Throughout this unit a variety of content and performance standard will be used to ensure the students understanding of material covered.
Reading 5th-8th grade
Content Standard 1.0
Student will progress along a developmental continuum of strategic reading skills as they become proficient readers.
Performance Standard 1.2
Students will demonstrate strategic reading skills before, during, and after specific reading tasks.
They will:
Before:
Establish a purpose for reading.
Use prior knowledge as an introduction to the selection.
During:
Use graphic organizers, outlines and graphic aids and/or other note-taking techniques to organize information.
After:
Select and use relevant information in order to summarize.
Demonstrate an awareness of values, customs, and ethics and beliefs included in a selection.
Demonstrate comprehension through retelling.
Writing 5th-8th grade
Content Standard 2.0
Students will progress along a developmental continuum as they become proficient writers.
Performance Standard 2.1
Students will develop strategic writing along skills that ensure successful communication.
They will:
organize the content of their writing and demonstrate contextual understanding.
use correct word use and punctuation.
reflect on their writing, incorporate feedback and assessments, and confer with others to develop plans for improvement.
Social Studies 7th & 8th grade
Common Performance standards
Students will:
demonstrate understanding through written, verbal, visual, musical and/or technological formats.
use the writing process to complete at least two written pieces
formulate questions and hypotheses from multiple perspectives, using multiple sources.
research an issue of interest and be able to take and defend a position on that issue.
Diversity
Content and Performance Standard 1.0
Students will:
Identify the impact of the Constitution on the world today. (14th amendment)
Examine the role of reformers and progressives today. ( Dr. Kevorkian)
Investigate the goal and struggles of minority groups in America. (sick and terminally ill)