| Objective A: Learners will develop and expand
interpretive and analytical skills. |
- Analyze author's use of language and text characteristics.
- Distinguish between fact, opinion, and “gray areas” in
written text.
- Distinguish between information contained and not contained in
the text.
- Distinguish between personal point of view and biases, and those
of the author.
- Interpret author's style of writing such as narrative,
persuasive, descriptive, and expository.
- Identify cause and effect relationships.
- Draw comparisons and contrast ideas.
- Make sense of and appreciate literary devices in text.
- Use knowledge of affixes, idioms, and colloquialisms to infer the
meaning of an unfamiliar word or phrase.
- Make connections within a text.
- Make generalizations based on information in charts, tables,
graphs, and maps. Learners will enhance study strategies.
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