Standards

E3-R1.3-Demonstrate the ability to apply integrated strategies to evaluate selections from a variety of literary genres and real-world texts.

E3-R1.9-Demonstrate the ability to read several works on a particular topic, paraphrase the ideas, and synthesize them with ideas from other works addressing the same topic.

E3-R2.1 Demonstrate the ability to show how the cultural, philosophophical, political, religious, or ethical perspectives of a particular period influence the plots, characters, settings, and themes of literary works written during that period.

E3-R2.2 Demonstrate the ability to contrast the principal periods in American literature in reference to themes, styles, or trends.

E3-R2.4-Demonstrate the ability to compare and contrast universal literary themes as they are developed in works in various genres.

E3-W2.1Demonstrate the ability to use writing to explain and inform.

E3-W3.3-Demonstrate the ability to use texts to make connections and to support ideas in his or her own writing.

E3-C1.1-Demonstrate the ability to use language, vocabulary, images, sensory details, and presentation techniques including multimedia that are appropriate for the purpose and audience.

E3-C1.4-Demonstrate the ability to use effective organizational strategies, techniques, and methods including technology to develop oral presentations.

E3-RS3.2- Demonstrate the ability to draw conclusions from synthesized information to create a documented research project.