Specific
Reading
The student will be able to do the following
with 80% accuracy:
* determine relevance of information
in reading passages
* identify the introduction in
reading passages
* identify the conclusion in reading
passages
* state the main idea in reading
passages
* identify written style of text:
Descriptive, Narrative and Expository (comparative and sequential)
* define the following Expository
writing styles: cause and effect, compare/contrast, summary and
paraphrase
* describe the plot in narrative
passages
* answer questions of inference
* relate readings to real life
experiences through discussions and journals
* extract vocabulary using
contextual clues and decoding skills
* identify and define prefixes
(bio-, geo-, pre-, over-, dis-, bi-, under-, trans-, multi-, ex-,
auto-, out-, mis-, inter-)
* identify and define suffixes
(-ness,-ment, -able, -ful, -al, -ize, -sion, -tion, -er, -it_y, - t_y, -ese,
-en, -ish, -est, -ward, -ent, -ence, -less,
-ship, -ing)
* identify and define root words
* identify and define compound and
complex sentences
* identify and define gerunds and
infinitives after verbs recognize reported and quoted speech in reading
passages
* recognize conditional statements,
true and contrary-to-fact, in present/future and past
Writing
The students will be able to do the following
with 80% accuracy:
* use present progressive,
simple present, simple past, past
progressive, future, present
perfect and past perfect tenses.
*
use adjectives and nouns-as-adjectives for description
*
connect sentences using and, but, or, so, because, even
though/although
*
use separable and non-separable phrasal verbs
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use gerunds and infinitives correctly after verbs
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use the passive voice in present and past time
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use participial adjectives
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use adjective (relative) clauses with who, whom, which, that,
whose
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Make comparisons using as...as, the same, similar, different,
like, alike
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make comparisons using adverbs and nouns
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use noun clauses such as wh-clauses, that-clauses, if-clauses
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use quoted and reported speech
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express wishes about present/future and past
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express conditional statements, true and contrary-to-fact, in
present/future and past
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employ a colon to introduce a series
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employ commas for unnecessary information, in quoted speech,
before coordinators, after dependent clauses
*
employ a semi-colon to join independent clauses employ quotation
marks in quoted speech
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write compound and complex sentences with 80% accuracy
*
write a paragraph with a topic sentence, 5-7 sentences in the
body, and a concluding statement
*
apply the writing process in writing a paragraphs in the
following discourse styles: narration including dialogue
exposition-compare/contrast, sequence, cause and
effect, summary and
paraphrase
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write mini-research projects related to short stories read in
class
Listening and Speaking
Students will practice, both orally and in
written form; the following aural and oral skills:
* give verbal directions with 80%
accuracy
*
verbally use the present and future with 80% accuracy
*
identify first, second and third person in aural presentations
*
take accurate dictation from an academic English aural presentation take notes
from an academic English aural presentation with 80% accuracy .
*
employ the present simple: affirmative, negative, interrogative
in first, second and third person singular and plural in oral academic
English
* employ the future will
in oral presentations
* present orally for not less than 1
minute with organized introduction, body and conclusion
* present orally for not less than 5
minutes with organized introduction, body and conclusion
* continue teaching critical
thinking skills through classroom discussions of articles, stories,
and writings