Reading Grade 2 Student Monitoring Plan

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Comprehension of Literary Text: Students will read, comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate literary texts.
Comprehension of Literary Text
  Develop comprehension skills by reading a variety of self-selected and assigned literary texts
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Listen to, read, and discuss a variety of literary texts representing diverse cultures, perspectives, ethnicities, and time periods
           
Listen to, read, and discuss a variety of different types of fiction and nonfiction texts
           
Identify characteristics of, different types of fictional literary texts, such as plays, poems, stories (folktales, fairy tales, fantasy, fables, realistic fiction, and historical fiction)
           

 
  Use text features to facilitate understanding of literary texts
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Identify and explain how the title contributes to meaning
           
Identify and explain how text features, such as illustrations, punctuation, and print features, contribute to meaning
           

 
  Use elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding
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Identify and explain the elements of a story, including the problem, the sequence of events, and the solution to the problem
           
Identify the setting and explain its importance to the story
           
Identify the main character(s) and explain their importance in the story
           
Identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings
           
Identify and explain relationships between and among characters, setting, and events
           

 
  Use elements of poetry to facilitate understanding
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Identify the structure, shape, and form of a variety of poetic texts, including their lines and stanzas
           
Analyze the meaning of words, lines and stanzas
           
Identify and use sound elements of poetry, such as rhyme, no rhyme, and rhythm
           

 
  Use elements of drama to facilitate understanding
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Identify the structure of a play, including characters, costumes, dialogue, and scenery
           

 
  Determine important ideas and messages in literary texts
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Recognize the main idea or message of the text
           
Recognize a similar message in more than one text
           
Retell the text or part of the text
           
Summarize the text
           
Identify personal connections to the text
           

 
  Identify and describe the author's use of language
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Explain how the use of dialogue contributes to a story
           
Identify specific words and phrases that contribute to the meaning of a text
           
Identify specific words and punctuation that create tone
           
Identify language that appeals to the senses and feelings
           
Identify repetition and exaggeration
           

 

11/15/07