The Check your understanding activity covers the CASAS Point of View and Supporting Evidence Content Area by asking students to identify the author’s point of view.
The Analyze the texts activity covers the CASAS Point of View and Supporting Evidence Content Area by having students identify supporting evidence.
Level 4
ELP Standards In terms of STEPS, upper-level students are expected to:
• Use strategies to determine central ideas/themes in oral presentations and spoken/ written texts; analyze the development of the themes/ideas; cite specific details and evidence from texts to support the analysis; and summarize a text. (ELP Standard 1) • Participate in conversations/discussions/written exchanges about a range of topics/ texts/issues, building on the ideas of others Express their own ideas; clearly/ persuasively support points with specific/relevant evidence; ask and answer questions/probe reasoning and claims to clarify ideas and conclusions; and summarize the key points/evidence. (ELP Standard 2) • Determine the meaning of general academic and content-specific words/phrases, figurative/connotative language, and idiomatic expressions in spoken/written texts about a variety of topics/experiences/events using context, questioning, and knowledge of English morphology
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