Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Standard: Reading 10

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Learning Intentions:

a. Analyze how a sentence, paragraph, stanza, chapter, scene, or section fits into the overall structure and how it contributes to the development of theme, main idea, settings, or plot. (RL) b. Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and how it contributes to the development of the main idea. (RI)

● Students will understand how individual elements of a text (sentence, paragraph, stanza, chapter, scene, section) ft into the overall structure. ● Students will learn how these elements contribute to the development of the theme, main idea, settings, or plot. Success Criteria: ● I can analyze how a sentence, paragraph, stanza, chapter, scene, or section fts into the overall structure of a text. ● I can explain how these elements contribute to the development of the theme, main idea, settings, or plot.

Nouns (Know)

Verbs (Do)

● Sentence ● Paragraph ● Stanza ● Chapter ● Scene ● Section ● Overall structure ● Theme ● Main idea ● Settings ● Plot

● Analyze ● Fit ● Contribute ● Develop

Sample Question Stems and Prompts for Assessment

For Overall Structure: ● "How does this sentence/paragraph/stanza/chapter/scene/section ft into the overall structure of the text?" ● "What role does this section play in the organization of the text?"

For Contribution to Theme, Main Idea, Settings, or Plot: ● "How does this paragraph contribute to the development of the main idea/theme?"

● "In what way does this scene/chapter help build the plot?" ● "How does this stanza add to the setting of the poem?"

Last Updated May 30th, 2024 Middle School ELA, Page 100