Writing -- analyze thinking through the writing of explanations, directions, outlines, and story maps. -- demonstrate fluency in both formal and informal style. M -- produce and evaluate writing with the domains of the Arkansas Writing Scoring Guide: content, style, sentence formation, usage, and mechanics. M -- follow an efficient writing process including prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing. M -- evaluate own writing and peer's writing with rubric. M -- provide thorough support for central idea. M -- analyze own writing in terms of organization, structure, tone, syntax, diction. -- use appropriate types of writing to satisfy a variety of purposes and audiences. R -- develop topic sentences. M -- develop thesis statements. -- develop written pieces from formal and informal outlines. -- use explicit transitional words, phrases, and/or devices. -- support main ideas with quotes and paraphrases from a piece of writing. M -- develop a written piece from a model. R -- write to compare and/or contrast. M -- write to explain cause & effect. M -- write a letter using a format appropriate to the situation. R -- write a personal narrative. R -- write a persuasive piece. M -- write to describe a place or person. R Revised 8/1/03 1
-- write using the process of prewriting, drafting, conferencing, revising, editing, publishing and assessing using the AR Scoring Guide. -- write varied print and nonprint responses to literature (e.g., collage, Powerpoint, video, music). R -- create an original work. R -- write to summarize or generalize. R -- produce a research based product. R -- write a character sketch. R -- use writing to communicate analysis of literature. -- use a journal for specific writing purposes. R -- complete a timed writing prompt with appropriate content, style, usage, mechanics and sentence formation. R -- develop an effective writing style focusing on diction (vocabulary, word choice), syntax (sentence structure), and voice W.1.8. -- decrease wordiness and increase clarity using strong verbs, and eliminating unnecessary words. -- increase coherence and unity. -- vary sentence structure using apposition/juxtaposition. -- vary sentence structure using rhetorical questions. -- vary sentence structure using ellipsis. I -- vary sentence structure using alliteration. -- vary sentence structure using parentheses. -- understand functions, identify, and employ basic parts of speech W.2.1. -- identify, understand functions of, and employ nouns appropriately. -- identify, understand functions of, and employ pronouns appropriately W.2.1. Revised 8/1/03 2
-- identify, understand functions of, and employ verbs appropriately. -- identify, understand functions of, and employ adjectives appropriately. -- identify, understand functions of, and employ adverbs appropriately. -- identify, understand functions of, and employ prepositions appropriately. -- identify, understand functions of, and employ interjections appropriately W.2.1. -- identify, understand functions of, and employ coordinating conjunctions. -- identify and employ a subordinating conjunction. I -- understand, identify, and employ the basic parts of a sentence W.2.1, W.2.4. -- write compositions with no significant errors in capitalization and spelling. M -- write compositions with no significant errors in fragments and run-ons. M -- write compositions with no significant errors in shifts in tense and person. M -- write compositions with no significant errors in end punctuation marks. M -- write compositions with no significant errors in colon and semicolon. -- write compositions with no significant errors in hyphen and dash. -- write compositions with no significant errors in quotation marks and apostrophes. -- write compositions with no significant errors in subject-verb agreement. M -- write compositions with no significant errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement. -- write compositions with no significant errors in descriptive adjective forms (e.g., comparative, superlative). -- write compositions with no significant errors in personal, relative, demonstrative, and interrogative pronouns. -- write compositions with no significant errors in the use of reflexive, indefinite, and interrogative pronouns. Revised 8/1/03 3
-- write compositions with no significant errors in commonly confused words, e.g., "affect" and "effect" or "further" and "farther". -- practice documentation of sources (e.g., MLA). -- use appropriate media/technical resources for research. -- use appropriate notetaking methods. M -- use library for research. -- read to gather evidence. M -- understand and use the dictionary correctly. M -- understand the parts of a textbook. M -- understand the parts and use of an encyclopedia. M -- use the internet appropriately for information gathering. -- understand and use the thesaurus. -- practice outlining skills. -- practice notetaking from texts and lectures. Reading Analysis -- identify types of evidence in an argument: personal experience, facts, anecdotes, examples and statistics. M -- analyze how writers use various appeals and strategies to address specific audiences in non-fiction (logical and emotional appeals, rhetorical devices). -- determine the meaning of key words in context in both prose and poetry R.1.7. M -- identify, define and use in context difficult vocabulary words. -- solve analogies. -- use a variety of reading strategies (predicting, skimming, sequencing, reader's journals, etc.). M Revised 8/1/03 4
-- read to identify main ideas. M -- recognize bias and propaganda. -- use connotation and denotation to comprehend written works R.1.7. I -- identify the author's purpose in writing: description, narration, exposition, persuasion. M -- analyze the writing of others in terms of organization, structure, tone, diction, syntax. -- describe the effect of word choice in a work. -- interpet and evaluate fictional and nonfictional dramas, essays and novels according to the use of literary genre and conventions. -- identify, define, and discuss the purpose of tone. -- identify, define, and discuss the purpose of point of view. -- identify, define, and discuss the purpose of character. -- identify, define, and discuss the purpose of setting. -- identify, define, and discuss the purpose of theme/main idea. -- identify, define, and discuss the purpose of conflict. -- analyze point of view and diversify ideas illustrated through the use of verbal irony. -- analyze point of view and diversify ideas illustrated through the use of situational irony. -- evaluate a piece of writing according to use of character (flat, round, dynamic, static). -- evaluate a piece of writing according to use of plot. -- evaluate a piece of writing according to use of setting. -- evaluate a piece of writing according to use of symbol. -- evaluate a piece of writing according to use of imagery. -- identify and analyze flashback R.1.10. Revised 8/1/03 5
-- analyze novels, short stories, plays, and poetry to determine author's use of literary techniques R.1.4. -- interpret and analyze literature orally, using textual evidence for the point asserted R.1.4. d -- trace the development of a theme, symbol, character, or archetype in literary work. -- define and identify form and technique in alliteration R.1.11. -- define and identify form and technique in personification. -- define and identify form and technique in hyperbole. -- define and identify form and technique in onomatopoeia. -- define and identify form and technique in simile and metaphor. -- define and identify form and technique in an idiom. -- define and identify form and technique of oxymoron. I -- define and identify form and technique in a ballad. -- define and identify form and technique in rhythm, meter and scansion. -- scan a poem for rhythm, rhyme scheme, and meter. I -- analyze poetry for sound devices and how they further the meaning of a poem. I Listening, Speaking and Viewing -- use communication skills of speaking, listening, and viewing through a variety of formal and informal opportunities. -- plan, develop, and produce a visual presentation, using a variety of media. Revised 8/1/03 6