BHS ELA Instructional Guide

Learning Progression Example

Literary Text 1. Identify plot elements in a literary text (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement, setting, confict, characters, and point of view).

2. Analyze how the plot elements shape the characters. 3. Analyze how the plot elements propel the action.

Informational Text 1. Identify when the author is using comparisons to make connections. Analyze the effectiveness of the comparisons. 2. Identify when the author is using analogies to make connections. Analyze the effectiveness of the comparisons. 3. Identify when the author is using categories to make connections. Analyze the effectiveness of the comparisons.

Academic Language

analyze, plot elements, dialogue, propel, connections, distinctions, comparisons, analogies, categories Strategies to Support Teaching the Standard Literary Text ● While reading, ask students to keep track of plot elements and their impact on characters and vice-versa how the actions of characters infuence the plot. ● Trace the development of the plot or a character over the course of a text. Informational Text ● Explicitly teach Text Structure, then during reading, ask students to look for the structure and moves writers are making. Question Stems and Prompts for Competency Literary Text ● What statements or actions lead to a shift or an advancement in the events of the story? ● What is revealed about the character by the events or dialogue of the text? ● How did _____ (event) change the character of _____. Informational Text ● What connections can you make among and between the text’s individuals, ideas, or events. ● Explain how this analogy (comparison, category) creates a connection between _____ and _____ (ideas, events). ● How are the ideas in the text developed because of the use of comparisons or analogies? Additional Supports / Professional Resources Gray, M.E. and Holyoak, K.J. (2021), Teaching by Analogy: From Theory to Practice. Mind, Brain, and Education, 15: 250-263. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12288 Kuykendall, Matt. “The Learning Science behind Analogies.” Edutopia, 30 May 2023. www.edutopia.org/article/using-analogies-teaching/. Accessed 17 May 2024.

Last Updated August 13, 2024

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