1-7-2012 CCCS for Reading - Standard 5 Grades 6-8

Continuing my way through the standards, offering links, lessons, and ideas to help teach the 

Core Curriculum Content Standards,

the first 10 days are Reading. 

Day Five - CCCS for Reading - Standard 5 Grades 6-8

	LITERATURE	INFORMATIONAL TEXT
unpacked skill	Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. Compare structure of 2 or more texts.   Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.	Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas and concepts.
sentence structure	Elements of Plot Development Plot Diagram Plot Outline Handout Circle Plot Diagram Teaching Plot Structure Foreshadowing in The Cask of Amontillado Flashback and Flash Forward Analyzing Setting Setting the Story Understanding Setting, Plot, and Theme Building Character Through Adversity Comparing Characters Character Development Beginnings and Endings Story Mapping Principals of Organization Patterns of Organization Patterns of Organization Patterns of Organization Handout Developing and Ordering Paragraphs Developing Unified and Coherent Paragraphs Relationship Between Ideas Organized Speech Writing Compare/Contrast Organization Presentation Ordering Phrases Principals of Composition Visual Devices for Emphasis Coherence and Unity Reading for a Purpose Author's Intent Purpose Fiction/Nonfiction Definitions/Purposes of Writing Headings Reading Nonfiction Creating a Strong Argument aMap Expository Organizational Patterns Making the Relationship Explicit Between Ideas Transitional Devices Using Transitions by Ruth Luman Types of Text Quiz Modes of Writing The Poetry Archive Instant Poetry Forms The Walt Whitman Archive Poetry 180 The Poetry Place Poetry Rap Analyzing Poetry Tips Compare and Contrast Lesson Compare and Contrast Compare and Contrast Art - Essay Compare and Contrast Aesop's Fables Fairy Tale Compare and Contrast Once Upon a Genre Thinking Maps The Compare/Contrast Essay Compare Contrast Essay Lesson Analyzing Point of View "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
text structure
organizational patterns
text features
author's purpose
audience
author's voice
types of poetry

Please post a comment below if you have a site or lesson idea to share for teaching this standard.  I would love your input!