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Skill plan for the Redesigned STAAR - English II

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Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively.
E2.2.B: Analyze context to distinguish among denotative, connotative, and figurative meanings of words.		Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Connotation and denotation 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Figurative language 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Interpret figures of speech 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
E2.2.B: Analyze context to distinguish among denotative, connotative, and figurative meanings of words.
Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Connotation and denotation 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Figurative language 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Interpret figures of speech 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.
E2.4.F: Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Analyze short stories: set 1 3. Analyze short stories: set 2 4. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 6. Trace an argument: set 1 7. Trace an argument: set 2 8. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 9. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
E2.4.F: Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Analyze short stories: set 1 3. Analyze short stories: set 2 4. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 6. Trace an argument: set 1 7. Trace an argument: set 2 8. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 9. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2

E2.4.G: Evaluate details read to determine key ideas.		Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text Analyze literary passages 3. Analyze short stories: set 1 4. Analyze short stories: set 2 5. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 6. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Analyze nonfiction passages 7. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 8. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 9. Trace an argument: set 1 10. Trace an argument: set 2 11. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 12. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
E2.4.G: Evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text Analyze literary passages 3. Analyze short stories: set 1 4. Analyze short stories: set 2 5. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 6. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Analyze nonfiction passages 7. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 8. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 9. Trace an argument: set 1 10. Trace an argument: set 2 11. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 12. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2

E2.4.H: Synthesize information from multiple texts to create new understanding.
E2.4.H: Synthesize information from multiple texts to create new understanding.

Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.
E2.5.C: Use text evidence and original commentary to support an interpretive response.		Text evidence 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Arguments 2. Trace an argument: set 1 3. Trace an argument: set 2 Supporting evidence 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 5. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 6. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Text evidence in literary passages 7. Analyze short stories: set 1 8. Analyze short stories: set 2 9. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 10. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Text evidence in nonfiction passages 11. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 12. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
E2.5.C: Use text evidence and original commentary to support an interpretive response.
Text evidence 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Arguments 2. Trace an argument: set 1 3. Trace an argument: set 2 Supporting evidence 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 5. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 6. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Text evidence in literary passages 7. Analyze short stories: set 1 8. Analyze short stories: set 2 9. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 10. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Text evidence in nonfiction passages 11. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 12. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2

E2.5.D: Paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order.		Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Text evidence 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
E2.5.D: Paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order.
Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Text evidence 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts.
E2.6.B: Analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters, including archetypes, through historical and cultural settings and events.		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze short stories: set 2 3. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2
E2.6.B: Analyze how authors develop complex yet believable characters, including archetypes, through historical and cultural settings and events.
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze short stories: set 2 3. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2

E2.6.C: Analyze isolated scenes and their contribution to the success of the plot as a whole.
E2.6.C: Analyze isolated scenes and their contribution to the success of the plot as a whole.

Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.
E2.7.D: Analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational texts such as:
E2.7.D: Analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational texts such as:

E2.7.D.i: clear thesis, relevant supporting evidence, pertinent examples, and conclusion.		Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting evidence 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Identify supporting evidence in a text Arguments 5. Trace an argument: set 1 6. Trace an argument: set 2 Development of ideas in nonfiction passages 7. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 8. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 9. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 10. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
E2.7.D.i: clear thesis, relevant supporting evidence, pertinent examples, and conclusion.
Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting evidence 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Identify supporting evidence in a text Arguments 5. Trace an argument: set 1 6. Trace an argument: set 2 Development of ideas in nonfiction passages 7. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 8. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 9. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 10. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2

E2.7.E: Analyze characteristics and structural elements of argumentative texts such as:
E2.7.E: Analyze characteristics and structural elements of argumentative texts such as:

E2.7.E.i: clear arguable claim, appeals, and convincing conclusion;		Analyze arguments 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Thesis statements 3. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 4. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 5. Identify supporting evidence in a text 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Appeals 7. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
E2.7.E.i: clear arguable claim, appeals, and convincing conclusion;
Analyze arguments 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Thesis statements 3. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 4. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 5. Identify supporting evidence in a text 6. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Appeals 7. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
E2.7.E.ii: various types of evidence and treatment of counterarguments, including concessions and rebuttals.		Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting evidence 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 4. Identify supporting evidence in a text 5. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 6. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 7. Classify logical fallacies
E2.7.E.ii: various types of evidence and treatment of counterarguments, including concessions and rebuttals.
Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Supporting evidence 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 4. Identify supporting evidence in a text 5. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 6. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 7. Classify logical fallacies
Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances.
E2.8.A: Analyze the author's purpose, audience, and message within a text.		Purpose and audience 1. Identify audience and purpose Central idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Arguments 3. Trace an argument: set 1 4. Trace an argument: set 2 Rhetorical strategies 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 6. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
E2.8.A: Analyze the author's purpose, audience, and message within a text.
Purpose and audience 1. Identify audience and purpose Central idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Arguments 3. Trace an argument: set 1 4. Trace an argument: set 2 Rhetorical strategies 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 6. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

E2.8.D: Analyze how the author's use of language informs and shapes the perception of readers.		Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Rhetorical strategies 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 6. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word choice and usage 7. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 8. Explore words with new or contested usages 9. Analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone
E2.8.D: Analyze how the author's use of language informs and shapes the perception of readers.
Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Rhetorical strategies 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 6. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word choice and usage 7. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 8. Explore words with new or contested usages 9. Analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone

E2.8.F: Analyze how the author's diction and syntax contribute to the mood, voice, and tone of a text.		Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone Rhetorical strategies 4. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word choice and usage 6. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 7. Analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone
E2.8.F: Analyze how the author's diction and syntax contribute to the mood, voice, and tone of a text.
Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone Rhetorical strategies 4. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 5. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word choice and usage 6. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 7. Analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone

Writing
Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and use appropriate conventions.
E2.9.B: Develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing in timed and open-ended situations by:
E2.9.B: Develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing in timed and open-ended situations by:

E2.9.B.i: using an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, topic, and context;		Audience and purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Organization 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Identify thesis statements Transitions 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
E2.9.B.i: using an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, topic, and context;
Audience and purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Organization 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Identify thesis statements Transitions 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
E2.9.B.ii: developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific details, examples, and commentary;		Topic sentences and thesis statements 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify thesis statements Development and support 3. Distinguish facts from opinions 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Identify supporting evidence in a text 7. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Persuasive strategies 8. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
E2.9.B.ii: developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific details, examples, and commentary;
Topic sentences and thesis statements 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify thesis statements Development and support 3. Distinguish facts from opinions 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 6. Identify supporting evidence in a text 7. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Persuasive strategies 8. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

E2.9.C: Revise drafts to improve clarity, development, organization, style, diction, and sentence effectiveness, including use of parallel constructions and placement of phrases and dependent clauses.		Revision 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Transitions 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 5. Remove redundant words or phrases Parallel structure 6. Identify sentences with parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure Style 8. Which text is most formal? 9. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 10. Compare passages for tone Word choice and usage 11. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 12. Use words accurately and precisely 13. Replace words using a thesaurus 14. Explore words with new or contested usages 15. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Phrases and clauses 16. Is it a phrase or a clause? 17. Identify dependent and independent clauses Modifiers 18. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 19. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 20. Are the modifiers used correctly?
E2.9.C: Revise drafts to improve clarity, development, organization, style, diction, and sentence effectiveness, including use of parallel constructions and placement of phrases and dependent clauses.
Revision 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Transitions 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 5. Remove redundant words or phrases Parallel structure 6. Identify sentences with parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure Style 8. Which text is most formal? 9. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 10. Compare passages for tone Word choice and usage 11. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 12. Use words accurately and precisely 13. Replace words using a thesaurus 14. Explore words with new or contested usages 15. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Phrases and clauses 16. Is it a phrase or a clause? 17. Identify dependent and independent clauses Modifiers 18. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 19. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 20. Are the modifiers used correctly?

E2.9.D: Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
E2.9.D: Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

E2.9.D.i: a variety of complete, controlled sentences and avoidance of unintentional splices, run-ons, and fragments.		Sentence types 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 3. Identify sentence fragments 4. Identify run-on sentences 5. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons Phrases and clauses 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses 7. Combine sentences using relative clauses 8. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
E2.9.D.i: a variety of complete, controlled sentences and avoidance of unintentional splices, run-ons, and fragments.
Sentence types 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 3. Identify sentence fragments 4. Identify run-on sentences 5. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons Phrases and clauses 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses 7. Combine sentences using relative clauses 8. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.
E2.5.B: Write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing texts within and across genres.		Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Tone 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone Analyze literary passages 5. Analyze short stories: set 1 6. Analyze short stories: set 2 7. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 8. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Analyze nonfiction passages 9. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 10. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 11. Trace an argument: set 1 12. Trace an argument: set 2 13. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 14. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2 Analyze historical passages 15. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 16. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
E2.5.B: Write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing texts within and across genres.
Central idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Tone 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone Analyze literary passages 5. Analyze short stories: set 1 6. Analyze short stories: set 2 7. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 8. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Analyze nonfiction passages 9. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 10. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 11. Trace an argument: set 1 12. Trace an argument: set 2 13. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 14. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2 Analyze historical passages 15. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 16. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.
E2.10.B: Compose informational texts such as explanatory essays, reports, and personal essays using genre characteristics and craft.		Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Audience and purpose 3. Identify audience and purpose Organization 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 5. Organize information by topic 6. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Supporting evidence 7. Distinguish facts from opinions 8. Identify supporting evidence in a text
E2.10.B: Compose informational texts such as explanatory essays, reports, and personal essays using genre characteristics and craft.
Tone 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Audience and purpose 3. Identify audience and purpose Organization 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 5. Organize information by topic 6. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Supporting evidence 7. Distinguish facts from opinions 8. Identify supporting evidence in a text

E2.10.C: Compose argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft.		Tone 1. Which text is most formal? Audience and purpose 2. Identify audience and purpose Organization 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 5. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 6. Distinguish facts from opinions 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 8. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 9. Identify supporting evidence in a text 10. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 11. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 12. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 13. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
E2.10.C: Compose argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft.
Tone 1. Which text is most formal? Audience and purpose 2. Identify audience and purpose Organization 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 5. Identify thesis statements Supporting evidence 6. Distinguish facts from opinions 7. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 8. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 9. Identify supporting evidence in a text 10. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 11. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 12. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 13. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

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