Standards+addressed

====**Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development ** ==== ==== Students apply their knowledge of word origins to determine the meaning of new words encountered in reading materials and use those words accurately. ==== ==== 1.1 Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words and understand word derivations. ==== ==== 1.2. Distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words and interpret the connotative power of words. ====

**Literary Response and Analysis **
==== Students read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature that reflect and enhance their studies of history and social science. They conduct in-depth analyses of recurrent patterns and themes. ==== ==== 3.1 Articulate the relationship between the expressed purposes and the characteristics of different forms of dramatic literature (e.g., comedy, tragedy, drama, dramatic monologue)  ==== ==== 3.3 Analyze interactions between main and subordinate characters in a literary text (e.g., internal and external conflicts, motivations, relationships, influences) and explain the way those interactions affect the plot. ==== ==== 3.4 Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy. ==== ==== 3.7 Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices, including figurative language, imagery, allegory, and symbolism, and explain their appeal. ==== ==== 3.8 Interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, ironies, and incongruities in a text. ==== ==== 3.10 Identify and describe the function of dialogue, scene designs, soliloquies, asides, and character foils in dramatic literature.  ====

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Writing Strategies **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">
==== <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students write coherent and focused essays that convey a well-defined perspective and tightly reasoned argument. The writing demonstrates students’ awareness of the audience and purpose. Students progress through the stages of the writing process as needed. ==== ==== //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Organization and Focus //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ==== ==== <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">1.1 Establish a controlling impression or coherent thesis that conveys a clear and distinctive perspective on the subject and maintain a consistent tone and focus throughout the piece of writing. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> ==== ==== **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics) **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> ==== ==== <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Students combine the rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description to produce texts of at least 1,500 words each. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies outlined in Writing Standard 1.0. ====

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====<span style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2.5 Write business letters:  ====

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">a. Provide clear and purposeful information and address the intended audience appropriately.
==== <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">b. Use appropriate vocabulary, tone, and style to take into account the nature of the relationship with, and the knowledge and interests of, the recipients. ====