Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Standard: Reading 7

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Learning Intentions:

a. ​ Compare two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text. (RL) b. ​ Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text. (RI)

Learning Intentions (RL): ●​ Students will understand how to compare characters, settings, or events in a story or drama. ●​ Students will learn to draw on specific details from the text to make comparisons. Learning Intentions (RI): ●​ Students will understand how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in an informational text. ●​ Students will learn to analyze these elements in detail. Success Criteria: I Can Statements (RL): ●​ I can compare two or more characters in a story or drama using specific details from the text. ●​ I can compare settings in a story or drama using specific details from the text. ●​ I can compare events in a story or drama using specific details from the text. I Can Statements (RI): ●​ I can analyze how a key individual is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in an informational text. ●​ I can analyze how a key event is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in an informational text. ●​ I can analyze how a key idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in an informational text.

Nouns (Know)

Verbs (Do)

●​ Characters ●​ Settings ●​ Events ●​ Story ●​ Drama ●​ Details ●​ Text ●​ Individual ●​ Idea

●​ Compare ●​ Draw ●​ Analyze ●​ Introduce ●​ Illustrate ●​ Elaborate

Last Updated September 23rd, 2024 Middle School ELA, Page 95