• Students will apply their knowledge of word meaning strategies to determine the meaning of new words encountered in reading materials and will use those words accurately.

•  Students will read and understand material ranging from simple to complex. They will analyze the organizational patterns, arguments and positions advanced.

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• Students will read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature that reflects and enhance their studies of history and social science.

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• Students will write coherent and focused texts that convey a well defined perspective and tightly reasoned argument

• Students will combine the rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description to produce texts of at least 1,500 words each. Writing will demonstrate a command of standard American English and research, organizational and drafting strategies.

• Students will write and speak with a command of standard English conventions.

• Students will formulate adroit judgments about oral communication. They will deliver focused and coherent presentations that convey clear and distinct perspectives and demonstrate solid reasoning.