Comprehension+requires+and+enhances+critical+thinking+and+is+constructed+through+the+intentional+interaction+between+reader+and+text

Assignment ** || ** Student Assessment 1 ** || ** Student Assessment 2 ** || ||  ||   || ||   ||   || ||   ||   || ||   || ||   ||   || ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||
 * **Competency** || ** Teacher
 * Identify and evaluate essential content between and among various text types ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Evaluate the effects of inclusion and exclusion of information in persuasive text ||
 * Use and cite evidence from texts to make assertions, inferences, generalizations, and to draw conclusions ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Identify the use of bias, stereotype, and propaganda where present ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Evaluate the effectiveness of the author’s use of literary devices in various genre || [[file:Teacher Assessment Page.docx]] || [[file:Student Assessment 1.doc]] || [[file:Student Assessment 2.doc]] ||
 * Analyze and evaluate author’s/authors’ use of literary elements within and among genres ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Analyze and evaluate author’s/authors’ use of conflict, theme and /or point of view within and among texts ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Summarize, draw conclusions, and make generalizations from a variety of mediums || [[file:Teacher Assessment Page.doc]] || [[file:Student Assessment 1.doc]] ||  ||
 * Develop new and unique insights based on extended understanding derived from critical examinations of text(s) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Evaluate the relevance and reliability of information, citing supportive evidence in texts ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Analyze the impact of societal and cultural influences in texts ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Analyze the use of facts and opinions across texts ||
 * Evaluate the presentation of essential and nonessential information in texts, identifying the author's implicit or explicit bias and assumptions ||
 * Evaluate the characteristics of various genre (e.g. fiction and nonfiction forms of narrative, poetry, drama and essay) to determine how the form relates to purpose ||  ||
 * Evaluate organizational features of text (e.g. sequence, question/answer, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution) as related to content to clarify and enhance meaning ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Evaluate the use of graphics in text as they clarify and enhance meaning ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Articulate connections between and among words based on meaning, content, and context to distinguish nuances or connotations ||
 * Analyze the context of literal, figurative, and idiomatic vocabulary to clarify meaning ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Generalize the use of academic vocabulary across disciplines ||
 * Use grade appropriate resources to confirm and extend meaning of vocabulary ||