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West Virginia Standards Alignment

Standards List with Aligned Product Skills

The Standards List with Aligned Product Skills Report is a standards-oriented document showing the entire list of standards for the subject and grade on the left side of the report with the aligning product objectives on the right side. This alignment report shows the breadth of standards coverage for the purpose and focus of this product.

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Kindergarten ..................................................... 1

Grade 1 ..................................................... 7

Grade 2 ....................................................15

Grade 3 ....................................................25

Grade 4 ....................................................35

Grade 5 ....................................................47

Grade 6 ....................................................60

Grade 7 ....................................................73

Grade 8 ....................................................89

Grade 9 ..................................................107

Grade 10 ..................................................117

Grade 11 ..................................................130

Grade 12 ..................................................141

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Agency Tag Set NameWest Virginia, 21st Century Reading and Language Arts, 2006, Grade K, Standards and Objectives, State Department of Education

Standard Product Description Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionWV RLA.S.K.1 - Students will apply reading skills and strategies to inform, to perform a task and to read for literacy experience by identifying and using grade appropriate essential reading components (phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, written application) and selecting a wide variety of literature and diverse media to develop independence as readers.

WV RLA.O.K.1.01 - Students will: segment words into phonemes (cat = /c/ /a/ /t/).WV RLA.O.K.1.02 - Students will: blend phonemes into words (/p/ /l/ /â/ = play).WV RLA.O.K.1.03 - Students will: manipulate onset and rime (word families).WV RLA.O.K.1.04 - Students will: use basic elements of phonetic analysis (e.g., common letter/sound relationships, beginning/ending consonant sounds, short vowel sounds, word patterns).

WV RLA.O.K.1.05 - Students will: name all lower/upper case letters in random order.WV RLA.O.K.1.06 - Students will: read level-appropriate sight words and read decodable c-v-c words.

Product 1 - Accelerated Reader

Skill Area 3 - Reading Practice Quizzes (RPQ)

Skill 8 - RPQ08 Recognizing and reading words

Skill Area 6 - Other Reading Quizzes (ORQ)

Skill 9 - ORQ09 Recognizing and reading words

Skill Area 13 - Vocabulary Acquisition (VA)

Skill 3 - VA03 Recognizing words

WV RLA.O.K.1.07 - Students will: use new vocabulary in speaking.WV RLA.O.K.1.08 - Students will: recognize that print conveys meaning.


Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP)

Skill 2 - OP02 Developing concepts of print (for early readers)

WV RLA.O.K.1.09 - Students will: establish a purpose for reading (e.g., for information, for pleasure).

Standards List with Aligned Product SkillsProduct NameAccelerated Reader

Accelerated Reader Grade 0

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Standard Product Description Skill Area Description Skill Description


WV RLA.O.K.1.10 - Students will: use concepts of print:WV RLA.O.K.1.10.a - Students will: use concepts of print: front of book




WV RLA.O.K.1.10.b - Students will: use concepts of print: title





Skill 2 - RPQ02 Identifying book title and author


Skill 2 - ORQ02 Identifying book title and author

WV RLA.O.K.1.10.c - Students will: use concepts of print: hold book correctly




WV RLA.O.K.1.10.d - Students will: use concepts of print: follow words from left to right and top to bottom of page




WV RLA.O.K.1.10.e - Students will: use concepts of print: spaces




WV RLA.O.K.1.10.f - Students will: use concepts of print: turn pages left to right




WV RLA.O.K.1.10.g - Students will: use concepts of print: one-to-one match of print and voice




WV RLA.O.K.1.10.h - Students will: use concepts of print: difference between words and letters




WV RLA.O.K.1.11 - Students will: use basic comprehension concepts in a variety of texts (e.g., author/illustrator, main idea, setting, characters, sequence, retelling, predicting).



Skill 8 - OP08 Building comprehension


Skill 4 - RPQ04 Comprehending literal meaning of reading materialSkill 10 - RPQ10 Recognizing settingSkill 14 - RPQ14 Recalling sequence of events


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Skill 16 - RPQ16 Identifying the main idea

Skill 19 - RPQ19 Identifying characters


Skill 5 - ORQ05 Comprehending literal meaning of reading materialSkill 11 - ORQ11 Recognizing settingSkill 15 - ORQ15 Recalling sequence of eventsSkill 17 - ORQ17 Identifying the main idea

Skill 20 - ORQ20 Identifying characters

Skill Area 8 - Literacy Skills Quizzes - Initial Understanding (IU)

Skill 6 - IU06 Understanding Sequence

Skill Area 9 - Literacy Skills Quizzes - Literary Analysis (LA)

Skill 2 - LA02 Recognizing Setting

Skill Area 10 - Literacy Skills Quizzes - Inferential Comprehension (IC)

Skill 5 - IC05 Making Predictions

Skill Area 11 - Literacy Skills Quizzes - Constructing Meaning (CM)

Skill 6 - CM06 Understanding the Main Idea

WV RLA.O.K.1.12 - Students will: make connections between literary work and people in own life and other cultures (e.g., characters, events).

WV RLA.O.K.1.13 - Students will: use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational resources to support literacy learning (e.g., environmental print, signs, labels, electronic resources).



Skill 3 - CM03 Identifying Reading Strategies


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WV RLA.O.K.1.14 - Students will: develop independent reading to build background knowledge, expand vocabulary and comprehend literary and informational text.



Skill 1 - OP01 Engaging in guided independent reading practice

Skill 9 - OP09 Building vocabulary knowledgeSkill 15 - OP15 Engaging in literature-based readingSkill 18 - OP18 Choosing a variety of reading material


Skill 1 - VA01 Reading from a variety of genres

WV RLA.S.K.2 - Students will apply writing skills and strategies to communicate effectively for different purposes by using the writing process applying grammatical and mechanical properties in writing and selecting and evaluating information for research purposes.

WV RLA.O.K.2.01 - Students will: develop proper manuscript techniques in print:WV RLA.O.K.2.01.a - Students will: develop proper manuscript techniques in print: correct directionalityWV RLA.O.K.2.01.b - Students will: develop proper manuscript techniques in print: proper writing positionsWV RLA.O.K.2.01.c - Students will: develop proper manuscript techniques in print: print upper/lower case letters and numerals

WV RLA.O.K.2.01.d - Students will: develop proper manuscript techniques in print: first and/or last nameWV RLA.O.K.2.01.e - Students will: develop proper manuscript techniques in print: uniformity


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WV RLA.O.K.2.02 - Students will: use writing and other methods for self-expression (e.g., drawing pictures, using letters or phonetically spelled words, telling, dictating, making lists).

WV RLA.O.K.2.03 - Students will: begin to compose written works using appropriate parts of the writing process (e.g., initial attention to planning and drafting class publishing).WV RLA.O.K.2.04 - Students will: use conventions of spelling in written relationships (e.g., use letter/sound relationships to spell independently, spell some high frequency words appropriate to grade level).

WV RLA.O.K.2.05 - Students will: use conventions of capitalization in written composition (e.g., first and last name, first word of sentence, I).

WV RLA.O.K.2.06 - Students will: identify and use conventions of punctuation in written composition (e.g., period, question mark).WV RLA.O.K.2.07 - Students will: use a variety of sources to gather information in sharing thoughts and ideas (e.g., pictures, charts and graphs, electronic resources).WV RLA.S.K.3 - Students will apply listening, speaking and media literacy skills and strategies to communicate with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

WV RLA.O.K.3.01 - Students will: listen, recite and respond to familiar stories, poems, nursery rhymes, songs and stories with repeated patterns.WV RLA.O.K.3.02 - Students will: recognize a variety of visual media and its intended purpose.


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WV RLA.O.K.3.03 - Students will: understand the main idea or message in visual media (e.g., pictures, cartoons, weather reports, newspaper photos, visual narratives).


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Agency Tag Set NameWest Virginia, 21st Century Reading and Language Arts, 2006, Grade 1, Standards and Objectives, State Department of Education

Standard Product Description Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionWV RLA.S.1.1 - Students will apply reading skills and strategies to inform, to perform a task and to read for literacy experience by identifying and using grade appropriate essential reading components (phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, written application) and selecting a wide variety of literature and diverse media to develop independence as readers.

WV RLA.O.1.1.01 - Students will: develop a rhythm and rhyme of words (e.g., nursery rhymes, songs, poems, tongue twisters).WV RLA.O.1.1.02 - Students will: blend and segment the phonemes of most one-syllable words.WV RLA.O.1.1.03 - Students will: substitute, delete and manipulate beginning and ending phonemes.WV RLA.O.1.1.04 - Students will: use basic elements of phonetic analysis to decode unknown words:

WV RLA.O.1.1.04.a - Students will: use basic elements of phonetic analysis to decode unknown words: sound-symbol relationships

WV RLA.O.1.1.04.b - Students will: use basic elements of phonetic analysis to decode unknown words: beginning/ending consonants

WV RLA.O.1.1.04.c - Students will: use basic elements of phonetic analysis to decode unknown words: short and long vowel sounds

WV RLA.O.1.1.04.d - Students will: use basic elements of phonetic analysis to decode unknown words: blends



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WV RLA.O.1.1.04.e - Students will: use basic elements of phonetic analysis to decode unknown words: digraphsWV RLA.O.1.1.04.f - Students will: use basic elements of phonetic analysis to decode unknown words: diphthongsWV RLA.O.1.1.05 - Students will: use basic elements of structural analysis to decode unknown words:

WV RLA.O.1.1.05.a - Students will: use basic elements of structural analysis to decode unknown words: basic prefixes/suffixes



Skill 9 - OP09 Building vocabulary knowledge


Skill 4 - VA04 Recognizing prefixes

Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing suffixes

WV RLA.O.1.1.05.b - Students will: use basic elements of structural analysis to decode unknown words: compound wordsWV RLA.O.1.1.05.c - Students will: use basic elements of structural analysis to decode unknown words: root wordsWV RLA.O.1.1.05.d - Students will: use basic elements of structural analysis to decode unknown words: spelling patternsWV RLA.O.1.1.05.e - Students will: use basic elements of structural analysis to decode unknown words: contractionsWV RLA.O.1.1.06 - Students will: use a variety of context clues to confirm unknown words (e.g., prior knowledge, reading ahead, reread).



Skill 9 - VA09 Using context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words

WV RLA.O.1.1.07 - Students will: understand level appropriate sight words and vocabulary (e.g., high frequency words, antonyms, synonyms, multiple meaning words).





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Skill 11 - VA11 Determining the definition of words with multiple meaningsSkill 12 - VA12 Applying knowledge of synonyms to determine meaning

WV RLA.O.1.1.08 - Students will: use directly taught vocabulary words in oral and written reading experiences.

WV RLA.O.1.1.09 - Students will: establish purpose for reading (e.g., for information, for pleasure, to identify a specific viewpoint).WV RLA.O.1.1.10 - Students will: determine and describe how print is organized and read (e.g., author, illustrator, difference between letters, words, sentences, purpose of capitalization or punctuation).




WV RLA.O.1.1.11 - Students will: read familiar stories, poems, rhymes and passages with fluency:

WV RLA.O.1.1.11.a - Students will: read familiar stories, poems, rhymes and passages with fluency: appropriate rateWV RLA.O.1.1.11.b - Students will: read familiar stories, poems, rhymes and passages with fluency: accuracy

WV RLA.O.1.1.11.c - Students will: read familiar stories, poems, rhymes and passages with fluency: prosody


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WV RLA.O.1.1.12 - Students will: use meaning clues to aid comprehension and make predictions about content (e.g., pictures, title, cover, story sequence).






WV RLA.O.1.1.13 - Students will: read first grade instructional level texts and use self-correction strategies (e.g., decoding, searching for cues, rereading).




WV RLA.O.1.1.14 - Students will: use basic comprehension concepts to understand literary and informational texts (e.g., story elements, main idea, sequence, cause and effect, prediction, retelling).





Skill 4 - RPQ04 Comprehending literal meaning of reading materialSkill 10 - RPQ10 Recognizing settingSkill 14 - RPQ14 Recalling sequence of eventsSkill 16 - RPQ16 Identifying the main idea

Skill 19 - RPQ19 Identifying characters


Skill 5 - ORQ05 Comprehending literal meaning of reading materialSkill 11 - ORQ11 Recognizing settingSkill 15 - ORQ15 Recalling sequence of eventsSkill 17 - ORQ17 Identifying the main idea


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Skill 20 - ORQ20 Identifying characters







Skill 6 - IC06 Recognizing Cause and Effect



WV RLA.O.1.1.15 - Students will: make text-to-self connections (e.g., events, characters, conflicts).

WV RLA.O.1.1.16 - Students will: construct responses to both literal and interpretive comprehension questions after reading informational or literary text.WV RLA.O.1.1.17 - Students will: use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational resources to support literacy learning (e.g., environmental print, written directions, signs, labels, electronic resources).




WV RLA.O.1.1.18 - Students will: increase the amount of independent reading to build background knowledge, expand vocabulary and comprehend literary and informational text.




Skill 9 - OP09 Building vocabulary knowledgeSkill 15 - OP15 Engaging in literature-based reading


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Skill 18 - OP18 Choosing a variety of reading material



WV RLA.S.1.2 - Students will apply writing skills and strategies to communicate effectively for different purposes by using the writing process, applying grammatical and mechanical properties in writing and selecting and evaluating information for research purposes.

WV RLA.O.1.2.01 - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript techniques:WV RLA.O.1.2.01.a - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript techniques: correct directionality,

WV RLA.O.1.2.01.b - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript techniques: proper writing position,

WV RLA.O.1.2.01.c - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript techniques: print upper/lower case letters of the alphabet and numerals with proper form,

WV RLA.O.1.2.01.d - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript techniques: demonstrate uniformity in print, and

WV RLA.O.1.2.01.e - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript techniques: first and last name.

WV RLA.O.1.2.02 - Students will: construct complete sentences in written compositions (e.g., capitalize first word, include a noun and verb, ending punctuation).


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WV RLA.O.1.2.03 - Students will: develop a simple story with appropriate sequence (e.g., beginning, middle, end).WV RLA.O.1.2.04 - Students will: compose written works using appropriate parts of the writing process (e.g., initial attention to planning, drafting, rereading for meaning, some self correction and class/individual publishing).WV RLA.O.1.2.05 - Students will: identify and apply conventions of spelling in written composition (e.g. letter/sound relationships, high frequency words, transition from phonetic spelling to conventional spelling).WV RLA.O.1.2.06 - Students will: identify and apply conventions of capitalization in written composition (e.g., days of the week, months of the year, names of people, special places).WV RLA.O.1.2.07 - Students will: identify and apply conventions of punctuation in written composition (e.g., period, question mark, exclamation mark).WV RLA.O.1.2.08 - Students will: identify and apply grammar in written composition (e.g., nouns, verbs, declarative, interrogative sentences).

WV RLA.O.1.2.09 - Students will: compose in a variety of forms or genres (e.g., journal writing, written response to literature, writing poems).

WV RLA.O.1.2.10 - Students will: alphabetize to the first letter.WV RLA.O.1.2.11 - Students will: use a variety of sources to gather information to share thoughts and ideas (e.g., informational books, pictures, charts, graphs).


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WV RLA.S.1.3 - Students will apply listening, speaking and media literacy skills and strategies to communicate with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

WV RLA.O.1.3.01 - Students will: listen, recite and respond to familiar stories, poems, nursery rhymes, songs and stories with repeated patterns (e.g., retell in sequence, relate information to own life, describe character - setting - plot, engage in creative and dramatic play, imagine beyond the story).

WV RLA.O.1.3.02 - Students will: determine the main idea of messages in a variety of visual media (e.g., pictures, cartoons, weather reports, newspaper photos, visual narratives).

WV RLA.O.1.3.03 - Students will: create a real or imaginary experience with oral and/or visual communication.


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WV RLA.O.2.1.01 - Students will: identify and practice basic elements of phonetic analysis:WV RLA.O.2.1.01.a - Students will: identify and practice basic elements of phonetic analysis: syllabication

WV RLA.O.2.1.01.b - Students will: identify and practice basic elements of phonetic analysis: diphthongs

WV RLA.O.2.1.01.c - Students will: identify and practice basic elements of phonetic analysis: digraphs

WV RLA.O.2.1.01.d - Students will: identify and practice basic elements of phonetic analysis: variant vowel sounds such as r-controlled

WV RLA.O.2.1.02 - Students will: identify and practice grade level appropriate sight words and reading vocabulary (e.g., high frequency words, homonyms, homophones, multiple meaning words, synonyms, antonyms).










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Skill 11 - VA11 Determining the definition of words with multiple meaningsSkill 12 - VA12 Applying knowledge of synonyms to determine meaning

WV RLA.O.2.1.03 - Students will: identify and practice basic elements of structural analysis to decode unknown words (e.g., syllables, prefixes, suffixes, root words, compound words, spelling patterns, contractions).




Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing suffixesSkill 6 - VA06 Recognizing Compound wordsSkill 7 - VA07 Recognizing derivatives

WV RLA.O.2.1.04 - Students will: apply explicitly taught vocabulary words in oral and written experiences.WV RLA.O.2.1.05 - Students will: describe a purpose for reading:WV RLA.O.2.1.05.a - Students will: describe a purpose for reading: for informationWV RLA.O.2.1.05.b - Students will: describe a purpose for reading: for pleasureWV RLA.O.2.1.05.c - Students will: describe a purpose for reading: to understand specific viewpoints

WV RLA.O.2.1.05.d - Students will: describe a purpose for reading: to follow directionsWV RLA.O.2.1.06 - Students will: read familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency:WV RLA.O.2.1.06.a - Students will: read familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency: appropriate rate


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WV RLA.O.2.1.06.b - Students will: read familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency: accuracy

WV RLA.O.2.1.06.c - Students will: read familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency: prosody

WV RLA.O.2.1.07 - Students will: use a variety of context clues to determine word meanings (e.g., prior knowledge, read ahead, reread).




WV RLA.O.2.1.08 - Students will: use meaning clues to aid comprehension and make predictions about content (e.g., pictures, picture captions, title, cover, heading).






WV RLA.O.2.1.09 - Students will: read second grade instructional level texts and use self-correction strategies (e.g., decoding, searching for cues, rereading).




WV RLA.O.2.1.10 - Students will: respond to both literal and interpretive comprehension questions after reading a short story selection that is developmentally appropriate.



Skill 5 - RPQ05 Answering clarifying questions about what was read (Who, what, when, where, why, and how)Skill 6 - RPQ06 Demonstrating comprehension by identifying answers from a selection of possible answers


Skill 6 - ORQ06 Answering clarifying questions about what was read (Who, what, when, where, why, and how)


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Skill 7 - ORQ07 Demonstrating comprehension by identifying answers from a selection of possible answers

WV RLA.O.2.1.11 - Students will: use literary and informational texts to summarize, determine story elements, determine cause and effect, compare and contrast, predict, sequence, draw conclusions, describe characters and provide main idea and support details.



Skill 7 - RPQ07 Recalling details

Skill 10 - RPQ10 Recognizing settingSkill 12 - RPQ12 Recognizing plotSkill 16 - RPQ16 Identifying the main idea

Skill 18 - RPQ18 Recalling charactersSkill 21 - RPQ21 Understanding characterization


Skill 8 - ORQ08 Recalling details

Skill 11 - ORQ11 Recognizing settingSkill 13 - ORQ13 Recognizing plotSkill 15 - ORQ15 Recalling sequence of eventsSkill 17 - ORQ17 Identifying the main idea

Skill 19 - ORQ19 Recalling charactersSkill 22 - ORQ22 Understanding characterization


Skill 3 - IU03 Recognizing Details


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Skill 1 - LA01 Recognizing Plot

Skill 2 - LA02 Recognizing SettingSkill 4 - LA04 Understanding Characterization


Skill 1 - IC01 Comparing and Contrasting

Skill 2 - IC02 Drawing ConclusionsSkill 5 - IC05 Making PredictionsSkill 6 - IC06 Recognizing Cause and Effect

WV RLA.O.2.1.12 - Students will: infer the author's purpose in literacy and information text:WV RLA.O.2.1.12.a - Students will: infer the author's purpose in literacy and information text: to persuade



Skill 6 - LA06 Understanding the Author's Craft

WV RLA.O.2.1.12.b - Students will: infer the author's purpose in literacy and information text: to entertain




WV RLA.O.2.1.12.c - Students will: infer the author's purpose in literacy and information text: to inform




WV RLA.O.2.1.13 - Students will: make the connections between characters or simple events in a literary work to own life or other cultures (e.g., events, characters, conflicts, themes).WV RLA.O.2.1.14 - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts:WV RLA.O.2.1.14.a - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: fairy tales



Skill 17 - OP17 Acquiring understanding of literary types


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WV RLA.O.2.1.14.b - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: folk tales




WV RLA.O.2.1.14.c - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: poems




WV RLA.O.2.1.14.d - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: fables




WV RLA.O.2.1.14.e - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: fantasies




WV RLA.O.2.1.14.f - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: biographies




WV RLA.O.2.1.14.g - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: short stories




WV RLA.O.2.1.14.h - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: chapter books




WV RLA.O.2.1.14.i - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: plays and informational texts




WV RLA.O.2.1.14.j - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: magazinesWV RLA.O.2.1.14.k - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: textbooksWV RLA.O.2.1.14.l - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: electronic resourcesWV RLA.O.2.1.14.m - Students will: recognize genre in literary texts: reference materials


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WV RLA.O.2.1.15 - Students will: use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of information resources to support literacy learning (e.g., environmental print, written directions, signs, captions, electronic resources, labels).



Skill 3 - ORQ03 Reading textbooks for information











WV RLA.O.2.2.01 - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and begin use of cursive writing techniques:WV RLA.O.2.2.01.a - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and begin use of cursive writing techniques: posture


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WV RLA.O.2.2.01.b - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and begin use of cursive writing techniques: paper placement

WV RLA.O.2.2.01.c - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and begin use of cursive writing techniques: pencil grip

WV RLA.O.2.2.01.d - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and begin use of cursive writing techniques: letter formation

WV RLA.O.2.2.01.e - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and begin use of cursive writing techniques: letter size

WV RLA.O.2.2.01.f - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and begin use of cursive writing techniques: spacingWV RLA.O.2.2.02 - Students will: write correctly formed and punctuated simple sentences (e.g., declarative, interrogative, exclamatory).

WV RLA.O.2.2.03 - Students will: develop a story with proper sequence (e.g., beginning - middle - end, containing a main idea, supporting details).WV RLA.O.2.2.04 - Students will: construct a story using the five-step writing process:WV RLA.O.2.2.04.a - Students will: construct a story using the five-step writing process: pre-writingWV RLA.O.2.2.04.b - Students will: construct a story using the five-step writing process: draftWV RLA.O.2.2.04.c - Students will: construct a story using the five-step writing process: reviseWV RLA.O.2.2.04.d - Students will: construct a story using the five-step writing process: edit


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WV RLA.O.2.2.04.e - Students will: construct a story using the five-step writing process: publishWV RLA.O.2.2.05 - Students will: use conventions of spelling in written composition (e.g., spell high frequency words from appropriate grade level lists, use letter/sound relationships to spell independently, spell irregular words, transition from phonetic to conventional spelling).

WV RLA.O.2.2.06 - Students will: use conventions of capitalization in written composition (e.g., titles, initials, titles of written works, greeting and closing of a letter).WV RLA.O.2.2.07 - Students will: use conventions of punctuation in written composition (e.g., period in abbreviations, initials, commas in dates, greeting and closing of letter, separate city-state-country, separate items in a list, apostrophe in contractions and singular possessives).WV RLA.O.2.2.08 - Students will: use grammar in written composition (e.g., correct subject/verb agreement, simple adjectives, adverbs).

WV RLA.O.2.2.09 - Students will: compose in a variety of forms and genres for different audiences (e.g., journals, letters, stories, simple reports).WV RLA.O.2.2.10 - Students will: alphabetize to the second letter and use simple guidewords.WV RLA.O.2.2.11 - Students will: use a variety of sources to gather information to communicate with others (e.g., dictionaries, informational books, pictures, charts, indexes, videos, television programs, guest speakers, graphic organizers).


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WV RLA.O.2.3.01 - Students will: listen, recite and respond to familiar stories, poems and songs (e.g., retell in sequence, relate information to own life, describe character, setting, plot, engage in creative dramatics, imagine beyond the story).

WV RLA.O.2.3.02 - Students will: describe the main idea or intended messages in a variety of visual media (e.g., pictures, cartoons, weather reports, newspaper photos, visual narratives).WV RLA.O.2.3.03 - Students will: access media tools to create an oral or visual presentation (e.g., desktop publishing, electronic resources, photos).


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WV RLA.O.3.1.01 - Students will: identify and practice appropriate sight words and content vocabulary.








WV RLA.O.3.1.02 - Students will: identify and understand appropriate reading vocabulary (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, multiple-meaning words).



Skill 11 - VA11 Determining the definition of words with multiple meanings

Skill 12 - VA12 Applying knowledge of synonyms to determine meaning

WV RLA.O.3.1.03 - Students will: apply tiered levels of vocabulary in speaking and reading experiences.WV RLA.O.3.1.04 - Students will: describe a purpose for reading:WV RLA.O.3.1.04.a - Students will: describe a purpose for reading: for informationWV RLA.O.3.1.04.b - Students will: describe a purpose for reading: for pleasureWV RLA.O.3.1.04.c - Students will: describe a purpose for reading: to understand a specific viewpoint



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WV RLA.O.3.1.05 - Students will: read familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency:WV RLA.O.3.1.05.a - Students will: read familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency: appropriate rateWV RLA.O.3.1.05.b - Students will: read familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency: accuracy

WV RLA.O.3.1.05.c - Students will: read familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency: prosody

WV RLA.O.3.1.06 - Students will: use meaning clues to aid comprehension of content across the curriculum (e.g., pictures, picture captions, titles, headings, topic).




WV RLA.O.3.1.07 - Students will: read third grade instructional level texts and use self-correction strategies (e.g., decoding, searching for cues, rereading).




WV RLA.O.3.1.08 - Students will: use literary and informational texts to summarize, determine story elements, determine cause and effect, compare and contrast, paraphrase, infer, predict, sequence, draw conclusions, describe characters, and provide main idea and support details.




Skill 10 - RPQ10 Recognizing settingSkill 12 - RPQ12 Recognizing plotSkill 14 - RPQ14 Recalling sequence of eventsSkill 16 - RPQ16 Identifying the main idea

Skill 18 - RPQ18 Recalling characters


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Skill 19 - ORQ19 Recalling characters









Skill 2 - IC02 Drawing ConclusionsSkill 3 - IC03 Making InferencesSkill 5 - IC05 Making PredictionsSkill 6 - IC06 Recognizing Cause and Effect



WV RLA.O.3.1.09 - Students will: infer the author's purpose:WV RLA.O.3.1.09.a - Students will: infer the author's purpose: to persuade





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WV RLA.O.3.1.09.b - Students will: infer the author's purpose: to entertain




WV RLA.O.3.1.09.c - Students will: infer the author's purpose: to inform in literary and informational text




WV RLA.O.3.1.10 - Students will: compare self to text in making connections between characters or simple events in a literary work with people and events in one's own life and other cultures.WV RLA.O.3.1.11 - Students will: identify and describe the ways in which language is used in literary text (e.g. simile, metaphor, idioms).



Skill 1 - CM01 Deriving Word or Phrase Meaning

WV RLA.O.3.1.12 - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts:WV RLA.O.3.1.12.a - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: fairy tales




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.b - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: folk tales




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.c - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: myths




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.d - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: poems




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.e - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: fables




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.f - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: fantasies





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WV RLA.O.3.1.12.g - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: biographies




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.h - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: short stories




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.i - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: chapter books




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.j - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: historical fiction




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.k - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: plays




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.l - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: autobiographies




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.m - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: magazinesWV RLA.O.3.1.12.n - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: newspapersWV RLA.O.3.1.12.o - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: textbooks




WV RLA.O.3.1.12.p - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: electronic databases

WV RLA.O.3.1.12.q - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts: reference materials


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WV RLA.O.3.1.13 - Students will: use graphic organizers and visualization techniques to interpret information (e.g., charts, graphs, diagrams).

WV RLA.O.3.1.14 - Students will: use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of information resources to support literacy learning (e.g., written directions, captions, electronic resources, labels, informational text).














WV RLA.O.3.2.01 - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and full transition to cursive writing techniques:


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WV RLA.O.3.2.01.a - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and full transition to cursive writing techniques: postureWV RLA.O.3.2.01.b - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and full transition to cursive writing techniques: paper placement

WV RLA.O.3.2.01.c - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and full transition to cursive writing techniques: pencil grip

WV RLA.O.3.2.01.d - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and full transition to cursive writing techniques: letter formation

WV RLA.O.3.2.01.e - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and full transition to cursive writing techniques: slantWV RLA.O.3.2.01.f - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and full transition to cursive writing techniques: letter size

WV RLA.O.3.2.01.g - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and full transition to cursive writing techniques: spacingWV RLA.O.3.2.01.h - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and full transition to cursive writing techniques: rhythmWV RLA.O.3.2.01.i - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and full transition to cursive writing techniques: alignment

WV RLA.O.3.2.02 - Students will: identify and produce a grammatically correct sentence (e.g., correct subject/verb agreement with singular and plural nouns and verbs, correct use of regular and irregular verbs, avoiding run-on sentences and fragments).


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WV RLA.O.3.2.03 - Students will: compose a written composition using the five-step writing process:WV RLA.O.3.2.03.a - Students will: compose a written composition using the five-step writing process: pre-writeWV RLA.O.3.2.03.b - Students will: compose a written composition using the five-step writing process: draft

WV RLA.O.3.2.03.c - Students will: compose a written composition using the five-step writing process: revise

WV RLA.O.3.2.03.d - Students will: compose a written composition using the five-step writing process: edit

WV RLA.O.3.2.03.e - Students will: compose a written composition using the five-step writing process: publish

WV RLA.O.3.2.04 - Students will: develop proper paragraph form in written composition:WV RLA.O.3.2.04.a - Students will: develop proper paragraph form in written composition: beginning, middle, endWV RLA.O.3.2.04.b - Students will: develop proper paragraph form in written composition: main ideas with relevant detailsWV RLA.O.3.2.04.c - Students will: develop proper paragraph form in written composition: sentence variety such as declarative, interrogative and exclamatory and imperative

WV RLA.O.3.2.04.d - Students will: develop proper paragraph form in written composition: descriptive and transitional wordsWV RLA.O.3.2.04.e - Students will: develop proper paragraph form in written composition: indentations


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WV RLA.O.3.2.05 - Students will: identify and apply conventions of spelling in written composition (e.g., spell high frequency words from appropriate grade level list, use letter/sound relationships to spell independently, make structural changes to spell words correctly, spell irregular verbs and irregular plural nouns).WV RLA.O.3.2.06 - Students will: identify and apply conventions of capitalization in written composition (e.g., greeting, heading, closing of a letter, first word of a direct quotation).

WV RLA.O.3.2.07 - Students will: identify and apply conventions of punctuation in written composition (e.g., commas in dates, addresses and greeting/closing of a letter, quotation marks around titles and direct quotations, apostrophes for contractions and possessive nouns).

WV RLA.O.3.2.08 - Students will: produce appropriate grammar in written composition.WV RLA.O.3.2.09 - Students will: compose in a variety of forms and genres for different audiences (e.g., diaries, journals, letters, reports, stories).WV RLA.O.3.2.10 - Students will: alphabetize to the third letter and use simple dictionary skills (e.g., guide words, pronunciation).WV RLA.O.3.2.11 - Students will: select a variety of sources to gather information (e.g., use dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, electronic resources).


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WV RLA.O.3.2.12 - Students will: use a variety of strategies to plan simple research (e.g., identify possible topic by brainstorming, list questions, use graphic organizers, organize prior knowledge about a topic, develop a course of action for writing, determine how to locate necessary information).


WV RLA.O.3.3.01 - Students will: listen and respond to familiar stories and poems (e.g., summarize and paraphrase to confirm comprehension, recount personal experiences, imagine beyond the literary form).WV RLA.O.3.3.02 - Students will: distinguish different messages conveyed through visual media (e.g., photos, television, multimedia Internet).WV RLA.O.3.3.03 - Students will: create an age appropriate media literacy product that reflects understanding of format and characteristics.


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WV RLA.O.4.1.01 - Students will: identify and practice appropriate vocabulary:WV RLA.O.4.1.01.a - Students will: identify and practice appropriate vocabulary: multiple meaning words




WV RLA.O.4.1.01.b - Students will: identify and practice appropriate vocabulary: synonyms




WV RLA.O.4.1.01.c - Students will: identify and practice appropriate vocabulary: antonymsWV RLA.O.4.1.01.d - Students will: identify and practice appropriate vocabulary: homonymsWV RLA.O.4.1.01.e - Students will: identify and practice appropriate vocabulary: content area vocabulary

WV RLA.O.4.1.01.f - Students will: identify and practice appropriate vocabulary: context clues

WV RLA.O.4.1.02 - Students will: apply structural analysis including etymology and context clues to decode and encode words.




Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing suffixesSkill 6 - VA06 Recognizing Compound wordsSkill 7 - VA07 Recognizing derivatives



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WV RLA.O.4.1.03 - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to comprehend text (e.g., activating prior knowledge, predictions, questioning).




WV RLA.O.4.1.04 - Students will: apply and generate tiered levels of vocabulary in speaking and reading experiences.WV RLA.O.4.1.05 - Students will: read fluently with appropriate rate, accuracy and prosody.WV RLA.O.4.1.06 - Students will: examine meaning clues to aid comprehension of content across the curriculum (e.g., pictures, picture captions, titles, headings, text structure, topic).




WV RLA.O.4.1.07 - Students will: read fourth grade instructional level texts and use self-correction strategies (e.g., decoding, searching for cues, rereading).




WV RLA.O.4.1.08 - Students will: interpret and extend the ideas in literary and informational texts to summarize, determine story elements, skim and scan, determine cause and effect, compare and contrast, visualize, paraphrase, infer, sequence, determine fact and opinion, draw conclusions, analyze characterize and provide main idea and support details.




Skill 10 - RPQ10 Recognizing settingSkill 12 - RPQ12 Recognizing plotSkill 14 - RPQ14 Recalling sequence of eventsSkill 16 - RPQ16 Identifying the main idea


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Skill 21 - RPQ21 Understanding characterization




Skill 19 - ORQ19 Recalling charactersSkill 22 - ORQ22 Understanding characterization





Skill 2 - LA02 Recognizing SettingSkill 4 - LA04 Understanding Characterization



Skill 2 - IC02 Drawing ConclusionsSkill 3 - IC03 Making InferencesSkill 6 - IC06 Recognizing Cause and Effect


Skill 2 - CM02 Differentiating Fact and Opinion


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WV RLA.O.4.1.09 - Students will: determine the author's purpose in literary and informational texts and use supporting material to justify author's intent:WV RLA.O.4.1.09.a - Students will: determine the author's purpose in literary and informational texts and use supporting material to justify author's intent: to persuade




WV RLA.O.4.1.09.b - Students will: determine the author's purpose in literary and informational texts and use supporting material to justify author's intent: to entertain




WV RLA.O.4.1.09.c - Students will: determine the author's purpose in literary and informational texts and use supporting material to justify author's intent: to inform




WV RLA.O.4.1.09.d - Students will: determine the author's purpose in literary and informational texts and use supporting material to justify author's intent: to determine a specific viewpoint




WV RLA.O.4.1.10 - Students will: compare and contrast self to text in making connections to characters or simple events in a literary work to own life and other cultures (e.g. events, characters, conflicts, themes).WV RLA.O.4.1.11 - Students will: distinguish between the ways in which language is used in literary texts:WV RLA.O.4.1.11.a - Students will: distinguish between the ways in which language is used in literary texts: simile





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WV RLA.O.4.1.11.b - Students will: distinguish between the ways in which language is used in literary texts: metaphor




WV RLA.O.4.1.11.c - Students will: distinguish between the ways in which language is used in literary texts: idioms




WV RLA.O.4.1.11.d - Students will: distinguish between the ways in which language is used in literary texts: analogies




WV RLA.O.4.1.11.e - Students will: distinguish between the ways in which language is used in literary texts: puns




WV RLA.O.4.1.12 - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts:WV RLA.O.4.1.12.a - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: fairy tales




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.b - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: folk tales




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.c - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: myths




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.d - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: poems




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.e - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: fables





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WV RLA.O.4.1.12.f - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: fantasies




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.g - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: biographies




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.h - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: short stories




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.i - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: novels




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.j - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: plays




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.k - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: legends




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.l - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: autobiographies




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.m - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: magazines

WV RLA.O.4.1.12.n - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: newspapers


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WV RLA.O.4.1.12.o - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: textbooks




WV RLA.O.4.1.12.p - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: essays

WV RLA.O.4.1.12.q - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: speeches

WV RLA.O.4.1.12.r - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: electronic databasesWV RLA.O.4.1.12.s - Students will: recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and informational texts: reference materialsWV RLA.O.4.1.13 - Students will: judge the reliability or logic of informational texts.WV RLA.O.4.1.14 - Students will: select and use a variety of sources to gather information (e.g., dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, informational texts, electronic resources).WV RLA.O.4.1.15 - Students will: use graphic organizers and visualization techniques to interpret information (e.g., charts, graphs, diagrams, non-verbal symbols).WV RLA.O.4.1.16 - Students will: use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of information resources to support literacy learning (e.g., written directions, captions, electronic resources, labels, information texts).





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WV RLA.O.4.2.01 - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and cursive writing techniques:WV RLA.O.4.2.01.a - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and cursive writing techniques: legibility

WV RLA.O.4.2.01.b - Students will: demonstrate proper manuscript and cursive writing techniques: uniformity in all written work

WV RLA.O.4.2.02 - Students will: develop and apply the proper structure for simple and compound sentences.WV RLA.O.4.2.03 - Students will: identify and produce a sentence with proper word choice to include:


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WV RLA.O.4.2.03.a - Students will: identify and produce a sentence with proper word choice to include: verb tenseWV RLA.O.4.2.03.b - Students will: identify and produce a sentence with proper word choice to include: verb usageWV RLA.O.4.2.03.c - Students will: identify and produce a sentence with proper word choice to include: subject/verb agreementWV RLA.O.4.2.03.d - Students will: identify and produce a sentence with proper word choice to include: pronoun usageWV RLA.O.4.2.03.e - Students will: identify and produce a sentence with proper word choice to include: adjectives and adverbsWV RLA.O.4.2.04 - Students will: compose a written composition from a prompt using the writing process in a timed and un-timed setting.

WV RLA.O.4.2.05 - Students will: develop proper form in written composition:WV RLA.O.4.2.05.a - Students will: develop proper form in written composition: beginning-middle-endWV RLA.O.4.2.05.b - Students will: develop proper form in written composition: indentationWV RLA.O.4.2.05.c - Students will: develop proper form in written composition: topic sentenceWV RLA.O.4.2.05.d - Students will: develop proper form in written composition: introductory and concluding paragraphsWV RLA.O.4.2.05.e - Students will: develop proper form in written composition: related detailsWV RLA.O.4.2.05.f - Students will: develop proper form in written composition: related and cohesive paragraphs


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WV RLA.O.4.2.05.g - Students will: develop proper form in written composition: transitional and descriptive wordsWV RLA.O.4.2.06 - Students will: write to persuade using order of importance, classifying differences and similarities, classifying advantages and disadvantages.WV RLA.O.4.2.07 - Students will: develop a composition that demonstrates an awareness of the intended audience using appropriate language, content and form.

WV RLA.O.4.2.08 - Students will: create an effective response to a task in form, content and language (e.g., letters, poems, brief reports or descriptions, instructions, journals).

WV RLA.O.4.2.09 - Students will: use editing strategies to correct errors in sentence structure (fragments and run-on sentences), capitalization, punctuation and grammar.

WV RLA.O.4.2.10 - Students will: identify and apply conventions of spelling in written composition (e.g., spell commonly misspelled words from appropriate grade level lists, use syllable constructions to spell words, use vowel combinations for correct spelling, use affixes).

WV RLA.O.4.2.11 - Students will: use reference skills to identify words.

WV RLA.O.4.2.12 - Students will: use strategies to gather and record information for research topics:WV RLA.O.4.2.12.a - Students will: use strategies to gather and record information for research topics: note taking


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WV RLA.O.4.2.12.b - Students will: use strategies to gather and record information for research topics: summarizingWV RLA.O.4.2.12.c - Students will: use strategies to gather and record information for research topics: paraphrasingWV RLA.O.4.2.12.d - Students will: use strategies to gather and record information for research topics: describing in narrative formWV RLA.O.4.2.12.e - Students will: use strategies to gather and record information for research topics: gathering information from direct quotes, maps, charts, graphs and tablesWV RLA.O.4.2.13 - Students will: select and use a variety of sources to gather information (e.g., dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, informational texts, electronic resources).WV RLA.O.4.2.14 - Students will: use strategies to compile information into written reports or summaries (e.g., incorporate notes into a finished product, include simple facts-details-explanations-examples, draw conclusions from relationships and patterns that emerge from data of different sources, use appropriate visual aids and media).

WV RLA.O.4.2.15 - Students will: critically evaluate own and others' written compositions.WV RLA.S.4.3 - Students will apply listening, speaking and media literacy skills and strategies to communicate with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.


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WV RLA.O.4.3.01 - Students will: listen and respond to different literary forms and speakers (e.g., summarize and paraphrase to confirm understanding, recount personal experiences, listen to information and exhibit comprehension, provide reasons in support of opinions, respond to others' ideas).

WV RLA.O.4.3.02 - Students will: distinguish a variety of messages conveyed through visual media (e.g., internet, database, email, electronic resources, online research).

WV RLA.O.4.3.03 - Students will: recognize communication skills (e.g., speaking rate, audience, etiquette, active listening).WV RLA.O.4.3.04 - Students will: create an age appropriate media literacy product that reflects understanding of format, characteristics and purpose.


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WV RLA.O.5.1.01 - Students will: use root words, prefixes and suffixes to understand words, change word meanings and generate new words appropriate to grade level.





WV RLA.O.5.1.02 - Students will: use a variety of strategies (e.g., etymology, context clues, affixes, synonyms, antonyms) to increase grade-appropriate vocabulary.


Skill Area 12 - Vocabulary Practice Quizzes (VPQ)

Skill 1 - VPQ01 Acquiring vocabulary by encountering words in context

Skill 2 - VPQ02 Learning new vocabulary in context



Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing suffixesSkill 8 - VA08 Using syntax to identify word meaningsSkill 9 - VA09 Using context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar wordsSkill 11 - VA11 Determining the definition of words with multiple meaningsSkill 12 - VA12 Applying knowledge of synonyms to determine meaning



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WV RLA.O.5.1.03 - Students will: use denotation to understand meaning.



Skill 4 - RPQ04 Comprehending literal meaning of reading material


Skill 5 - ORQ05 Comprehending literal meaning of reading material

WV RLA.O.5.1.04 - Students will: label the figurative language in text.WV RLA.O.5.1.05 - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors:

WV RLA.O.5.1.05.a - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: myth




Skill 8 - OP08 Building comprehensionSkill 15 - OP15 Engaging in literature-based readingSkill 17 - OP17 Acquiring understanding of literary types




WV RLA.O.5.1.05.b - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: fantasies





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WV RLA.O.5.1.05.c - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: biographies








WV RLA.O.5.1.05.d - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: autobiographies






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Skill 15 - OP15 Engaging in literature-based readingSkill 17 - OP17 Acquiring understanding of literary types




WV RLA.O.5.1.05.e - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: science fiction








WV RLA.O.5.1.05.f - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: tall tales






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WV RLA.O.5.1.05.g - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: supernatural tales








WV RLA.O.5.1.05.h - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: historical fiction






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WV RLA.O.5.1.06 - Students will: determine main ideas and locate supporting details in literary passages and informational texts.







Skill 17 - ORQ17 Identifying the main idea





WV RLA.O.5.1.07 - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type of text to determine comprehension strategies:

WV RLA.O.5.1.07.a - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type of text to determine comprehension strategies: previewingWV RLA.O.5.1.07.b - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type of text to determine comprehension strategies: activating prior knowledge


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WV RLA.O.5.1.07.c - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type of text to determine comprehension strategies: questioningWV RLA.O.5.1.07.d - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type of text to determine comprehension strategies: skimming

WV RLA.O.5.1.07.e - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type of text to determine comprehension strategies: scanning

WV RLA.O.5.1.08 - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts toWV RLA.O.5.1.08.a - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to draw conclusions




Skill 13 - OP13 Improving critical thinking


Skill 2 - IC02 Drawing Conclusions

WV RLA.O.5.1.08.b - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to predict







WV RLA.O.5.1.08.c - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to use context clues





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WV RLA.O.5.1.08.d - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to summarize





WV RLA.O.5.1.08.e - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to judge text critically





WV RLA.O.5.1.09 - Students will: determine the elements of literature (e.g., characterization, conflict, plot) to construct meaning and recognize author's/reader's purpose.



Skill 16 - OP16 Acquiring understanding of literary features


Skill 12 - RPQ12 Recognizing plot



Skill 13 - ORQ13 Recognizing plot

Skill 22 - ORQ22 Understanding characterization



Skill 3 - LA03 Understanding Literary Features


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Skill 4 - LA04 Understanding CharacterizationSkill 6 - LA06 Understanding the Author's Craft

WV RLA.O.5.1.10 - Students will: compare and contrast text connections to self, to other texts and to world cultures in literary and informational texts.WV RLA.O.5.1.11 - Students will: identify literary techniques used to interpret literature (e.g., compare/contrast or cause/effect).





Skill 3 - LA03 Understanding Literary FeaturesSkill 6 - LA06 Understanding the Author's Craft




WV RLA.O.5.1.12 - Students will: read and understand various types of poetry.WV RLA.O.5.1.13 - Students will: identify the parts of a book, know their purposes and locate information (e.g., table of contents, index, glossary).



Skill 2 - RPQ02 Identifying book title and author


Skill 2 - ORQ02 Identifying book title and author

WV RLA.O.5.1.14 - Students will: classify and interpret graphic aids (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, tables, timelines).WV RLA.O.5.1.15 - Students will: increase the amount of independent reading to comprehend, analyze and evaluate literary text and informational text.





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Skill 15 - OP15 Engaging in literature-based readingSkill 18 - OP18 Choosing a variety of reading material




WV RLA.O.5.2.01 - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan and develop a 3 - 5 paragraph composition.WV RLA.O.5.2.02 - Students will: arrange thoughts and ideas in graphic representations to plan and write a product.WV RLA.O.5.2.03 - Students will: from a prompt, use the writing process to develop a 3-5 paragraph composition with an introductory paragraph, supporting detail paragraph(s), and concluding paragraph that incorporates specific, relevant details.WV RLA.O.5.2.04 - Students will: use the five-step writing process to write for a specific purpose and for an intended audience (e.g., creative, narrative, informative, journal, friendly letter, business letter).

WV RLA.O.5.2.05 - Students will: write and edit the mechanics and grammar of a variety of sentence types:


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WV RLA.O.5.2.05.a - Students will: write and edit the mechanics and grammar of a variety of sentence types: simpleWV RLA.O.5.2.05.b - Students will: write and edit the mechanics and grammar of a variety of sentence types: compoundWV RLA.O.5.2.05.c - Students will: write and edit the mechanics and grammar of a variety of sentence types: declarativeWV RLA.O.5.2.05.d - Students will: write and edit the mechanics and grammar of a variety of sentence types: exclamatoryWV RLA.O.5.2.05.e - Students will: write and edit the mechanics and grammar of a variety of sentence types: imperativeWV RLA.O.5.2.05.f - Students will: write and edit the mechanics and grammar of a variety of sentence types: interrogativeWV RLA.O.5.2.06 - Students will: select and use a variety of resource materials to plan and deliver a short research project, citing references.

WV RLA.O.5.2.07 - Students will: draft analogies, illustrations, examples, or anecdotes to respond to an oral, visual, or written prompt.

WV RLA.O.5.2.08 - Students will: use basic transitional words to signal organization of a composition.



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WV RLA.O.5.3.01 - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of

WV RLA.O.5.3.01.a - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of readers theater

WV RLA.O.5.3.01.b - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of choral reading

WV RLA.O.5.3.01.c - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of personal narratives

WV RLA.O.5.3.01.d - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of recitations (poetry, historical documents)

WV RLA.O.5.3.01.e - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of dramatizations

WV RLA.O.5.3.02 - Students will: compare and contrast personal experiences to oral/visual information.


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WV RLA.O.5.3.03 - Students will: listen and respond to different literary forms and speakers (e.g. summarize and paraphrase to confirm understanding, recount personal experiences, listen to information and exhibit comprehension, provide reasons in support of opinions, respond to others' ideas).

WV RLA.O.5.3.04 - Students will: create an age-appropriate media product that demonstrates format, purpose, and audience.


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Standard Product Description Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionWV RLA.S.6.1 - Students will use skills to read for literacy experiences, read to inform and read to perform a task by identifying and using the dimensions of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, background knowledge/vocabulary, high frequency words/fluency, comprehension, writing and motivation to read) and employing a wide variety of literature in developing independent readers.

WV RLA.O.6.1.01 - Students will: use connotation and denotation to understand meaning.



Skill 4 - RPQ04 Comprehending literal meaning of reading material


Skill 5 - ORQ05 Comprehending literal meaning of reading material

WV RLA.O.6.1.02 - Students will: use root words, prefixes and suffixes to understand words, change word meanings and generate new words appropriate to grade level.





WV RLA.O.6.1.03 - Students will: use a variety of strategies to increase grade-appropriate vocabulary (e.g., etymology, context clues, affixes, synonyms, antonyms).




Skill Area 12 - Vocabulary Practice Quizzes (VPQ)

Skill 1 - VPQ01 Acquiring vocabulary by encountering words in contextSkill 2 - VPQ02 Learning new vocabulary in context






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WV RLA.O.6.1.04 - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors:

WV RLA.O.6.1.04.a - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: myth








WV RLA.O.6.1.04.b - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: fantasies




Skill 8 - OP08 Building comprehensionSkill 15 - OP15 Engaging in literature-based reading


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WV RLA.O.6.1.04.c - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: biographies








WV RLA.O.6.1.04.d - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: autobiographies






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WV RLA.O.6.1.04.e - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: science fiction








WV RLA.O.6.1.04.f - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: tall tales






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WV RLA.O.6.1.04.g - Students will: select defining characteristics, construct background knowledge and develop reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and informational texts by West Virginia, national and international authors: supernatural tales








WV RLA.O.6.1.05 - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type and structure of text to determine comprehension strategies:

WV RLA.O.6.1.05.a - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type and structure of text to determine comprehension strategies: previewing


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WV RLA.O.6.1.05.b - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type and structure of text to determine comprehension strategies: activating prior knowledge

WV RLA.O.6.1.05.c - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type and structure of text to determine comprehension strategies: questioning

WV RLA.O.6.1.05.d - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type and structure of text to determine comprehension strategies: skimming

WV RLA.O.6.1.05.e - Students will: use pre-reading strategies to analyze text for the type and structure of text to determine comprehension strategies: scanning

WV RLA.O.6.1.06 - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts toWV RLA.O.6.1.06.a - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to use prior knowledgeWV RLA.O.6.1.06.b - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to draw conclusions










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WV RLA.O.6.1.06.c - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to interpret meaningWV RLA.O.6.1.06.d - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to determine cause and effect









WV RLA.O.6.1.06.e - Students will: differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to judge text critically







WV RLA.O.6.1.07 - Students will: determine the elements of literature (e.g., external conflict, mood) to construct meaning and recognize author's/reader's purpose.











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WV RLA.O.6.1.08 - Students will: interpret the actions, behaviors and motives of characters in literary texts.



Skill 20 - RPQ20 Recognizing characters' feelings



Skill 21 - ORQ21 Recognizing characters' feelingsSkill 22 - ORQ22 Understanding characterization


Skill 1 - IU01 Describing Actions or Events

Skill 2 - IU02 Identifying ReasonsSkill 4 - IU04 Recognizing Feelings


Skill 4 - LA04 Understanding Characterization

WV RLA.O.6.1.09 - Students will: determine and explain theme by locating supporting details in a literary passage and in informational text across the curriculum.








WV RLA.O.6.1.10 - Students will: evaluate connections (e.g., cause/effect, order) among the facts, ideas, events and concepts of literary and informational texts to self, to other texts and to the world.


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WV RLA.O.6.1.11 - Students will: identify and understand figurative language (e.g., onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration) in text.






WV RLA.O.6.1.12 - Students will: characterize and classify various types of poetry.WV RLA.O.6.1.13 - Students will: identify and understand literary techniques used to interpret literature (e.g., compare/contrast, symbolism).








WV RLA.O.6.1.14 - Students will: use graphic organizers to create, develop, interpret and organize information (e.g., tables, graphs, diagrams, charts).WV RLA.O.6.1.15 - Students will: increase the amount of independent reading to comprehend, analyze and evaluate literary text and informational text.




Skill 15 - OP15 Engaging in literature-based reading




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WV RLA.O.6.2.01 - Students will: use correct note taking skills organize information into an outline that categorizes information by topic, subtopic and detail.WV RLA.O.6.2.02 - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches and develop descriptive and narrative writing tasks:

WV RLA.O.6.2.02.a - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches and develop descriptive and narrative writing tasks: compositions

WV RLA.O.6.2.02.b - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches and develop descriptive and narrative writing tasks: personal narratives

WV RLA.O.6.2.02.c - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches and develop descriptive and narrative writing tasks: brochures


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WV RLA.O.6.2.02.d - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches and develop descriptive and narrative writing tasks: speeches

WV RLA.O.6.2.02.e - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches and develop descriptive and narrative writing tasks: poetry

WV RLA.O.6.2.03 - Students will: from a prompt, use the writing process to develop a composition that contains specific, relevant details and transitions.WV RLA.O.6.2.04 - Students will: use the five-step writing process to address specific writing purposes and to address various audiences (e.g., creative, journalistic, essay, narrative, informative, persuasive).WV RLA.O.6.2.05 - Students will: use analogies, illustrations, examples, or anecdotes to enhance written communication.WV RLA.O.6.2.06 - Students will: edit one's own compositions as well as the writing of others to correct errors in organization, content, usage, mechanics and spelling.

WV RLA.O.6.2.07 - Students will: develop a 5-7 paragraph composition with an introductory paragraph, supporting details paragraph(s) and concluding paragraph.

WV RLA.O.6.2.08 - Students will: demonstrate the ability to use electronic and non-electronic reference materials to locate information, analyze the source, evaluate the data, and create a product based upon an assigned task.


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WV RLA.O.6.2.09 - Students will: credit sources of information by citing references using various formats, (e.g., footnotes, bibliography).

WV RLA.O.6.2.10 - Students will: select and use a variety of resource materials to plan, develop, and deliver a research project using computer-generated graphic aids.


WV RLA.O.6.3.01 - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of

WV RLA.O.6.3.01.a - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of compositions

WV RLA.O.6.3.01.b - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of personal narrativesWV RLA.O.6.3.01.c - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of brochures

WV RLA.O.6.3.01.d - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of speeches


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WV RLA.O.6.3.01.e - Students will: exhibit effective oral communication skills (e.g., volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of poetry

WV RLA.O.6.3.02 - Students will: retell and create original, simple and detailed sequential stories.WV RLA.O.6.3.03 - Students will: interpret spoken text in order to comprehend topic, purpose and perspective in spoken texts (e.g., of a speaker, informational video, televised interview, radio news program).WV RLA.O.6.3.04 - Students will: perform a variety of roles in group discussions including active listener and discussion leader.WV RLA.O.6.3.05 - Students will: create and present an age-appropriate media product that demonstrates format, purpose, and audience.


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Standard Product Description Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionWV RLA.S.7.1 - Students will use skills to read for literacy experiences, read to inform and read to perform a task by identifying and using the dimensions of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, background knowledge/vocabulary, high frequency words/fluency, comprehension, writing and motivation to read) and employing a wide variety of literature in developing independent readers.

WV RLA.O.7.1.01 - Students will: compare/contrast connotation and denotation to understand and enhance meaning of words, sentences and uncomplicated passages.WV RLA.O.7.1.02 - Students will: use Greek and Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of words, understand words, change word meanings and generate new words appropriate to grade level, recognize that knowledge of the origins and history of word meanings enhances understanding of a word's meaning.





WV RLA.O.7.1.03 - Students will: classify the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors:

WV RLA.O.7.1.03.a - Students will: classify the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: fiction






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WV RLA.O.7.1.03.b - Students will: classify the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: nonfiction








WV RLA.O.7.1.03.c - Students will: classify the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: myths, poems






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WV RLA.O.7.1.03.d - Students will: classify the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: fantasies








WV RLA.O.7.1.03.e - Students will: classify the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: biographies






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WV RLA.O.7.1.03.f - Students will: classify the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: autobiographies








WV RLA.O.7.1.03.g - Students will: classify the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: science fiction, tall tale






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WV RLA.O.7.1.03.h - Students will: classify the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: supernatural tales








WV RLA.O.7.1.04 - Students will: use pre-reading strategies (e.g., generating questions, previewing, activating and evaluating prior knowledge, scanning, skimming) and comprehension strategies to critically analyze and evaluate the composition of texts by


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WV RLA.O.7.1.04.a - Students will: use pre-reading strategies (e.g., generating questions, previewing, activating and evaluating prior knowledge, scanning, skimming) and comprehension strategies to critically analyze and evaluate the composition of texts by generalizing to establish a purpose for reading

WV RLA.O.7.1.04.b - Students will: use pre-reading strategies (e.g., generating questions, previewing, activating and evaluating prior knowledge, scanning, skimming) and comprehension strategies to critically analyze and evaluate the composition of texts by interpreting the relationship between graphic aids and text

WV RLA.O.7.1.04.c - Students will: use pre-reading strategies (e.g., generating questions, previewing, activating and evaluating prior knowledge, scanning, skimming) and comprehension strategies to critically analyze and evaluate the composition of texts by making complex or abstract predictions by synthesizing information gained from previewing text and graphic aids

WV RLA.O.7.1.05 - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose:WV RLA.O.7.1.05.a - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: plot







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WV RLA.O.7.1.05.b - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: character









Skill 3 - LA03 Understanding Literary FeaturesSkill 4 - LA04 Understanding CharacterizationSkill 6 - LA06 Understanding the Author's Craft

WV RLA.O.7.1.05.c - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: setting





Skill 10 - RPQ10 Recognizing setting


Skill 11 - ORQ11 Recognizing setting





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WV RLA.O.7.1.05.d - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: conflict











WV RLA.O.7.1.05.e - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: rising and falling action











WV RLA.O.7.1.05.f - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: climax





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WV RLA.O.7.1.05.g - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: resolution











WV RLA.O.7.1.05.h - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: point of view

WV RLA.O.7.1.05.i - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: antagonist







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WV RLA.O.7.1.05.j - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: protagonist










WV RLA.O.7.1.05.k - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's and/or reader's purpose: hero











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WV RLA.O.7.1.06 - Students will: relate and analyze connections/themes among ideas in literary and informational texts, such as text to self, text-to-text, text to world connections, and recognize that global awareness promotes understanding, tolerance, and acceptance of ethnic, cultural, religious and personal differences.

WV RLA.O.7.1.07 - Students will: summarize explicit and implied information from literary and informational texts to recognize the relationships among the facts, ideas, events and concepts (e.g., names, dates, events, organizational patterns, graphical representations as found in photographs, captions, maps, tables or timelines, textual features including table of contents, headings or side bars).

WV RLA.O.7.1.08 - Students will: examine and interpret figurative language (hyperbole, simile, metaphor) and literary techniques (e.g., flashback, stereotype, foreshadowing) in text









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WV RLA.O.7.1.09 - Students will: read, compare and interpret types of poetry (e.g., narrative poems, ballads, lyric, epic), and recognize the elements to derive meaning of poetry.

WV RLA.O.7.1.10 - Students will: use examples, and details in practical texts to make inferences and logical predictions about outcomes of procedures in such texts.

WV RLA.O.7.1.11 - Students will: critique the usefulness of the form, and content of practical texts.WV RLA.O.7.1.12 - Students will: increase amount of independent reading and use appropriate graphic organizers (e.g., diagrams, flow charts, story maps, outlines, concept maps, tables, reading guides) to analyze more complex ideas in both fiction and non-fiction.








WV RLA.O.7.2.01 - Students will: use note-taking strategies including paraphrasing and summarizing to develop a written composition.


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WV RLA.O.7.2.02 - Students will: using student-prepared notes, create an outline and use it to develop a written and/or oral presentation using computer-generated graphics (e.g., tables, charts, graphs).

WV RLA.O.7.2.03 - Students will: use analogies, illustrations, examples, or anecdotes to enhance oral and written communication (e.g., letters, poems, brief reports, descriptions, extended text, illustrations).

WV RLA.O.7.2.04 - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches, and develop expository and persuasive writing tasks:

WV RLA.O.7.2.04.a - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches, and develop expository and persuasive writing tasks: compositions

WV RLA.O.7.2.04.b - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches, and develop expository and persuasive writing tasks: brochuresWV RLA.O.7.2.04.c - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches, and develop expository and persuasive writing tasks: display ads


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WV RLA.O.7.2.04.d - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches, and develop expository and persuasive writing tasks: commercials

WV RLA.O.7.2.04.e - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches, and develop expository and persuasive writing tasks: speechesWV RLA.O.7.2.04.f - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan approaches, and develop expository and persuasive writing tasks: poetry

WV RLA.O.7.2.05 - Students will: from a prompt use the five-step writing process to develop a focused composition that contains specific, relevant details and vivid and precise words.WV RLA.O.7.2.06 - Students will: use sophisticated transitional words and cues to signal organization of a composition.WV RLA.O.7.2.07 - Students will: identify and use a variety of sources for different types of information (e.g., Internet research, databases for periodical and newspaper articles, newspapers, schedules, advertisements).WV RLA.O.7.2.08 - Students will: understand how to summarize and use direct quotations in writing, recognize copyright laws/issues, ethical acquisition and use of digital information in citing sources for research/report.


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WV RLA.O.7.2.09 - Students will: document sources of information using a provided bibliographic format.

WV RLA.O.7.2.10 - Students will: select and use a variety of resource materials to plan, develop, and deliver a research project (3 pages) with documented sources, using computer-generated graphic aids.


WV RLA.O.7.3.01 - Students will: demonstrate effective oral communication skills (e.g., tone, volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through presentation ofWV RLA.O.7.3.01.a - Students will: demonstrate effective oral communication skills (e.g., tone, volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through presentation of compositionsWV RLA.O.7.3.01.b - Students will: demonstrate effective oral communication skills (e.g., tone, volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through presentation of reportsWV RLA.O.7.3.01.c - Students will: demonstrate effective oral communication skills (e.g., tone, volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through presentation of scriptsWV RLA.O.7.3.01.d - Students will: demonstrate effective oral communication skills (e.g., tone, volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through presentation of dramatizations


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WV RLA.O.7.3.02 - Students will: use oral/visual information to research, explore, question and imagine a topic.WV RLA.O.7.3.03 - Students will: distinguish between private and public information in research and reporting.WV RLA.O.7.3.04 - Students will: listen and observe in order to comprehend and express a point-of-view concerning the topic, purpose and medium (e.g., of a guest speaker, informational video, televised interview, radio news program).WV RLA.O.7.3.05 - Students will: evaluate information to reach consensus in group discussions or settings.WV RLA.O.7.3.06 - Students will: plan, create and present an age-appropriate media product that demonstrates format, purpose, and audience.


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Standard Product Description Skill Area Description Skill DescriptionWV RLA.S.8.1 - Students will use skills to read for literacy experiences, read to inform and read to perform a task by identifying and using the dimensions of reading components (phonemic awareness, phonics, background knowledge/vocabulary, high frequency words/fluency, comprehension, writing and motivation to read) and employing a wide variety of literature in developing independence as readers.

WV RLA.O.8.1.01 - Students will: compare/contrast connotation and denotation in complex passages to understand and enhance meaning of words, sentences and shorter passages.WV RLA.O.8.1.02 - Students will: use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of words, spell words, change word meanings and generate new words appropriate to grade level, recognize that knowledge of the origins and history of word meanings enhances understanding of a word's meaning.





WV RLA.O.8.1.03 - Students will: use etymology, context clues, affixes, synonyms or antonyms to increase grade appropriate vocabulary.






Skill 5 - VA05 Recognizing suffixesSkill 9 - VA09 Using context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words



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WV RLA.O.8.1.04 - Students will: analyze the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors:

WV RLA.O.8.1.04.a - Students will: analyze the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: fiction








WV RLA.O.8.1.04.b - Students will: analyze the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: nonfiction






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WV RLA.O.8.1.04.c - Students will: analyze the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: myths








WV RLA.O.8.1.04.d - Students will: analyze the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: fantasies






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WV RLA.O.8.1.04.e - Students will: analyze the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: biographies








WV RLA.O.8.1.04.f - Students will: analyze the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: autobiographies






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WV RLA.O.8.1.04.g - Students will: analyze the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: science fiction








WV RLA.O.8.1.04.h - Students will: analyze the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: tall tales






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WV RLA.O.8.1.04.i - Students will: analyze the defining characteristics, build background knowledge and apply reading skills to understand a variety of literary passages and genres by West Virginia, national and international authors: supernatural tales








WV RLA.O.8.1.05 - Students will: use pre-reading and comprehension strategies (e.g., generating questions and previewing, activating and evaluating prior knowledge and scanning or skimming texts) to critically analyze and evaluate the composition of literary and informational texts for


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WV RLA.O.8.1.05.a - Students will: use pre-reading and comprehension strategies (e.g., generating questions and previewing, activating and evaluating prior knowledge and scanning or skimming texts) to critically analyze and evaluate the composition of literary and informational texts for making judgments

WV RLA.O.8.1.05.b - Students will: use pre-reading and comprehension strategies (e.g., generating questions and previewing, activating and evaluating prior knowledge and scanning or skimming texts) to critically analyze and evaluate the composition of literary and informational texts for hypothesizing

WV RLA.O.8.1.05.c - Students will: use pre-reading and comprehension strategies (e.g., generating questions and previewing, activating and evaluating prior knowledge and scanning or skimming texts) to critically analyze and evaluate the composition of literary and informational texts for making complex or abstract summaries

WV RLA.O.8.1.06 - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's purpose and/or reader's purpose:WV RLA.O.8.1.06.a - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's purpose and/or reader's purpose: theme


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WV RLA.O.8.1.06.b - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's purpose and/or reader's purpose: character










WV RLA.O.8.1.06.c - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's purpose and/or reader's purpose: setting











WV RLA.O.8.1.06.d - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's purpose and/or reader's purpose: internal conflict





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WV RLA.O.8.1.06.e - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's purpose and/or reader's purpose: rising and falling action











WV RLA.O.8.1.06.f - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's purpose and/or reader's purpose: point of view

WV RLA.O.8.1.06.g - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's purpose and/or reader's purpose: antagonist





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WV RLA.O.8.1.06.h - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's purpose and/or reader's purpose: protagonist










WV RLA.O.8.1.06.i - Students will: determine and interpret the elements of literature to construct meaning and recognize author's purpose and/or reader's purpose: hero









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WV RLA.O.8.1.07 - Students will: analyze and draw parallels between common themes across a variety of literature and information text (e.g., friendship, honesty, loyalty, survival).

WV RLA.O.8.1.08 - Students will: recognize connections among ideas in literary and informational text (e.g. text to self, text-to-text, text to world connection) and recognize that global awareness promotes understanding, tolerance, and acceptance of ethnic, cultural, religious and personal differences.

WV RLA.O.8.1.09 - Students will: summarize explicit and implied information from literary and informational texts to recognize the relationships among the facts, ideas, events and concepts (e.g., names, dates, events, organizational patterns, graphical representations as found in photographs, captions, maps, tables or timelines, textual features including table of contents, headings or side bars).

WV RLA.O.8.1.10 - Students will: evaluate the effect of figurative language in text.







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WV RLA.O.8.1.11 - Students will: read, compare and interpret types of poetry (e.g., narrative poems, ballads, lyric, epic) and interpret elements (e.g., lines, stanzas, rhythm, meter or rhyme) to derive meaning of poetry.WV RLA.O.8.1.12 - Students will: identify literary technique used to interpret literature:WV RLA.O.8.1.12.a - Students will: identify literary technique used to interpret literature: irony








Skill 4 - CM04 Identifying Persuasive Language

WV RLA.O.8.1.12.b - Students will: identify literary technique used to interpret literature: satire









WV RLA.O.8.1.12.c - Students will: identify literary technique used to interpret literature: persuasive language





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WV RLA.O.8.1.12.d - Students will: identify literary technique used to interpret literature: analogies









WV RLA.O.8.1.13 - Students will: use examples and details in practical texts to make inferences and logical predications about outcomes of procedures in such texts.

WV RLA.O.8.1.14 - Students will: critique the usefulness of the form and content of practical texts and judge the importance of certain steps and procedures in such texts.


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WV RLA.O.8.1.15 - Students will: increase amount of independent reading and select appropriate graphic organizers (e.g., diagrams, flow charts, story maps, outlines, concept maps, tables, reading guides) to analyze relationships among more complex ideas generated while reading.








WV RLA.O.8.2.01 - Students will: use notes to create an outline for developing a written and/or oral presentation noting the inclusion of computer graphics.WV RLA.O.8.2.02 - Students will: analyze how analogies, illustrations, examples, and anecdotes are used to enhance oral and written communication (e.g., letters, poems, brief reports, descriptions, extended texts, illustrations).


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WV RLA.O.8.2.03 - Students will: use pre-writing, editing and revision techniques (e.g., read, draft aloud, peer feedback or a provided rubric) to vary sentence length, change sentence order, eliminate organizational errors, and use vivid and concise words to create a personal style or voice while clarifying and enhancing the central idea.

WV RLA.O.8.2.04 - Students will: use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to develop a creative or reflective composition (e.g., reflect on an experience or time in the past, draw upon imagination) and identify areas for further research by making personal connections to self, to texts, and to the world to demonstrate that written communication is affected by choices writers make in language, tone and voice.

WV RLA.O.8.2.05 - Students will: from a prompt use the five-step writing process to develop a focused composition that contains specific, relevant details, and vivid, precise words.WV RLA.O.8.2.06 - Students will: recognize and write a simple thesis statement.WV RLA.O.8.2.07 - Students will: independently resolve information conflicts and validate information through assessing, researching and comparing data.WV RLA.O.8.2.08 - Students will: conduct research by gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing data from a variety of sources:WV RLA.O.8.2.08.a - Students will: conduct research by gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing data from a variety of sources: Internet


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WV RLA.O.8.2.08.b - Students will: conduct research by gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing data from a variety of sources: databases for periodicals/newspapers

WV RLA.O.8.2.08.c - Students will: conduct research by gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing data from a variety of sources: interviews

WV RLA.O.8.2.08.d - Students will: conduct research by gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing data from a variety of sources: reference booksWV RLA.O.8.2.08.e - Students will: conduct research by gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing data from a variety of sources: card catalogueWV RLA.O.8.2.08.f - Students will: conduct research by gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing data from a variety of sources: miscellaneous resource materials

WV RLA.O.8.2.09 - Students will: select and use a variety of resource materials to plan, develop, and deliver a research project (5 pages) with documented sources, using multiple computer-generated graphic aids.WV RLA.S.8.3 - Students will apply listening, speaking and media literacy skills and strategies to communicate with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

WV RLA.O.8.3.01 - Students will: model effective oral communication skills (e.g., tone, volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of


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WV RLA.O.8.3.01.a - Students will: model effective oral communication skills (e.g., tone, volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of compositionsWV RLA.O.8.3.01.b - Students will: model effective oral communication skills (e.g., tone, volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of reportsWV RLA.O.8.3.01.c - Students will: model effective oral communication skills (e.g., tone, volume, rate, audience, etiquette, standard English) through the presentation of scriptsWV RLA.O.8.3.02 - Students will: present an oral report with computer-generated graphic aids (e.g., tables, graphs, diagrams or charts).

WV RLA.O.8.3.03 - Students will: critique oral/visual information presented, relate personal experiences and apply the information to global situations.WV RLA.O.8.3.04 - Students will: listen in order to analyze and critique information received in spoken texts (e.g., of a guest speaker, informational video, televised interview or radio news program).

WV RLA.O.8.3.05 - Students will: perform a variety of roles in group discussions:WV RLA.O.8.3.05.a - Students will: perform a variety of roles in group discussions: collaborationWV RLA.O.8.3.05.b - Students will: perform a variety of roles in group discussions: facilitationWV RLA.O.8.3.05.c - Students will: perform a variety of roles in group discussions: persuasion


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WV RLA.O.8.3.06 - Students will: properly use private and public information.WV RLA.O.8.3.07 - Students will: plan, create, organize, and present an age-appropriate media product that demonstrates format, purpose, and audience.


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WV RLA.O.9.1.01 - Students will: examine the social, historical, cultural and biographical influences on literary and informational texts.



Skill 11 - RPQ11 Understanding historical/cultural factors


Skill 12 - ORQ12 Understanding historical/cultural factors


Skill 5 - LA05 Understanding Historical/Cultural Factors

WV RLA.O.9.1.02 - Students will: recognize literary styles according to genre.




WV RLA.O.9.1.03 - Students will: increase the amount of independent reading with emphasis on fiction and nonfiction.





WV RLA.O.9.1.04 - Students will: use various pre-reading skills and comprehension strategies for activating prior knowledge or generating questions during reading and post reading, literary experience, information and/or performing a task.



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WV RLA.O.9.1.05 - Students will: locate and analyze the author's use of specific information in text (e.g., author's purpose/perspective, main and supporting details, specific facts, statistics, definition).














WV RLA.O.9.1.06 - Students will: formulate supportable predictions, generalizations, opinions, inferences and conclusions based upon text.




Skill 3 - IC03 Making InferencesSkill 5 - IC05 Making Predictions

WV RLA.O.9.1.07 - Students will: explain the literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose:WV RLA.O.9.1.07.a - Students will: explain the literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: symbolism







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WV RLA.O.9.1.07.b - Students will: explain the literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: imagery

WV RLA.O.9.1.07.c - Students will: explain the literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: simile

WV RLA.O.9.1.07.d - Students will: explain the literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: humor

WV RLA.O.9.1.07.e - Students will: explain the literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: rhythm

WV RLA.O.9.1.07.f - Students will: explain the literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: meter

WV RLA.O.9.1.07.g - Students will: explain the literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: assonance

WV RLA.O.9.1.08 - Students will: recognize the relationships of the literary elements (e.g., setting, plot, narrative perspective, point of view, theme, conflict, characterization, voice, tone, structures) within specific genres.








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Skill 13 - ORQ13 Recognizing plotSkill 22 - ORQ22 Understanding characterization



Skill 2 - LA02 Recognizing SettingSkill 3 - LA03 Understanding Literary FeaturesSkill 4 - LA04 Understanding CharacterizationSkill 6 - LA06 Understanding the Author's Craft

WV RLA.O.9.1.09 - Students will: recognize and examine the purpose of organizational patterns (e.g. problem-solution, cause-and-effect, textual features including table of contents, headings, sidebars, marginal notes, graphical representations such as tables, timelines, captions, maps, photographs) and ideas in informational and literary texts.WV RLA.O.9.1.10 - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms through various literary and informational texts through various strategies:WV RLA.O.9.1.10.a - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms through various literary and informational texts through various strategies: context clues





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WV RLA.O.9.1.10.b - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms through various literary and informational texts through various strategies: affixes





WV RLA.O.9.1.10.c - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms through various literary and informational texts through various strategies: prefixes





WV RLA.O.9.1.10.d - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms through various literary and informational texts through various strategies: multiple meanings





WV RLA.O.9.1.10.e - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms through various literary and informational texts through various strategies: origin

WV RLA.O.9.1.10.f - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms through various literary and informational texts through various strategies: history

WV RLA.O.9.1.10.g - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms through various literary and informational texts through various strategies: evolution


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WV RLA.O.9.2.01 - Students will: compose narrative, informative, descriptive, persuasive writing from a prompt using the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing).WV RLA.O.9.2.02 - Students will: develop research topics, select approaches, create, and publish (e.g., word processing and desktop publishing) a well developed paper with documented and cited sources and computer-generated graphics, following a specified format:

WV RLA.O.9.2.02.a - Students will: develop research topics, select approaches, create, and publish (e.g., word processing and desktop publishing) a well developed paper with documented and cited sources and computer-generated graphics, following a specified format: APA

WV RLA.O.9.2.02.b - Students will: develop research topics, select approaches, create, and publish (e.g., word processing and desktop publishing) a well developed paper with documented and cited sources and computer-generated graphics, following a specified format: MLA

WV RLA.O.9.2.03 - Students will: construct a clearly worded and correctly placed thesis statement to develop a composition that addresses the assigned topic.


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WV RLA.O.9.2.04 - Students will: identify, evaluate, and analyze a variety of informational media using primary and secondary sources.WV RLA.O.9.2.05 - Students will: formulate a working research question and identify, organize and consider the relevance of known information from print and electronic media (e.g., Internet research, electronic databases for magazines and newspaper articles) to guide further research.WV RLA.O.9.2.06 - Students will: incorporate varied note taking skills to process and organize information into an outline for a composition (introduction, main points, supporting details, conclusion).

WV RLA.O.9.2.07 - Students will: examine and prioritize different drafting strategies for specific writing tasks to structure a clear, logical progression of ideas in argumentative writing, research writing, literary analysis, and creative and reflective writing.WV RLA.O.9.2.08 - Students will: summarize, paraphrase, and use direct quotations correctly and effectively in writing in order to avoid plagiarism; recognize media copyright laws and public/private domain.WV RLA.O.9.2.09 - Students will: create and apply transition sentences to signal progression of ideas between paragraphs as well as appropriate words and phrases to signal organizational patterns.WV RLA.O.9.2.10 - Students will: use pre-writing, editing and revision techniques to construct complete and varied sentences, eliminate organizational errors and use more precise and concise language.


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WV RLA.O.9.3.01 - Students will: plan, prepare appropriate background information on a specified topic and communicate effectively in different settings (e.g. interpersonal, small group, whole group) and for different purposes toWV RLA.O.9.3.01.a - Students will: plan, prepare appropriate background information on a specified topic and communicate effectively in different settings (e.g. interpersonal, small group, whole group) and for different purposes to inform

WV RLA.O.9.3.01.b - Students will: plan, prepare appropriate background information on a specified topic and communicate effectively in different settings (e.g. interpersonal, small group, whole group) and for different purposes to persuade

WV RLA.O.9.3.01.c - Students will: plan, prepare appropriate background information on a specified topic and communicate effectively in different settings (e.g. interpersonal, small group, whole group) and for different purposes to relate

WV RLA.O.9.3.01.d - Students will: plan, prepare appropriate background information on a specified topic and communicate effectively in different settings (e.g. interpersonal, small group, whole group) and for different purposes to entertain


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WV RLA.O.9.3.02 - Students will: formulate and deliver grammatically correct messages, taking into consideration the purpose of the message and the speaker's and the listener's culture, knowledge, beliefs, feelings, and life experiences.

WV RLA.O.9.3.03 - Students will: perform a variety of roles in various settings:WV RLA.O.9.3.03.a - Students will: perform a variety of roles in various settings: critique oral/visual informationWV RLA.O.9.3.03.b - Students will: perform a variety of roles in various settings: relate personal experiences

WV RLA.O.9.3.03.c - Students will: perform a variety of roles in various settings: collaborate to gain consensusWV RLA.O.9.3.03.d - Students will: perform a variety of roles in various settings: mediateWV RLA.O.9.3.03.e - Students will: perform a variety of roles in various settings: speak extemporaneously

WV RLA.O.9.3.04 - Students will: use active listening strategies to analyze the message, formulate a response and react toWV RLA.O.9.3.04.a - Students will: use active listening strategies to analyze the message, formulate a response and react to determine purposeWV RLA.O.9.3.04.b - Students will: use active listening strategies to analyze the message, formulate a response and react to make predictionsWV RLA.O.9.3.04.c - Students will: use active listening strategies to analyze the message, formulate a response and react to differentiate fact from opinion


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WV RLA.O.9.3.04.d - Students will: use active listening strategies to analyze the message, formulate a response and react to construct meaning of discussion, speech, or mediaWV RLA.O.9.3.05 - Students will: understand, interpret and evaluate various media communications.WV RLA.O.9.3.06 - Students will: properly use private and public information.WV RLA.O.9.3.07 - Students will: plan, create, organize, and present an age appropriate media product that demonstrates an understanding of format, purpose, and audience.


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WV RLA.O.10.1.01 - Students will: research and analyze historical, cultural, and biographical influences on literary and informational texts.








WV RLA.O.10.1.02 - Students will: compare and contrast literary styles according to genre.WV RLA.O.10.1.03 - Students will: extend the amount of independent reading with emphasis on fiction and nonfiction.





WV RLA.O.10.1.04 - Students will: apply various pre-reading skills and comprehension strategies for activating prior knowledge and asking questions during reading and post reading for



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WV RLA.O.10.1.04.a - Students will: apply various pre-reading skills and comprehension strategies for activating prior knowledge and asking questions during reading and post reading for literary experience

WV RLA.O.10.1.04.b - Students will: apply various pre-reading skills and comprehension strategies for activating prior knowledge and asking questions during reading and post reading for examining textual informationWV RLA.O.10.1.04.c - Students will: apply various pre-reading skills and comprehension strategies for activating prior knowledge and asking questions during reading and post reading for performing an assigned taskWV RLA.O.10.1.05 - Students will: evaluate the author's use of specific information in text (e.g., author's purpose/perspective, main/supporting details, specific facts, statistics, definition, figurative/nonfigurative words).















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WV RLA.O.10.1.06 - Students will: create supportable predictions, generalizations, opinions, inferences and conclusions based upon an analysis of textual information.




Skill 3 - IC03 Making InferencesSkill 5 - IC05 Making Predictions

WV RLA.O.10.1.07 - Students will: interpret and explain the author's choice of literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose:








WV RLA.O.10.1.07.a - Students will: interpret and explain the author's choice of literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: symbolism

WV RLA.O.10.1.07.b - Students will: interpret and explain the author's choice of literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: imagery

WV RLA.O.10.1.07.c - Students will: interpret and explain the author's choice of literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: irony

WV RLA.O.10.1.07.d - Students will: interpret and explain the author's choice of literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: satire


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WV RLA.O.10.1.07.e - Students will: interpret and explain the author's choice of literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: cadence

WV RLA.O.10.1.07.f - Students will: interpret and explain the author's choice of literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: scansion

WV RLA.O.10.1.07.g - Students will: interpret and explain the author's choice of literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: flashback

WV RLA.O.10.1.07.h - Students will: interpret and explain the author's choice of literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: foreshadowingWV RLA.O.10.1.07.i - Students will: interpret and explain the author's choice of literary devices used to construct meaning and define the author's/reader's purpose: Freytag's pyramid (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, catastrophe, denouement)

WV RLA.O.10.1.08 - Students will: interpret and explain the relationships of the literary elements (e.g., setting, plot, point of view, theme, conflict, characterization, voice, tone, mood) within specific genres.




Skill 12 - RPQ12 Recognizing plotSkill 21 - RPQ21 Understanding characterization




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Skill 13 - ORQ13 Recognizing plotSkill 22 - ORQ22 Understanding characterization



Skill 2 - LA02 Recognizing SettingSkill 4 - LA04 Understanding CharacterizationSkill 6 - LA06 Understanding the Author's Craft

WV RLA.O.10.1.09 - Students will: analyze the organizational patterns (e.g. problem-solution, cause-and-effect, textual features including table of contents, headings, sidebars, marginal notes, graphical representations such as tables, timelines, captions, maps, photographs) and ideas in informational and literary texts.WV RLA.O.10.1.10 - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms and phrases found in reading classical literature and informational texts using various strategies:WV RLA.O.10.1.10.a - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms and phrases found in reading classical literature and informational texts using various strategies: context clues






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WV RLA.O.10.1.10.b - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms and phrases found in reading classical literature and informational texts using various strategies: affixes




Skill 4 - VA04 Recognizing prefixesSkill 5 - VA05 Recognizing suffixes

WV RLA.O.10.1.10.c - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms and phrases found in reading classical literature and informational texts using various strategies: suffixes





WV RLA.O.10.1.10.d - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms and phrases found in reading classical literature and informational texts using various strategies: multiple meanings





WV RLA.O.10.1.10.e - Students will: extend vocabulary by developing and using new terms and phrases found in reading classical literature and informational texts using various strategies: etymologies

WV RLA.O.10.1.11 - Students will: critique persuasive language and techniques as found in literary and informational texts and media.





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WV RLA.O.10.2.01 - Students will: define topic from assigned subject/prompt and compose narrative, informative, descriptive and persuasive writings using the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) for specific audiences by employing writing strategies that are modeled in various types of literature.

WV RLA.O.10.2.02 - Students will: construct a clearly worded and effectively placed thesis statement to develop a composition that addresses the assigned topic.WV RLA.O.10.2.03 - Students will: evaluate, analyze, and synthesize into one's writing a variety of informational media using primary and secondary sources.WV RLA.O.10.2.04 - Students will: formulate a working research question and identify, organize and consider the relevance of known information to guide further research.

WV RLA.O.10.2.05 - Students will: plan and incorporate varied note taking skills to organize and synthesize information from print and electronic sources (e.g., Internet research, electronic databases for periodicals and newspapers, print reference materials) into an outline for a composition or research project (introduction, thesis/hypothesis, main points, supporting details/examples, conclusion).


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WV RLA.O.10.2.06 - Students will: classify and prioritize different drafting strategies for specific writing tasks to frame a clear, logical progression of ideas in argumentative writing, research writing, literary analysis, and creative and reflective writing.WV RLA.O.10.2.07 - Students will: summarize, paraphrase, and use direct quotations correctly and effectively in a writing/research project in order to avoid plagiarism; recognize copyright laws and public/private domain.WV RLA.O.10.2.08 - Students will: incorporate different transitional sentences to signal progression of ideas within and between paragraphs as well as appropriate phrases to signal organizational patterns.

WV RLA.O.10.2.09 - Students will: revise sentences to create specific effects, variety and more precise and concise language:WV RLA.O.10.2.09.a - Students will: revise sentences to create specific effects, variety and more precise and concise language: gerund phrase

WV RLA.O.10.2.09.b - Students will: revise sentences to create specific effects, variety and more precise and concise language: participle phrase

WV RLA.O.10.2.09.c - Students will: revise sentences to create specific effects, variety and more precise and concise language: infinitive phrase

WV RLA.O.10.2.09.d - Students will: revise sentences to create specific effects, variety and more precise and concise language: clauses


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WV RLA.O.10.2.10 - Students will: select revision and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage, mechanics and spelling. In the proofreading process, integrate the use ofWV RLA.O.10.2.10.a - Students will: select revision and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage, mechanics and spelling. In the proofreading process, integrate the use of dictionaryWV RLA.O.10.2.10.b - Students will: select revision and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage, mechanics and spelling. In the proofreading process, integrate the use of spell checkWV RLA.O.10.2.10.c - Students will: select revision and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage, mechanics and spelling. In the proofreading process, integrate the use of thesaurusWV RLA.O.10.2.10.d - Students will: select revision and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage, mechanics and spelling. In the proofreading process, integrate the use of style sheet or guideWV RLA.O.10.2.11 - Students will: develop a research topic, select approaches, write and publish a well-developed research project with documented and cited sources and computer-generated graphics, following a specified format:


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WV RLA.O.10.2.11.a - Students will: develop a research topic, select approaches, write and publish a well-developed research project with documented and cited sources and computer-generated graphics, following a specified format: APA

WV RLA.O.10.2.11.b - Students will: develop a research topic, select approaches, write and publish a well-developed research project with documented and cited sources and computer-generated graphics, following a specified format: MLA

WV RLA.O.10.2.11.c - Students will: develop a research topic, select approaches, write and publish a well-developed research project with documented and cited sources and computer-generated graphics, following a specified format: Chicago


WV RLA.O.10.3.01 - Students will: plan, research background of topic, and communicate in different settings (e.g. interpersonal, small group, whole group, panel, round table, debate) and for different purposes:

WV RLA.O.10.3.01.a - Students will: plan, research background of topic, and communicate in different settings (e.g. interpersonal, small group, whole group, panel, round table, debate) and for different purposes: inform


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WV RLA.O.10.3.01.b - Students will: plan, research background of topic, and communicate in different settings (e.g. interpersonal, small group, whole group, panel, round table, debate) and for different purposes: persuadeWV RLA.O.10.3.01.c - Students will: plan, research background of topic, and communicate in different settings (e.g. interpersonal, small group, whole group, panel, round table, debate) and for different purposes: relateWV RLA.O.10.3.01.d - Students will: plan, research background of topic, and communicate in different settings (e.g. interpersonal, small group, whole group, panel, round table, debate) and for different purposes: entertainWV RLA.O.10.3.02 - Students will: formulate and deliver grammatically correct messages, as well as evaluate and adapt strategies for developing credibility, such as speaking truthfully and creating clear and logical messages (e.g., supporting ideas with evidence and emotional appeals in light of purpose, audience and context).WV RLA.O.10.3.03 - Students will: model a variety of roles in various settings to listen actively, understand the intended message, evaluate, enjoy and/or respond to an oral message:WV RLA.O.10.3.03.a - Students will: model a variety of roles in various settings to listen actively, understand the intended message, evaluate, enjoy and/or respond to an oral message: critique oral/visual information


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WV RLA.O.10.3.03.b - Students will: model a variety of roles in various settings to listen actively, understand the intended message, evaluate, enjoy and/or respond to an oral message: relate experiences in third personWV RLA.O.10.3.03.c - Students will: model a variety of roles in various settings to listen actively, understand the intended message, evaluate, enjoy and/or respond to an oral message: collaborate to achieve a goalWV RLA.O.10.3.03.d - Students will: model a variety of roles in various settings to listen actively, understand the intended message, evaluate, enjoy and/or respond to an oral message: mediate to reach a consensusWV RLA.O.10.3.03.e - Students will: model a variety of roles in various settings to listen actively, understand the intended message, evaluate, enjoy and/or respond to an oral message: deliver an extended extemporaneous speechWV RLA.O.10.3.03.f - Students will: model a variety of roles in various settings to listen actively, understand the intended message, evaluate, enjoy and/or respond to an oral message: participate in a panel/round table discussionWV RLA.O.10.3.04 - Students will: adapt and use active listening strategies to evaluate the message, formulate a strategy and respond to

WV RLA.O.10.3.04.a - Students will: adapt and use active listening strategies to evaluate the message, formulate a strategy and respond to intended purpose


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WV RLA.O.10.3.04.b - Students will: adapt and use active listening strategies to evaluate the message, formulate a strategy and respond to make predictionsWV RLA.O.10.3.04.c - Students will: adapt and use active listening strategies to evaluate the message, formulate a strategy and respond to construct meaning from discussion, speech, or mediaWV RLA.O.10.3.04.d - Students will: adapt and use active listening strategies to evaluate the message, formulate a strategy and respond to critique presentationWV RLA.O.10.3.05 - Students will: understand, evaluate and create media communications.WV RLA.O.10.3.06 - Students will: properly use private and public information.WV RLA.O.10.3.07 - Students will: plan, create, organize, and present an age appropriate media product that demonstrates an understanding of format, purpose, audience, and choice of medium.


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WV RLA.O.11.1.01 - Students will: research, analyze, and evaluate the historical, cultural, political and biographical influences on literary works.








WV RLA.O.11.1.02 - Students will: analyze and evaluate literary styles according to genre:WV RLA.O.11.1.02.a - Students will: analyze and evaluate literary styles according to genre: author's use




WV RLA.O.11.1.02.b - Students will: analyze and evaluate literary styles according to genre: elements




WV RLA.O.11.1.02.c - Students will: analyze and evaluate literary styles according to genre: expectations




WV RLA.O.11.1.03 - Students will: increase the amount of independent reading with emphasis on classic American, British and World Literature, and informational texts.






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WV RLA.O.11.1.04 - Students will: apply appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task:

WV RLA.O.11.1.04.a - Students will: apply appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: rereading




WV RLA.O.11.1.04.b - Students will: apply appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: paraphrasing




WV RLA.O.11.1.04.c - Students will: apply appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: questioning




WV RLA.O.11.1.04.d - Students will: apply appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: analyzing




WV RLA.O.11.1.04.e - Students will: apply appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: chunking




WV RLA.O.11.1.04.f - Students will: apply appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: activating prior knowledge





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WV RLA.O.11.1.05 - Students will: analyze characteristics of author's intended audience, purpose, style, voice and technique through the use of reasoning, evidence and literary/character analysis.








WV RLA.O.11.1.06 - Students will: formulate supportable conclusions, summarize events and ideas, construct inferences and generalizations, and critique character traits in a written/oral literary interpretation.




Skill 3 - IC03 Making Inferences

WV RLA.O.11.1.07 - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices:






WV RLA.O.11.1.07.a - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: parallelismWV RLA.O.11.1.07.b - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: archetypesWV RLA.O.11.1.07.c - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: allegory


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WV RLA.O.11.1.07.d - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: parallel structureWV RLA.O.11.1.07.e - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: antithesisWV RLA.O.11.1.07.f - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: narrative paceWV RLA.O.11.1.07.g - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: satireWV RLA.O.11.1.07.h - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: cadenceWV RLA.O.11.1.07.i - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: scansionWV RLA.O.11.1.07.j - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: flashbackWV RLA.O.11.1.07.k - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: foreshadowingWV RLA.O.11.1.07.l - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and analyze the use of rhetorical and literary devices: Freytag's pyramid (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, catastrophe, denouement)WV RLA.O.11.1.08 - Students will: analyze and evaluate a variety of texts according to content, structure, purpose, organization of text, and tone.





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WV RLA.O.11.1.09 - Students will: evaluate and justify the effectiveness of organizational patterns (e.g., problem-solution, cause-and-effect), textual features, graphical representations (e.g., tables, timelines, captions, maps, photographs) and ideas in informational and literary texts for intent and purpose.WV RLA.O.11.1.10 - Students will: use knowledge of the history, cultural diversity, politics, and effects of language to comprehend and elaborate on the meaning of texts, to expand vocabulary, and to draw connections to self and to the real world.











Skill 3 - IC03 Making Inferences

WV RLA.O.11.1.11 - Students will: research literary criticism related to the genre being studied.WV RLA.O.11.1.12 - Students will: evaluate persuasive language and techniques in literature and informational texts for intent, purpose, and effectiveness.





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WV RLA.O.11.2.01 - Students will: employ the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) for developing narrative, informative, descriptive, persuasive and functional writings that include a letter of job application, a scholarship application/essay, and personal letters.

WV RLA.O.11.2.02 - Students will: generate a clearly worded and effectively placed thesis statement to develop a document (e.g., composition, essay, literary critique, research paper) that has a clear, logical progression of ideas in the introduction, body, and conclusion.

WV RLA.O.11.2.03 - Students will: recognize the concepts of intellectual property and plagiarism in all media:

WV RLA.O.11.2.03.a - Students will: recognize the concepts of intellectual property and plagiarism in all media: media copyright lawsWV RLA.O.11.2.03.b - Students will: recognize the concepts of intellectual property and plagiarism in all media: private/public domain


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WV RLA.O.11.2.04 - Students will: formulate a working research question, organize and consider the relevance of information gathered through the research process, create a detailed outline and produce a research paper with documented and cited sources, using an accepted format (e.g. MLA, APA, Chicago, ASA) with an accompanying multimedia presentation and/or Web page.WV RLA.O.11.2.05 - Students will: plan and incorporate varied note taking skills to organize and synthesize information from print and electronic primary and secondary sources (e.g., Internet, reference books, electronic databases for periodicals and newspapers) into an outline (introduction, thesis/hypothesis, main points, supporting details/examples, conclusion) to develop a composition or research project.

WV RLA.O.11.2.06 - Students will: develop personal style and voice in writing, and create a clear, logical progression of ideas in argumentative writing, research writing, literary analysis, and creative and reflective writing.WV RLA.O.11.2.07 - Students will: summarize, paraphrase, and use direct quotations correctly and effectively in writing in order to avoid plagiarism.WV RLA.O.11.2.08 - Students will: evaluate the effectiveness of and apply various forms of transition in a composition:WV RLA.O.11.2.08.a - Students will: evaluate the effectiveness of and apply various forms of transition in a composition: sentence links


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WV RLA.O.11.2.08.b - Students will: evaluate the effectiveness of and apply various forms of transition in a composition: repetition of key words or phrasesWV RLA.O.11.2.08.c - Students will: evaluate the effectiveness of and apply various forms of transition in a composition: restating of main/key ideasWV RLA.O.11.2.09 - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentences for improved variety and more precise and concise language:WV RLA.O.11.2.09.a - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentences for improved variety and more precise and concise language: gerundsWV RLA.O.11.2.09.b - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentences for improved variety and more precise and concise language: infinitivesWV RLA.O.11.2.09.c - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentences for improved variety and more precise and concise language: subordinate clauses

WV RLA.O.11.2.09.d - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentences for improved variety and more precise and concise language: adjectival phrases,

WV RLA.O.11.2.09.e - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentences for improved variety and more precise and concise language: word usage/choice variationsWV RLA.O.11.2.09.f - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentences for improved variety and more precise and concise language: passive/active voice


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WV RLA.O.11.2.10 - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process integrate print and electronic tools:WV RLA.O.11.2.10.a - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process integrate print and electronic tools: spell checkWV RLA.O.11.2.10.b - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process integrate print and electronic tools: grammar checkWV RLA.O.11.2.10.c - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process integrate print and electronic tools: thesaurusWV RLA.O.11.2.10.d - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process integrate print and electronic tools: dictionaryWV RLA.O.11.2.10.e - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process integrate print and electronic tools: style sheet or guide


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WV RLA.O.11.2.10.f - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process integrate print and electronic tools: readability scoreWV RLA.S.11.3 - Students will apply listening, speaking and media literacy skills and strategies to communicate with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

WV RLA.O.11.3.01 - Students will: communicate using the transactional process to include the components of speaker, listener, message, channel, feedback, and noise.

WV RLA.O.11.3.02 - Students will: plan, research, organize and deliver a grammatically correct presentation using a variety of media (e.g., live performance, video, PowerPoint, web pages).WV RLA.O.11.3.03 - Students will: use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen and respond for diverse purposes:WV RLA.O.11.3.03.a - Students will: use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen and respond for diverse purposes: comprehensionWV RLA.O.11.3.03.b - Students will: use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen and respond for diverse purposes: evaluationWV RLA.O.11.3.03.c - Students will: use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen and respond for diverse purposes: expression of empathy

WV RLA.O.11.3.03.d - Students will: use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen and respond for diverse purposes: persuasion


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WV RLA.O.11.3.03.e - Students will: use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen and respond for diverse purposes: mediationWV RLA.O.11.3.03.f - Students will: use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen and respond for diverse purposes: collaborationWV RLA.O.11.3.04 - Students will: analyze and create examples of the wide range of purposes embedded in media communications.

WV RLA.O.11.3.05 - Students will: plan, compose, produce and evaluate an age appropriate product from various forms of media communication that demonstrates an understanding of format, purpose, audience, and choice of medium.

WV RLA.O.11.3.06 - Students will: properly use private and public information.


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Agency Tag Set NameWest Virginia, 21st Century Reading and Language Arts, 2006, Reading and Language Arts, Standards and Objectives, State Department of Education


WV RLA.O.12.1.01 - Students will: research, evaluate and critique the historical, cultural, political and biographical influences to determine the impact on literary works.








WV RLA.O.12.1.02 - Students will: analyze, evaluate, and critique literary styles according to genre:WV RLA.O.12.1.02.a - Students will: analyze, evaluate, and critique literary styles according to genre: author's use




WV RLA.O.12.1.02.b - Students will: analyze, evaluate, and critique literary styles according to genre: elements




WV RLA.O.12.1.02.c - Students will: analyze, evaluate, and critique literary styles according to genre: expectations




WV RLA.O.12.1.03 - Students will: extend the amount of independent reading with emphasis on American, British and World Literature, and informational texts.






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WV RLA.O.12.1.04 - Students will: incorporate appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task:WV RLA.O.12.1.04.a - Students will: incorporate appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: rereading




WV RLA.O.12.1.04.b - Students will: incorporate appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: paraphrasing




WV RLA.O.12.1.04.c - Students will: incorporate appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: questioning




WV RLA.O.12.1.04.d - Students will: incorporate appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: analyzing




WV RLA.O.12.1.04.e - Students will: incorporate appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: chunking




WV RLA.O.12.1.04.f - Students will: incorporate appropriate reading strategies necessary for a successful literary experience, to gain information and perform an assigned task: activating prior knowledge





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WV RLA.O.12.1.05 - Students will: evaluate and justify the characteristics of author's intended audience, purpose, style, voice and technique through the use of reasoning and evidence and literary/character analysis.








WV RLA.O.12.1.06 - Students will: formulate, in a critique, supportable conclusions, summarize events and ideas, construct inferences and generalizations, and interpret character traits from explicit and implicit ideas.WV RLA.O.12.1.07 - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices:






WV RLA.O.12.1.07.a - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices: archetypes

WV RLA.O.12.1.07.b - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices: allegoryWV RLA.O.12.1.07.c - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices: antithesisWV RLA.O.12.1.07.d - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices: paceWV RLA.O.12.1.07.e - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices: satire


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WV RLA.O.12.1.07.f - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices: cadenceWV RLA.O.12.1.07.g - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices: scansionWV RLA.O.12.1.07.h - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices: flashbackWV RLA.O.12.1.07.i - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices: foreshadowingWV RLA.O.12.1.07.j - Students will: demonstrate knowledge of and evaluate literary devices: Freytag's pyramid (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, catastrophe)WV RLA.O.12.1.08 - Students will: evaluate and critique a variety of texts according to content, structure, purpose, organization of text, and tone.




WV RLA.O.12.1.09 - Students will: assess the importance and effectiveness of organizational patterns (e.g., problem-solution, cause-and-effect), textual features, graphical representations (e.g., tables, timelines, captions, maps, photographs) and ideas in informational and literary texts for intent, purpose and style.WV RLA.O.12.1.10 - Students will: use knowledge of the history, cultural diversity, politics, and effects of language to comprehend and elaborate on the meaning of texts to expand vocabulary, and to draw connections to self and the real world.









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WV RLA.O.12.1.11 - Students will: research literary criticism and evaluate its applicability to the genre being studied.WV RLA.O.12.1.12 - Students will: analyze and evaluate persuasive language and techniques (e.g., advertisements, junk mail, web sites, news stories) for intent, purpose, audience, type (inductive or deductive) and effectiveness.





WV RLA.O.12.2.01 - Students will: compose using the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing), critique and evaluate narrative, informative, descriptive, persuasive and functional writings that include a letter of job application, a scholarship application/essay, and personal letters.WV RLA.O.12.2.02 - Students will: generate a clearly worded and effectively placed thesis statement to develop a document (e.g., composition, essay, literary critique, research paper) that has a clear, logical progression of ideas in the introduction, body, and conclusion.

WV RLA.O.12.2.03 - Students will: identify, evaluate, and analyze information (e.g., primary and secondary sources, print and electronic media, personal interview) and recognize the concepts of intellectual property and plagiarism in all media (e.g., media copyright laws, private/public domain).


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WV RLA.O.12.2.04 - Students will: refine the research question through pre-writing strategies by considering whether the thesis claim is personally relevant, interesting and meaningful, is relevant and meaningful to the audience, is aligned with purposes and goals, is logical and can be supported within the limits of the assignment and available resources.

WV RLA.O.12.2.05 - Students will: use, plan and incorporate varied note taking skills to organize and synthesize information from print and electronic primary and secondary sources (e.g., Internet, reference books, electronic databases for periodicals and newspapers) into an outline (introduction, thesis/hypothesis, main points, supporting details/examples, conclusion) to develop a composition or research project.

WV RLA.O.12.2.06 - Students will: plan, develop, and write a focused research project that has a clear thesis/hypothesis and logical progression of ideas supported by relevant details with an accompanying multimedia presentation and/or Web page using an accepted format (MLA, APA, Chicago, ASA).WV RLA.O.12.2.07 - Students will: strategically incorporate source material in a variety of ways, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of the ethics of writing:

WV RLA.O.12.2.07.a - Students will: strategically incorporate source material in a variety of ways, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of the ethics of writing: directly quoting


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WV RLA.O.12.2.07.b - Students will: strategically incorporate source material in a variety of ways, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of the ethics of writing: paraphrasingWV RLA.O.12.2.07.c - Students will: strategically incorporate source material in a variety of ways, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of the ethics of writing: summarizingWV RLA.O.12.2.07.d - Students will: strategically incorporate source material in a variety of ways, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of the ethics of writing: using ellipsesWV RLA.O.12.2.08 - Students will: evaluate the effectiveness of and apply various forms of transition in a composition:WV RLA.O.12.2.08.a - Students will: evaluate the effectiveness of and apply various forms of transition in a composition: sentence links

WV RLA.O.12.2.08.b - Students will: evaluate the effectiveness of and apply various forms of transition in a composition: repetition of key words or phrasesWV RLA.O.12.2.08.c - Students will: evaluate the effectiveness of and apply various forms of transition in a composition: restating of main/key ideasWV RLA.O.12.2.08.d - Students will: evaluate the effectiveness of and apply various forms of transition in a composition: inferred transitions

WV RLA.O.12.2.09 - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentence structures to improve variety and create more precise and concise language:


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WV RLA.O.12.2.09.a - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentence structures to improve variety and create more precise and concise language: compound-complexWV RLA.O.12.2.09.b - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentence structures to improve variety and create more precise and concise language: coordination/subordination

WV RLA.O.12.2.09.c - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentence structures to improve variety and create more precise and concise language: parallel structuresWV RLA.O.12.2.09.d - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentence structures to improve variety and create more precise and concise language: appositivesWV RLA.O.12.2.09.e - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentence structures to improve variety and create more precise and concise language: rhetorical questionsWV RLA.O.12.2.09.f - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentence structures to improve variety and create more precise and concise language: word/usage/choiceWV RLA.O.12.2.09.g - Students will: revise, edit and strategically employ a variety of sentence structures to improve variety and create more precise and concise language: passive/active voice


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WV RLA.O.12.2.10 - Students will: demonstrate use of precise vocabulary, figurative language and literary devices to establish credibility, authority, and authorial voice to suggest an attitude toward subject matter, create mood, and carefully appeal to the audience:WV RLA.O.12.2.10.a - Students will: demonstrate use of precise vocabulary, figurative language and literary devices to establish credibility, authority, and authorial voice to suggest an attitude toward subject matter, create mood, and carefully appeal to the audience: imagery

WV RLA.O.12.2.10.b - Students will: demonstrate use of precise vocabulary, figurative language and literary devices to establish credibility, authority, and authorial voice to suggest an attitude toward subject matter, create mood, and carefully appeal to the audience: rhetorical questionWV RLA.O.12.2.10.c - Students will: demonstrate use of precise vocabulary, figurative language and literary devices to establish credibility, authority, and authorial voice to suggest an attitude toward subject matter, create mood, and carefully appeal to the audience: connotation/denotationWV RLA.O.12.2.10.d - Students will: demonstrate use of precise vocabulary, figurative language and literary devices to establish credibility, authority, and authorial voice to suggest an attitude toward subject matter, create mood, and carefully appeal to the audience: irony (situational, dramatic, verbal)


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WV RLA.O.12.2.10.e - Students will: demonstrate use of precise vocabulary, figurative language and literary devices to establish credibility, authority, and authorial voice to suggest an attitude toward subject matter, create mood, and carefully appeal to the audience: setting (geographical, historical, political)

WV RLA.O.12.2.10.f - Students will: demonstrate use of precise vocabulary, figurative language and literary devices to establish credibility, authority, and authorial voice to suggest an attitude toward subject matter, create mood, and carefully appeal to the audience: symbolism

WV RLA.O.12.2.10.g - Students will: demonstrate use of precise vocabulary, figurative language and literary devices to establish credibility, authority, and authorial voice to suggest an attitude toward subject matter, create mood, and carefully appeal to the audience: extended metaphorWV RLA.O.12.2.11a - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process, integrate print and electronic tools:WV RLA.O.12.2.11a.a - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process, integrate print and electronic tools: dictionaryWV RLA.O.12.2.11a.b - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process, integrate print and electronic tools: thesaurus


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WV RLA.O.12.2.11a.c - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process, integrate print and electronic tools: spell checkWV RLA.O.12.2.11a.d - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process, integrate print and electronic tools: grammar checkWV RLA.O.12.2.11a.e - Students will: use proofreading and editing strategies to correct errors in and improve organization, content, usage and mechanics. In the editing process, integrate print and electronic tools: thesaurusWV RLA.O.12.2.11b - Students will: Use peer editing and collaboration techniques to correct errors.

WV RLA.O.12.2.12 - Students will: use sophisticated rhetorical appeals and establish a credible authorial voice:WV RLA.O.12.2.12.a - Students will: use sophisticated rhetorical appeals and establish a credible authorial voice: consider knowledge and interest of audienceWV RLA.O.12.2.12.b - Students will: use sophisticated rhetorical appeals and establish a credible authorial voice: establish credibilityWV RLA.O.12.2.12.c - Students will: use sophisticated rhetorical appeals and establish a credible authorial voice: use an effective organizational patternWV RLA.O.12.2.12.d - Students will: use sophisticated rhetorical appeals and establish a credible authorial voice: locate and interpret parallel structure, antithesis, and narrative pace


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WV RLA.O.12.2.13 - Students will: compose an analysis of a literary selection with precise literary terminology (e.g. symbolism, imagery) to establish credibility and authority, to support interpretation of the text, and to appeal to the audience's interests.WV RLA.S.12.3 - Students will apply listening, speaking and media literacy skills and strategies to communicate with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.

WV RLA.O.12.3.01 - Students will: present using the transactional process of communication to include the components of speaker, listener, message, channel, feedback, and noise.WV RLA.O.12.3.02 - Students will: plan, organize, adapt and deliver a grammatically correct presentation using a variety of media (e.g., live performance, video, PowerPoint, Web pages).WV RLA.O.12.3.03 - Students will: adapt and use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen for diverse purposes.WV RLA.O.12.3.03.a - Students will: adapt and use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen for diverse purposes. comprehensionWV RLA.O.12.3.03.b - Students will: adapt and use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen for diverse purposes. evaluationWV RLA.O.12.3.03.c - Students will: adapt and use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen for diverse purposes. expression of empathy

WV RLA.O.12.3.03.d - Students will: adapt and use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen for diverse purposes. persuasion


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WV RLA.O.12.3.03.e - Students will: adapt and use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen for diverse purposes. mediationWV RLA.O.12.3.03.f - Students will: adapt and use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen for diverse purposes. collaborationWV RLA.O.12.3.03.g - Students will: adapt and use verbal and nonverbal strategies to listen for diverse purposes. facilitationWV RLA.O.12.3.04 - Students will: critique and create examples of the wide range of purposes embedded in media communications.WV RLA.O.12.3.05 - Students will: plan, compose, produce, evaluate, and revise an age appropriate product from various forms of media communication that demonstrates an understanding of format, purpose, audience, and choice of medium.

WV RLA.O.12.3.06 - Students will: properly use private and public information.


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