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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

English II

Goal 2

Goal 2

The learner will evaluate problems, examine cause/effect relationships, 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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Objective 2.02
Create responses that examine a cause/effect relationship among events by:
  • effectively summarizing situations.
  • showing a clear, logical connection among events.
  • logically organizing connections by transitioning between points.
  • developing appropriate strategies such as graphics, essays, and multi-media presentations to illustrate points.
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Objective 2.03
Pose questions prompted by texts (such as the impact of imperialism on Things Fall Apart) and research answers by:
  • accessing cultural information or explanations from print and non-print media sources.
  • prioritizing and organizing information to construct a complete and reasonable explanation.
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