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English I

Goal 4, Objective 4.03

Goal 4

The learner will create and use standards to critique communication.

Objective 4.03

Demonstrate the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print critical 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 critical environment found in text in light of purpose, audience, and context.

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Word maps: Developing critical and analytical thinking about literary characters
In this lesson, students read the short story “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry and focus on the author's use of characterization. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Weaving the multigenre web
In this lesson, students read novels, analyze the literary elements, and create a multigenre project to present information to their peers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Using student-centered comprehension strategies with Elie Wiesel's "Night"
Working in small groups, students use reciprocal teaching strategies as they read and discuss Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Teaching plot structure through short stories
After viewing a PowerPoint presentation on plot structure, students use an online graphic organizer to identify the significant events that shape the structure of several short stories. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Style: Defining and exploring an author's stylistic choices
In this activity, students will find examples of specific stylistic devices in sample literary passages then search for additional examples and explore the reasons for the stylistic choices that the author has made. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Star-crossed lovers online: Romeo and Juliet for a digital age
Students use their understanding of modern technology to create contemporary interpretations of important scenes from Romeo and Juliet. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
So what do you think? Writing a review
After examining samples of movie, music, restaurant, and book reviews, students devise guidelines for writing interesting and informative reviews. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Seuss and Silverstein: Posing questions, presenting points
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, classic stories provide the ideal springboard for struggling readers to discuss relevant social issues. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Pygmies: Getting right to the point
This Xpeditions lesson engages students in research about the Pygmies of Africa are and what their lives are like and challenges them to synthesize information by developing a brief written summary. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Put that on the list: Independently writing a catalog poem
In this activity, students use that structure to write powerful poetry, modeled after Raymond Carver’s poem “The Car”. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Put that on the list: Collaboratively writing a catalog poem
Students work in small groups to write a catalog poem based on such human emotions as anger, guilt, and happiness. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
The peace journey: Using process drama in the classroom
In this lesson, students respond to an imaginary advertisement, role-play, and work in small groups to develop a visual map as they explore the notion of peace. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Paying attention to technology: Exploring a fictional technology
This lesson asks students to complete a short survey to establish their beliefs about technology and then compare their opinions to the ideas in a novel that depicts technology (such as 1984, Brave New... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11–12 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Outside in: Finding a character's heart through art
In this lesson, students explore the idea of alienation by examining Edward Hopper's art and Raymond Carver's fiction. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Onomatopoeia: A figurative language mini-lesson
In this lesson, students are introduced to the literary device of onomatopoeia and explore how the technique adds to a writer's message. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Naming in a digital world: Creating a safe persona on the Internet
This ReadWriteThink lesson explores the issues involved in building digital personas through e-mail addresses, screen names, and online profiles. Students analyze the underlying connotations of names in digital and non-digital settings and synthesize their... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Manipulating sentences to reinforce grammar skills
In this lesson, students manipulate sentences from books or magazines to learn grammar in context and review grammar rules. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Literary parodies: Exploring a writer's style through imitation
In this lesson, students analyze the features of a poet's work and then create their own poems based on the original model. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Investigating names to explore personal history and cultural traditions
In this lesson, students investigate the meanings and origins of their own names in order to establish their own personal histories and to explore the cultural significance of naming traditions. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Id, ego, and superego in Dr. Seuss's “Cat in the Hat”
In this lesson, students explore plot, theme, characterization, and psychoanalytical criticism using The Cat in the Hat. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE

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