IXL skill plan | English 2 plan for the Missouri End-of-Course Assessment

Skill plan for the Missouri End-of-Course Assessment - English 2

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Reading Literary Texts
Reading Informational Texts
Writing

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Reading Literary Texts
Comprehend and Interpret Texts		Analyze texts 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Theme 2. Determine the themes of short stories 3. Match the quotations with their themes Word meanings 4. Interpret figures of speech 5. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Comprehend and Interpret Texts
Analyze texts 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Theme 2. Determine the themes of short stories 3. Match the quotations with their themes Word meanings 4. Interpret figures of speech 5. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Analyze Craft and Structure		Structure and character development 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Point of view 2. Identify the narrative point of view 3. Compare two texts with different genres Tone 4. Compare passages for tone
Analyze Craft and Structure
Structure and character development 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Point of view 2. Identify the narrative point of view 3. Compare two texts with different genres Tone 4. Compare passages for tone

Synthesize Ideas From Texts		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Synthesize Ideas From Texts
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Reading Informational Texts
Comprehend and Interpret Texts		Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Text development 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Trace an argument: set 1 Vocabulary in context 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 5. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Comprehend and Interpret Texts
Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Text development 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Trace an argument: set 1 Vocabulary in context 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 5. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

Analyze Craft and Structure		Text structure 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Trace an argument 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Persuasive strategies 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Purpose 4. Identify audience and purpose 5. Read business letters and notices Tone 6. Which text is most formal? 7. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Rhetorical strategies 8. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Analyze Craft and Structure
Text structure 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Trace an argument 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Persuasive strategies 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Purpose 4. Identify audience and purpose 5. Read business letters and notices Tone 6. Which text is most formal? 7. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Rhetorical strategies 8. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Synthesize Ideas From Texts		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Synthesize Ideas From Texts
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Writing
Development (Process/Production)		Audience and purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Organize writing 2. Organize information by topic Topic sentences and thesis statements 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 5. Identify supporting evidence in a text 6. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Argument development 8. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Persuasive strategies 9. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Transitions 10. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 11. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Development (Process/Production)
Audience and purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Organize writing 2. Organize information by topic Topic sentences and thesis statements 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 5. Identify supporting evidence in a text 6. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Argument development 8. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Persuasive strategies 9. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Transitions 10. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 11. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Research		Citations 1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 2. Identify plagiarism
Research
Citations 1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 2. Identify plagiarism

Revise		Write clearly and concisely 1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 2. Use parallel structure 3. Remove redundant words or phrases Combine sentences 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses Word choice 5. Use words accurately and precisely Revision 6. Suggest appropriate revisions
Revise
Write clearly and concisely 1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 2. Use parallel structure 3. Remove redundant words or phrases Combine sentences 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses Word choice 5. Use words accurately and precisely Revision 6. Suggest appropriate revisions

Edit		Complete sentences 1. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons Spelling 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Frequently confused words 3. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words Punctuation 4. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review Capitalization 5. Correct capitalization errors Subject-verb agreement 6. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement Pronouns 7. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 8. Subject and object pronouns review Common errors 9. Correct errors with signs 10. Correct errors in everyday use
Edit
Complete sentences 1. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons Spelling 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Frequently confused words 3. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words Punctuation 4. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review Capitalization 5. Correct capitalization errors Subject-verb agreement 6. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement Pronouns 7. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 8. Subject and object pronouns review Common errors 9. Correct errors with signs 10. Correct errors in everyday use

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