ELA Course Outline

Plan Your Semester

If you want to make the most of my class, please take a look at the course schedule. Here, you’ll find details about the course plan, a brief description of the topics I’ll cover and a few additional details. Questions? Get in touch today.

Power Standards Unit 1

Main Focal points

Reading Informational

RI1-Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RI2- Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

RI4- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

RI5 - Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.

RI6 -Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others

RI9- Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing the different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.

R10- By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

W1- Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence

Power Standards Unit II

Main Focal Points

Reading Literary

Power Standards Unit III

Main Focal Points

Reading Informational

Power Standards Unit IV

Main Focal Points

Reading Literary

ELA Power Standards: Schedule