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English I

Goal 2, Objective 2.01

Goal 2

The learner will explain meaning, describe processes, and answer research questions to inform an audience.

Objective 2.01

Demonstrate the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print informational texts appropriate to grade level and course literary focus, by:

  • selecting, monitoring, and modifying as necessary reading strategies appropriate to readers' purpose.
  • identifying and analyzing text components (such as organizational structures, story elements, organizational features) and evaluating their impact on the text.
  • providing textual evidence to support understanding of and reader's response to text.
  • demonstrating comprehension of main idea and supporting details.
  • summarizing key events and/or points from text.
  • making inferences, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on text.
  • identifying and analyzing personal, social, historical or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
  • making connections between works, self and related topics.
  • analyzing and evaluating the effects of author's craft and style.
  • analyzing and evaluating the connections or relationships between and among ideas, concepts, characters and/or experiences.
  • identifying and analyzing elements of informational environment found in text in light of purpose, audience, and context.

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Exploring cross-age tutoring activities with Lewis and Clark
Students use the book How We Crossed the West by Rosalyn Schanzer, along with interactive activities and websites, to explore the events of the Lewis and Clark expedition. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Environmental issues in the polar regions
Students will learn about how environmental problems affect the polar regions. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Discovering a passion for poetry with Langston Hughes
In this lesson, students explore contemporary youth poetry as well as the poetry of Langston Hughes, placing the poems in their historical context. They go on to create their own poems that communicate a personal view on a current world issue. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Decoding the dystopian characteristics of Macintosh's "1984" commercial
Students explore the dystopian characteristics and symbols presented in Macintosh's “1984” commercial and analyze the comments that it makes about contemporary society. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Decoding “The Matrix”: Exploring dystopian characteristics through film
In this lesson, students are introduced to the definition and characteristics of a dystopian work by watching video clips from The Matrix and other dystopian films. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Copyright infringement or not? The debate over downloading music
In this lesson, students investigate the controversial topic of downloading music from the Internet as part of a persuasive debate unit. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Behind the masks: Exploring culture and self through art and poetry
This ReadWriteThink unit engages high school students in a study of the relationship between masks and cultures. Students research mask making from various cultures, draw sketches of the masks, and take notes that highlight the connections between the masks... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education, Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Audio listening practices: Exploring personal experiences with audio texts
In this lesson designed to develop students’ involvement with media literacy, students keep a daily diary that records how and when they listen to radio, music (e.g., songs on MP3 players, podcasting), and other streaming media or archived broadcasts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Analyzing the stylistic choices of political cartoonists
In this lesson, students learn terminology that describes comics and political (or editorial) cartoons and discuss how the cartoonists' choices influence the messages that they communicate. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Analyzing the purpose and meaning of political cartoons
In this lesson, students evaluate political cartoons for their meaning, message, and persuasiveness. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
The age poem: Building a community of trust
Students create an “age poem” to explore childhood memories. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)
Provided by: Rethinking Schools Online
“You're the Top!” Pop culture then and now
In an exploration of Cole Porter's song, “You're the Top!,” students write about present-day pop culture and learn about pop culture of the past. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE

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