IXL skill plan | Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments

Skill plan for the CAASPP - Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments - 11th grade

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Reading
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Claim 1 Reading
Literary Texts
Target 1: Key Details		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 1
Target 1: Key Details
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 1

Target 2: Central Ideas		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Target 2: Central Ideas
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Target 3: Word Meanings		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 3. Word pattern sentences
Target 3: Word Meanings
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 3. Word pattern sentences

Target 4: Reasoning & Evidence Target 5: Analysis Within or Across Texts		1. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 2
Target 4: Reasoning & Evidence Target 5: Analysis Within or Across Texts
1. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 2

Target 6: Text Structures & Features		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Target 6: Text Structures & Features
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Target 7: Language Use		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Target 7: Language Use
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Informational Texts
Target 8: Key Details		1. Trace an argument: set 1
Target 8: Key Details
1. Trace an argument: set 1

Target 9: Central Ideas		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Target 9: Central Ideas
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Target 10: Word Meanings		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 3. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Target 10: Word Meanings
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 3. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions

Target 11: Reasoning & Evidence Target 12: Analysis Within or Across Texts		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Trace an argument: set 2
Target 11: Reasoning & Evidence Target 12: Analysis Within or Across Texts
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Trace an argument: set 2

Target 13: Text Structures & Features		1. Read company policies and procedures 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Target 13: Text Structures & Features
1. Read company policies and procedures 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Target 14: Language Use		1. Interpret the figure of speech
Target 14: Language Use
1. Interpret the figure of speech

Claim 2 Writing
Organization/Purpose
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative		1. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative
1. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory		1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Which text is most formal?
Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory
1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Which text is most formal?

Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument		1. Identify thesis statements 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument
1. Identify thesis statements 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Across genres: Purpose		1. Identify audience and purpose
Across genres: Purpose
1. Identify audience and purpose
Evidence/Elaboration
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative		1. Compare passages for tone
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative
1. Compare passages for tone

Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Evaluate counterclaims 4. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Evaluate counterclaims 4. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Target 8: Language & Vocabulary Use		Precise language 1. Use words accurately and precisely 2. Replace words using a thesaurus Domain-specific vocabulary 3. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Target 8: Language & Vocabulary Use
Precise language 1. Use words accurately and precisely 2. Replace words using a thesaurus Domain-specific vocabulary 3. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Revision
Targets 1b, 3b, & 6b: Revision		1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Targets 1b, 3b, & 6b: Revision
1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Conventions
Target 9: Edit/Clarify		Sentence structure 1. Use parallel structure Capitalization 2. Correct capitalization errors Punctuation 3. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 4. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review Spelling 5. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Frequently confused words 6. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words Consistency and agreement 7. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 8. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 9. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement
Target 9: Edit/Clarify
Sentence structure 1. Use parallel structure Capitalization 2. Correct capitalization errors Punctuation 3. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 4. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review Spelling 5. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Frequently confused words 6. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words Consistency and agreement 7. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 8. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 9. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement

Claim 4 Research/Inquiry
Research
Target 2: Analyze/Integrate Information		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Target 2: Analyze/Integrate Information
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Target 3: Evaluate Information/Sources		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Target 3: Evaluate Information/Sources
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Target 4: Use Evidence		1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Identify plagiarism
Target 4: Use Evidence
1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Identify plagiarism

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