audience
3.C.3b Using available technology, produce compositions and multimedia works for specified audiences.
STATE GOAL 4: Listen and speak effectively in a variety of situations.
B. Speak effectively using language appropriate to the situation and audience.
4.B.3a Deliver planned oral presentations, using language and vocabulary appropriate to the purpose, message and audience; provide details and supporting information that clarify main ideas; and use visual aids and contemporary technology as support
STATE GOAL 5: Use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information.
A. Locate, organize, and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
5.A.3a Identify appropriate resources to solve problems or answer questions through research.
B. Analyze and evaluate information acquired from various sources.
5.B.3b Identify, evaluate and cite primary sources.
C. Apply acquired information, concepts and ideas to communicate in a variety of formats.
5.C.3a Plan, compose, edit and revise documents that synthesize new meaning gleaned from multiple sources.
5.C.3b Prepare and orally present original work (e.g., poems, monologues, reports, plays, stories) supported by research
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2.B.3c Analyze how characters in literature deal with conflict, solve problems and relate to real-life situations.
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Illinois Assessment Framework
1.7.12 Relate information in the passage to other readings on the same topic.
1.7.16 Distinguish the main ideas and supporting details in any text.
1.7.23 Explain how the author’s choice of words appeals to the senses, creates imagery, suggests mood, and sets tone.
2.7.01 Identify elements of fiction: character, theme, conflict, point of view, plot, setting, and flashback.
2.7.02 Explain how character, theme, conflict, and point of view contribute to the meaning of a literary selection.
2.7.03 Identify the author’s message or theme.
2.7.04 Compare stories to personal experience, prior knowledge, or other stories.
2.7.05 Recognize points of view in narratives (e.g., first person).
2.7.06 Determine what characters are like by what they say or do or by how the author or illustrator portrays them.
2.7.07 Determine character motivation.
2.7.08 Compare or contrast the behavior of two characters.
2.7.09 Explain the relationship between main and supporting characters.
2.7.10 Identify literary devices: (e.g., alliteration, imagery, sensory detail, simile, rhyme, repetition, subtle metaphors, alliteration, personification).
2.7.11 Explain how the literary devices (e.g., alliteration, imagery, metaphor) contribute to the meaning of a literary selection.
2.7.12 Identify varieties of irony, including situational irony.
2.7.13 Identify various subcategories of genres: science fiction, historical fiction, myth or legend, drama, biography/autobiography, short story, poem, fairy tale, folktale, fable, nonfiction, and essay.
2.7.14 Identify whether a given passage is narrative, persuasive, or expository.
1.7.16 Distinguish the main ideas and supporting details in any text.
1.7.23 Explain how the author’s choice of words appeals to the senses, creates imagery, suggests mood, and sets tone.
2.7.01 Identify elements of fiction: character, theme, conflict, point of view, plot, setting, and flashback.
2.7.02 Explain how character, theme, conflict, and point of view contribute to the meaning of a literary selection.
2.7.03 Identify the author’s message or theme.
2.7.04 Compare stories to personal experience, prior knowledge, or other stories.
2.7.05 Recognize points of view in narratives (e.g., first person).
2.7.06 Determine what characters are like by what they say or do or by how the author or illustrator portrays them.
2.7.07 Determine character motivation.
2.7.08 Compare or contrast the behavior of two characters.
2.7.09 Explain the relationship between main and supporting characters.
2.7.10 Identify literary devices: (e.g., alliteration, imagery, sensory detail, simile, rhyme, repetition, subtle metaphors, alliteration, personification).
2.7.11 Explain how the literary devices (e.g., alliteration, imagery, metaphor) contribute to the meaning of a literary selection.
2.7.12 Identify varieties of irony, including situational irony.
2.7.13 Identify various subcategories of genres: science fiction, historical fiction, myth or legend, drama, biography/autobiography, short story, poem, fairy tale, folktale, fable, nonfiction, and essay.
2.7.14 Identify whether a given passage is narrative, persuasive, or expository.