GLE and GSE's

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS:

E1: Reading

E1a: Reading

The student reads at least twenty-five books or book equivalents each year. The materials should include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and nonfiction) as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and online materials.  Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary forms and from at least five different writers.

(EXAMPLES OF EVIDENCE)

Ø      Maintain an annotated list of works read 1b

Ø      Generate a reading log or journal 1b

Ø      Participate in formal and informal book talks 1b, 3a, 3b

E1b: Reading

The student reads and comprehends at least four books (or book equivalents) about one issue or subject, or four books by a single writer, or four books in one genre, and produces evidence of reading that:

• Makes and supports warranted and responsible assertions about the texts;
• Supports assertions with elaborated and convincing evidence;
• Draws the texts together to compare and contrast themes, characters and ideas;
• Makes perceptive and well-developed connections;
• Evaluates writing strategies and elements of the author’s craft.

(EXAMPLES OF EVIDENCE)

Ø      Construct a book review 4a, 4b, 5a

Ø      Produce a literary response paper 2b, 4a, 4b, 5a

Ø      Participate in formal and informal book talks 1a, 1c, 3a, 3b

Ø      Create an annotated book list organized according to author, theme, or genre 1a

E1c: Reading

The student reads and comprehends informational materials to develop understanding and expertise and produces written or oral work that:

• Restates or summarizes information;
• Relates new information to prior knowledge and experience;
• Extends ideas;
• Makes connections to related topics or information.

(EXAMPLES OF EVIDENCE)

Ø      Use information to support or enhance a project. 2a, 4a, 4b

Ø      Write a report of information that draws from at least two sources 2a, 4a, 4b

Ø      Develop a proposal based on data obtained from reading informational texts 4a, 4b

Ø      Write a report that analyzes several historical records of a single event and attempts to understand the reasons for the similarities and differences  4a, 4b

E1d: Reading

The student demonstrates familiarity with a wide variety of public documents (i.e. documents that focus on civic issues or matters of public policy at the community level and beyond) and produces written or oral work that does one of the following:

• Identifies the social context of the document;
• Identifies the authors purpose and stance;
• Analyzes the arguments and positions advanced and the evidence offered in support of them, or formulates an argument and offers evidence to support it;
• Examines or makes use of the appeal of a document to audiences both friendly and hostile to the position presented;
• Identifies or uses commonly used persuasive techniques.

(EXAMPLES OF EVIDENCE)

Ø      Summarize and critique two or more local newspaper articles related to the same topic or issue. 2a, 4a, 4b

Ø      Respond to a public address made by an adult, e.g. the principal, a PTA/PTO officer, a visiting author 

Ø      Explain a local document to someone who has never heard of it (e.g. A school related directive, a community related brochure, or an information pamphlet) 

Ø      Write a letter to the editor in response to an editorial or to an article of local or national importance  2e, 4a, 4b

E1e: Reading

The student demonstrates familiarity with a variety of functional documents (i.e. Documents that exist in order to get things done) and produces written or oral work that does one or more of the following: 

• Identifies the institutional context of the document;
• Identifies the sequence of activities needed to carry out a procedure;
• Analyzes or uses the formatting techniques used to make a document user-friendly
• Identifies any information that is either extraneous or missing in terms of audience and purpose or makes effective use of relevant information;