Specific Expectations - view and demonstrate an understanding of the meaning conveyed by a variety of visual texts (e.g., illustrations, diagrams, posters, broadcast media, films, videos)
during reading and viewing, construct meaning from texts by- describing emerging ideas and points of view
- using syntactic and context cues to guide and inform their understanding (e.g., use knowledge of grammar, word order, and sentence structure to guide and inform their understanding)
- using text features to locate information and support comprehension (e.g., diagrams, headings, bold and italicized words, table of contents)
- recognizing literary elements (e.g., plot, conflict, character, setting, climax, resolution, theme)
- recognizing literary devices (e.g., irony, hyperbole, simile, metaphor)
- identifying genre and form (e.g., folk tales, legends, autobiography, historical fiction, essay, article, documentary, web page, short story, novel, poem)
- distinguishing between literal definition and figurative meaning and identifying idiomatic expressions (e.g., “that was a piece of cake”)
- making inferences (e.g., about characters’ feelings or story problems)
- drawing conclusions (e.g., make connections between cause and effect)
- skimming for main ideas
- making relevant notes using logical categories (e.g., outlines, mind maps, timelines)
- after reading and viewing, develop their understanding of the meaning conveyed in texts by
- rereading or “re-viewing” to gain deeper understanding
- paraphrasing and summarizing the main ideas
- generating and responding to questions
- using graphic organizers to process, record, and demonstrate synthesis of information
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