Common+Core+Standards

> a. Develop factual, interpretive, and evaluative __#|questions__ for further exploration of the __#|topic__(s). > a. Read, annotate, and analyze informational texts on topics related to diverse and non-traditional cultures and viewpoints.
 * 1) Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
 * 1) Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
 * 2) Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
 * 3) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
 * 4) Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
 * 5) Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
 * 6) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
 * 7) Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
 * 8) Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
 * 9) Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
 * 10) Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington’s Farewell Address, the __#|Gettysburg Address__, Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech, King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”), including how they address related themes and concepts.

Writing Standards
1) Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. 2) Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

4) Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

5) Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

6) Use __#|technology__, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

7) Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to __#|answer__ a __#|question__ (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

9) Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

10) Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

11) Create literary texts that demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a wide variety of texts of recognized literary merit.
 * Engage in a wide range of prewriting experiences, such as using a variety of visual representations, to express personal, social, and cultural connections and insights.
 * Identify, analyze, and use elements and techniques of various genres of literature.
 * Develop critical and interpretive texts from more than one perspective, including historical and cultural.
 * Create poetry, stories, plays, and other literary forms (e.g. videos, art work).

Speaking and Listening Standards
** 1. ** Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. ** 2. ** Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. ** 3. ** Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. // Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas // ** 4. ** Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. ** 5. ** Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations. ** 6. ** Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

Language Standards

 * 1) Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
 * 2) Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
 * 3) Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.