Content Standard: A. Process of Reading
Students will use the skills and strategies of the reading process to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate what they have read.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements			Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Formulate questions to be answered while reading.	Story elements: character setting plot major events			1. Read aloud, discussion. 2. Notetaking on critical events that drive the plot. 3. Notetaking of unfamiliar vocabulary and classroom discussion. 4. Compare and contrast characters, setting, plot. 5. Find humorous passages. 6. Formulate opinions concerning characters. 7. Journal: perspective of character, emotion, and intelligence. 8. Summarizing: Chapters into thesis statements.	1. Written exam, multiple choice/essay 2. Journal notes 3. Written essay 4. Evaluation through essay 5. Classroom discussion 6. Lists 7. Journals Classroom discussion: Student opinion, vocabulary, connections to today's society.	Character traits Plot Setting Characters Inference
2. Reflect on what has been discovered and learned while reading, and formulate additional questions.	Students will be able to formulate questions based on problems conflict resolution			.	.	.
3. Identify specific devices an author used to involve readers.	Students will be able to identify climax falling action rising action Word choice simile metaphor			.	.	.
4. Use specific strategies (e.g., rereading, consultation) to clear up confusing parts of a text.	Students will be able to: reread consult other sources (i.e., person, dictionary, text)			.	.	.
5. Understand stories and expository text from the perspective of the social and cultural context in which they were created.	Students will be able to understand the social and cultural context for a specific era of world history.			.	.	.
6. Identify accurately both the author's purpose and the author's point of view.	Students will identify the author's purpose.			.	.	.
7. Summarize whole texts by selecting and summarizing important and representative passages.	Students will learn scanning techniques. Students will summarize text using important passages.			.	.	skim scan summarize
8. Read for a wide variety of purposes (e.g., to gain knowledge, to aid in making decisions, to receive instructions, to follow an argument, to enjoy.	Students will read for a variety of purposes.			.	.	.
9. Explain orally and defend opinions formed while reading and viewing.	Students will formulate opinion of the text. Students will explain and support opinions. Students will listen to others' explanations.			.	.	.
10. Adjust viewing and listening strategies in order to comprehend materials viewed and heard.	.			.	.	.
11. Generate and evaluate the notes they have taken from course-related reading, listening, and viewing.	Students will use note taking strategies for reading auditory and visual activities			.	.	.