TIME FRAME:

recommended time framefor completion:
five days

 UNIT:

FOCUS:
Enduring Understanding or EssentialQuestion

MSDE Voluntary State Curriculum: Reading/English Laguage Arts Standards/Core Learning Goals

Read, comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate literary texts.

Compose effective expressive, information, and persuasive writing.

BCPS English Language Arts Curriculum Indicator

Use elements of poetry to facilitate understanding

Identify and describe the author's use of language

Write to express personal ideas

 NCTE/IRA National Curriculum Standards for the English Language Arts

Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.

Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.

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

Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.

Standard 9:The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to societyis information literate and participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information.

Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.

Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.