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2005 English Assessment
English Assessment

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Goal 1

The student will demonstrate the ability to respond to a text by employing personal experiences and critical analysis.

25 Items Expectation
1.1

The student will use effective strategies before, during, and after reading, viewing, and listening to self-selected and assigned materials.

  7 Items Indicator
1.1.1

The student will use pre-reading strategies appropriate to both the text and purpose for reading by surveying the text, accessing prior knowledge, formulating questions, setting purpose(s), and making predictions.

1 Item
34 34 34
    Indicator
1.1.2

The student will use during-reading strategies appropriate to both the text and purpose for reading by visualizing, making connections, and using fix-up strategies such as re-reading, questioning, and summarizing.

2 Items
9 9 9
37 37 37
    Indicator
1.1.3

The student will use after-reading strategies appropriate to both the text and purpose for reading by summarizing, comparing, contrasting, synthesizing, drawing conclusions, and validating the purpose for reading.

3 Items
18 18 18
24 24 24
28 28 28
    Indicator
1.1.4

The student will apply before-, during-, and after-reading strategies when responding to non-print text, e.g., film, speakers, theatre, performance, audio texts, and interactive media.

1 Item
40 40 40
Expectation
1.2

The student will construct, examine, and extend meaning of traditional and contemporary works recognized as having significant literary merit.

  12 Items Indicator
1.2.1

The student will consider the contributions of plot, character, setting, conflict, and point of view when constructing the meaning of a text.

5 Items
10 10 10
16 16 16
19 19 19
36 36 36
41 41 41
    Indicator
1.2.2

The student will determine how the speaker, organization, sentence structure, word choice, tone, rhythm, and imagery reveal an author’s purpose.

2 Items
14 14 14
39 39 39
    Indicator
1.2.3

The student will explain the effectiveness of stylistic elements in a text that communicate an author’s purpose.

3 Items
11 11 11
21 21 21
29 29 29
    Indicator
1.2.4

The student will identify and/or explain connections between and among themes and/or styles of two or more texts.

1 Item
42 42 42
    Indicator
1.2.5

The student will extend or further develop meaning by explaining the implications of the text for the reader or contemporary society.

1 Item
7 7 7
Expectation
1.3

The student will explain and give evidence to support perceptions about print and non-print works.

  6 Items Indicator
1.3.3

The student will identify features of language that create tone and voice.

3 Items
8 8 8
22 22 22
30 30 30
    Indicator
1.3.5

The student will explain how common and universal experiences serve as the source of literary themes that cross time and cultures.

3 Items
12 12 12
17 17 17
35 35 35
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