Curriculum Alignment for Booktalk!


TEACHER TIPS & TOOLS
resources, lessons, and forms to support the implementation of the research models
TIME FRAME:


recommended time frame for completion: 2 weeks

 

 Unit:

   Intermediate Reading

Focus:

  

Identifying the elements of plot, character, and setting in literary works.

BCPS Content
Curriculum Indicator:

   Outcome: Students will demonstrate their ability to read for literary experience by examining, constructing, and extending meaning from stories, plays, poems, and other works of fiction.

BCPS Content Curriculum Indicator

  

Identify the elements of plot, character, and setting in literary works. 1.1.2

Extract appropriate and significant information from text, including problems and solutions, major points, and central ideas from text. 1.1.3

Identify and relate themes in fictional works to prior experience or experiences of others. 1.3.2

 BCPS
Library Media
Indicators:

   Use research skills in order to evaluate, select, record, and reorganize information.

Use reference skills in order to locate information in a variety of sources.

Discriminate among the various types of media in order to produce the appropriate medium for a particular purpose.

Demonstrate an appreciation of literature and other creative expressions as sources of information and recreation.

(MSDE LG-3, 5, 6)

 

Maryland Media
Learning Outcomes
and Indicators

   Demonstrate an appreciation of literature and other creative expressions as sources of information and recreation. (MLO 6)
  • Recognize authors, illustrators, publishers, and producers of literature as reflectors of the human experience.
  • Recognize that literature reflects, examines, and influences the human experience.
  • Select from a variety of literary forms, genres,and themes.
  • Obtain books and media for personal use.
  • Use library media centers, public, and other libraries regularly for reading materials.
  • Share and promote books and media as sources of information and recreation.

 

AASL Standards 

   Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.

MLO Reading

Reading For Literary Experience

Reading for Information

  

Explain how the author's life and times are reflected in his or her work. 1.4.3

Summarize text in a manner that reflects the main ideas, significant details, and its underlying meaning. 2.1.1

Evaluate the usefulness of information. 2.3.3
ISTC NETS for Students

Performance Standards and Indicators:

Grades PreK - 2

Grades 3 - 5

Grades 6 - 8

Grades 9- 12

 Evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of electronic information sources. (6)
Last update: July, 2003
Created by Sharon Grimes

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