Michigan Common Core Standards/Student Products and Learning Targets

 

Standard

Product/Outcome

I Can…

CCS Reading 1 Read Closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

Summative Assessment:

Students will create a persuasive essay or multimedia project, citing specific textual evidence.

Figure out the meaning of the novel and use examples from the book to support my points.

CCS Reading 2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

 

Formative Assessment: Students will produce theme map in a Readers Notebook

 

Identify the theme of a novel and explain how the author delivers the message of the novel.

CCS Reading 3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

 

Formative Assessment:

Students will describe the character of Boo Radley and the changes in the way Jem and Scout view him.

Describe the impact that one character has on other characters in a novel.

CCS Reading 6   Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

Students will analyze why Harper Lee chose to tell the story from a young girls point of view.

Analyze why an author chose to tell a story from a certain point of view.

CCS Reading 9 Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

Summative Assessment

Students will create a theme presentation comparing 3 texts with similar themes.

Compare the themes of two or more texts.

CCS Reading 10   Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.

Students will read a novel

Read independently

CCS Writing 1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

 

Summative Assessment

Students choosing option 2-5 will write a persuasive argument, supporting claims with evidence from the text.

Write a persuasive essay

CCS Writing 2 Write informative/explanatory texts to convey complex information clearly and accurately through the effective selection and organization of content.

 

Students will produce a Readers Notebook

Convey information about what I have read

CCS Writing 4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization and style are appropriate to talk, purpose and audience.

Summative Assessment

Students will create an essay or presentation appropriate for a designated purpose/audience.

Write a clear, organized piece thats appropriate for the audience

CCS Writing 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

 

Students will use the internet and other technology to produce writing and to view/listen to specific articles and websites related to To Kill A Mockingbird.

Use technology to communicate in writing with others

CCS Writing 9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Summative Assessment:

Students will write a persuasive essay or create a presentation drawing on evidence from To Kill A Mockingbird

Write a persuasive essay or create a presentation about a novel.

CCS Speaking and Listening 2

Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively and orally.

 

Formative Assessment

Students will evaluate information presented in diverse online resources relating to the novel.

Evaluate online information.

CCS Speaking and Listening 5 Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

 

Students will create podcasts of their poems.

Create a podcast of a poem.

 

 

 

CCS Language 1

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.  

Students will produce journal writing and essays, demonstrating command of standard grammar.

Use standard English grammar when writing.

CCS Language 2

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling when writing.

Students will produce journal writing and essays, demonstrating command of standard capitalization, punctuation and spelling.

Use Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

CCS Reading: Literature   Grade 9-10:   2

Determine a theme or central idea of a text, including how it

Emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

Formative Assessment: Students will produce theme map in a Readers Notebook

 

Determine the theme of a novel.

CCS Reading: Literature Grade 9-10: 3

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

Formative Assessment

Students will describe the character of Boo Radley and the changes in the way Jem and Scout view him and how it impacts the theme of the novel.

Describe how a character can change over the course of a novel and how it impacts theme.

CCS Reading: Literature Grade 9-10: 10

By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.  

Students will read and comprehend To Kill A Mockingbird during their 9th grade year

Read a novel at my grade level, on my own, and understand it.

 

 

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