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Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for comprehending a variety of informational texts
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9-12 Recognizes writing techniques or devices to understand the author's purpose and viewpoint and evaluative information
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To understand this Interval Benchmark, an eleventh grade student:
• . Understands the effectiveness of techniques used to convey viewpoint
• . Uses new information from texts or other written material to clarify or refine understanding of academic concepts
• . Understands the use of propaganda and persuasive techniques in informational texts
• . Uses a variety of criteria to evaluate the clarity, accuracy, and reliability of primary and secondary source information
• . Identifies author's viewpoint or purpose   ITED *
 
Asterisks indicate how often the benchmark appears on the identified assessment: *(1-2 questions) **(3-5 questions) or *** (more than 5 questions).
 
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Instructional Resources
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.  Supporting Knowledge
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Vocabulary, Information, Skills
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.  Instructional Strategies
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Best Practices, Strategies, Discovery
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General Resources
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.  Curriculum Planning
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Create Grade 11 planning worksheets
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Select supporting knowledge to:
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. . Examine key vocabulary, terms, and phrases unique to the content area that students should know
. . Determine what information student should understand (Declarative Knowledge)
. . Determine what skills student are able to do (Procedural Knowledge)
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Learning requires students to know declarative knowledge (vocabulary and information). Using or applying information (declarative knowledge) results in procedural knowledge, referred to as skills.
 
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Select instructional strategies to:
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. . Examine research-based best practices or links to other web-sites and resources
. . Identify appropriate strategies matched to student needs
. . Discover ongoing compilation of teacher-developed strategies
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