Learning Targets Unit 4

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ELAGSERL1:

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.

ELAGSERL2:

I can identify the theme(s) or central idea(s) of a text.
I can explain how a theme is developed by specific details.
I can summarize a text.

ELAGSERL3:

I can explain how characters can have multiple or conflicting motivations.
I can identify how characters change or develop over the course of a story.
I can analyze the interactions of characters.
I can explain how the characters advance the plot or develop the theme.
ELAGSERL5:

I can analyze how an authors uses structure, events or time to create effects such as mystery, tension, or surprise.
ELAGSERL6:

I can analyze the point of view or cultural experience in a piece of literature from outside the United States.
ELAGSERL7:

I can compare two different mediums about the same subject and compare and contrast how each represents that subject

ELAGSERL9:

I can recognize references to other well-known works that the author uses throughout a text like the Bible, Shakespeare, or Ovid in text.
I can analyze how an author has transformed well-known texts into his own work.
ELAGSEW1-2-3: I can write argument, informative, or narrative essays.