Students need to be able to...
- read an informative passage and develop a viable research question related to the information
- identify examples of logical fallacies as being one of the types listed above
- read a passage and identify author purpose (entertain, persuade, inform)
- read a non-fiction passage and answer comprehension and inference questions about it
- make inferences about a source's credibility based on information given
- understand different ways to organize information in a composition and effects of organization choices
- identify qualities of different levels of formality
- read a passage and identify tone
- identify a thesis statement as being effective (in its wording and specificity) vs. ineffective/less effective
- be able to identify bias in given statements
- identify word choices within a passage that convey bias
- write and recognize an effective thesis