Learning Targets Unit 2

Overview

ELAGSEL3:

I can utilize knowledge of language when speaking, writing, reading and listening.

ELAGSEL4:

I can use a variety of strategies to determine what a word or phrase means.

ELAGSERI1:

I can cite evidence to support analysis and inferences.

ELAGSERI2:

I can determine and provide the central idea within a text and details that support its development.

ELAGSERI3:

I can recognize the difference between what the author states directly and what he/she implies in the text.
I can determine if there is sufficient evidence to support what the text says.
I can determine the quality of the evidence used to support what the text says.

ELAGSERI5:

I can identify sentences or paragraphs that develop the author’s ideas or claims.
I can explain how larger sections or chapters develop and refine the author’s ideas or claims.

ELAGSERI6:

I can determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text.
I can recognize literary and stylistic techniques the author uses to support his own position.

ELAGSERI7:

I can read a variety of texts such as books, movies, and electronic sources on one subject and identify how they are similar and how they are different.
I can determine important details in several accounts on the same subject

ELAGSERI8:

I can delineate and evaluate arguments and specific claims in a text and assess if it is valid.

ELAGSERI9:

I can identify seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance.

I can identify the: purpose, related themes and concepts of U.S. documents of historical and literary significance.

ELAGSEW2:

I can write informative essays.