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Skill plan for the Ohio State Tests - English II

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Reading Literary Text
Reading Informational Text
Writing

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Reading Literary Text
Key Ideas and Details		Analyze texts 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 Theme 3. Determine the themes of short stories
Key Ideas and Details
Analyze texts 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 Theme 3. Determine the themes of short stories

Craft and Structure		1. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 2. Analyze short stories: set 2 3. Compare two texts with different genres
Craft and Structure
1. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 2. Analyze short stories: set 2 3. Compare two texts with different genres

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Vocabulary		Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 4. Word pattern sentences Figurative language 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 7. Interpret figures of speech
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 4. Word pattern sentences Figurative language 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 7. Interpret figures of speech

Reading Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details		Analyze texts 1. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage
Key Ideas and Details
Analyze texts 1. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage

Craft and Structure		1. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 4. Identify audience and purpose
Craft and Structure
1. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 4. Identify audience and purpose

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		Analyze arguments 1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Trace an argument: set 1 Analyze texts 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Analyze arguments 1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Trace an argument: set 1 Analyze texts 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Vocabulary		1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Use dictionary definitions 4. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
Vocabulary
1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Use dictionary definitions 4. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage

Writing
Argument
Purpose, Focus, and Organization		1. Identify thesis statements 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Purpose, Focus, and Organization
1. Identify thesis statements 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Evidence and Elaboration		Evidence 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Word choice 4. Use words accurately and precisely
Evidence and Elaboration
Evidence 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Word choice 4. Use words accurately and precisely
Informative/Explanatory
Purpose, Focus, and Organization		Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Topic sentences 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Style and tone 4. Which text is most formal?
Purpose, Focus, and Organization
Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Topic sentences 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Style and tone 4. Which text is most formal?

Evidence and Elaboration		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Identify plagiarism 3. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Evidence and Elaboration
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Identify plagiarism 3. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Conventions of Standard English
Grammar		Verbals 1. Identify participles and what they modify 2. Identify gerunds and their functions 3. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases Parallel structure 4. Use parallel structure
Grammar
Verbals 1. Identify participles and what they modify 2. Identify gerunds and their functions 3. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases Parallel structure 4. Use parallel structure

Punctuation		1. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review
Punctuation
1. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review

Spelling		1. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
Spelling
1. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words

Revision		1. Correct errors in everyday use 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Revision
1. Correct errors in everyday use 2. Suggest appropriate revisions

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