Spice it Up a Notch with Nutmeg!

CT Language Arts Standards and Connecticut Mastery Test Objectives Standard 1: Reading and Responding 1.1 Students use appropriate strategies before, during and after reading in order to construct. -Select and organize relevant information from text to summarize. -Draw conclusions and use evidence to substantiate them by using texts heard, read, and viewed. -Make and justify inferences from explicit and/or implicit information. 1.2 Students interpret, analyze and evaluate text in order to extend understanding and appreciation. -Interpret information that is implied in a text. -Make and support judgements about texts. -Discuss and respond to texts by making text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections. 1.4 Students communicate with others to create interpretations of written, oral and visual texts. -Elicit, discuss and respect the opinions of others about written, oral and visual texts. -Persuade listeners about judgments and opinions of works read, written and viewed. Standard 2: Exploring and Responding to Literature 2.2 Students explore multiple responses to literature. -Develop a critical stance and cite evidence to support the stance. Standard 3: Communicating with Others 3.1 Students use descriptive, narrative, expository, persuasive and poetic modes -Use the appropriate features of persuasive writing. 3.2 Students prepare, publish and/or present work appropriate to audience, purpose and task. -Determine purpose, point of view and audience, and choose an appropriate written, oral or visual format. -Use strategies to generate and develop ideas for speaking, writing and visual activities. CMT4 Objectives Reading Comprehension A1 Determine the theme within the text. A2 Demonstrate understanding of the text’s general content. B3 Use stated or implied evidence from the text to draw and or support a conclusion C1 Make connections between the text and outside experiences and knowledge C2 Select, synthesize and/or use relevant information within a written work to write a personal response to the text. D2 Select, synthesize, and/or use relevant information within a written work to extend or evaluate the work D3 Demonstrate an awareness of an author’s or character’s customs and beliefs included in texts This project is hosted by EASTCONN's Standards Based Learning Center