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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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Heroes are made of this: Studying the character of heroes
Students explore the qualities of heroic characters in various genres through small group discussion and comparative analysis of multiple works of literature. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Exploring literature through letter writing groups
Working in groups, students will explore a work of literature by exchanging a series of open-ended letters. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Exploring language and identity: Amy Tan's Mother Tongue and beyond
Students examine Amy Tan's “Mother Tongue” and produce personal narratives that examine language and identity issues. (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
Critical reading: Two stories, two authors, same plot?
This lesson encourages students to read and respond critically to two different pieces of literature with the same title. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 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
The comic book show and tell
In this brief authentic writing experience, students compose original comic book scripts using detailed, descriptive language and exciting dialogue. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Blogtopia: Blogging about your own utopia
In this lesson, students study utopian literature, design a unique utopian society and publish an explanation of their ideal world on a blog. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
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
“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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