Reading and Responding 1.0
Students use appropriate strategies before, during and after reading in order to construct meaning.
Students will continue to do this as they use comprehension strategies to understand and then to analyze texts. Much of the first part of the unit focuses on this standard.
Exploring and Responding to Literature 2.0
Any strategy or exercise that asks students to do something more than comprehend - think, analyze, interpret falls under this standard.
Communicating with Others 3.0
Through discussion and through writing, students will meet this standard as they adapt their voice to audience and purpose.
Applying English Language Conventions 4.0
Students will focus on this standard as they revise and polish their issue paper.