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.	Students will be able to formulate questions based on story elements character setting plot theme Author's purpose Author's point of view			.	.	.
2. Reflect on what has been discovered and learned while reading, and formulate additional questions.	Students will be able to formulate questions based on: conflict crisis resolution			.	.	.
3. Identify specific devices an author uses to involve readers.	Students will be able to identify style irony word choice dialect alliteration assonance consonance			.	.	.
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 texts 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 American history.			.	.	.
6. Identify accurately both the author's purpose and the author's point of view.	Students will identify author's perspective.			.	.	1st person 2nd person 3rd person limited narrator omniscient narrator
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 opinions of the text/film. Students will explain and support their opinions. Students will listen to other students' opinions.			.	.	.
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.			.	.	.