Independent Reading Assignment Standards

In an effort to help you all write better, more specific reflections, I wanted to help you understand the specific standards we have been addressing in the independent reading assignment:

For the whole assignment:

• Standard ELA2: Language for Literary Response and Expression Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.


• Listening and Reading Key Idea 1 -->ELA2.LR1: Listening and reading for literary response involves comprehending, interpreting, and critiquing imaginative texts in every medium, drawing on personal experiences and knowledge to understand the text, and recognizing the social, historical and cultural features of the text


• Students read and view independently and fluently across many genres of literature from many cultures and historical periods


• Students identify the distinguishing features of different literary genres, periods, and traditions and use those features to interpret the work.


• Students recognize and understand the significance of a wide range of literary elements and techniques, (including figurative language, imagery, allegory, irony, blank verse, symbolism, stream-of-consciousness) and use those elements to interpret the work.


• Students understand how multiple levels of meaning are conveyed in a text


• Students read aloud expressively to convey a clear interpretation of the work
  

Performance Indicator 01--> ELA2.12.WR2.01::--> Students write interpretive and responsive essays of approximately five pages to: express judgments and support them through references to the text, using direct quotations and paraphrase

• explain how the author's use of literary devices, such as allegory, stream of consciousness, and irony, affects meaning

Performance Indicator 06--> ELA2.12.RE1.06::--> Students interpret multiple levels of meaning and subtleties in text

Performance Indicator 02--> ELA2.11.WR2.02::-->

• Students write interpretive and responsive essays of approximately three to five pages to:
• express judgments and support them through references to the text, using direct quotations and paraphrase
• explain how the author's use of literary devices affects meaning
• examine development and impact of literary elements, such as character (protagonist and antagonist), action (conflict, intrigue, suspense, and climax), and setting (locale and time period), in literary texts and performances
• compare and contrast the treatment of literary elements in different genres and by more than one author
• use literary criticism to expand personal analysis of the literary texts engage in a variety of prewriting experiences, such as using a variety of visual representations, to express interpretations, feelings, and new insights