ELA-09.RI.04

9th Grade ELA Targeted Standards
(RI) Reading Information Strand
Cluster: Craft and Structure

ELA-09.RI.04 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a texts, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., analyzing how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper; identifying bias…).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can define and identify figurative and connotative language as well as technical terms in informational text.
  • I can define tone.

Reasoning Targets

  • I can analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
  • I can evaluate figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can explain the meaning of figurative, connotative, and technical language used in text.
  • I can choose the correct meaning of words in context.
  • I can differentiate between multiple word meanings based upon context clues.

Product Targets

 

Rubric - Resources

 

 

Proficiency Scale

Measurement of Progress

Craft and Structure

  • RI9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a texts, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., analyzing how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper; identifying bias…).

  • RI9-10.5 Analyze the structure of a specific paragraph in  a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.

  • RI9-10.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose and possible biases in a text, and analyze how the author’s choices advance or detract from the effectiveness of the text.
Sample Activity
Advanced 

In addition to expectations of proficiency, student provides consistent evidence of in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught and expected.

The student can

  • insightfully analyze meaning and impact of words (figurative, connotative, and technical) and phrases and the effects of an author’s choices in structuring a text

  • recognize subtext and how it contributes to meaning, tone, and purpose

  • compare craft and structure between texts to examine strategy behind author’s purpose and point of view.

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Proficient

The student can

  • determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

  • relates the author’s word choice and language to the overall effect on meaning and tone.

  • analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text.

  • determine an author’s point of view or purpose and possible biases in a text.

  • analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance point of view or purpose.

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Progressing 

There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes; however the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.

The student can

  • identify when an author uses purposeful language and can recognize elements of a text, but is unable to explain how craft and structure contributes to meaning and tone.

  • identify the author’s point of view and purpose.


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Novice With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes. -

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