2023 META24 Course Catalog-7

GP 15 - Integration of
Knowledge NONFICTION
LEVEL 2
Reading Skill 1: Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each
medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words). Evaluate
the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to
present a particular topic or idea. Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a
person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
Grammar Skill 1: Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional,
absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add
variety and interest to writing or presentations. Clauses (main, , noun, subordinate).
Writing Skill 1: EXPOSITORY Draft. effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Reading Skill 2: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning
is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims; recognize when irrelevant evidence is
introduced; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
Grammar Skill 2: Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional,
absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add
variety and interest to writing or presentations.
Writing Skill 2: EXPOSITORY Draft. creating self-generated questions, Introducing a topic; organizing complex
ideas, concepts, and information, drawing evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and
research, and provide a list of sources.
Reading Skill 3: Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key
information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts. Analyze a case in
which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree
on matters of fact or interpretation. Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g.,
Washington’s Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech, King’s “Letter from
Birmingham Jail”), including how they address related themes and concepts.
Grammar Skill 3: Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional,
absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add
variety and interest to writing or presentations. Clauses (simple, compound, complex).
Writing Skill 3: EXPOSITORY Draft. Precise and specific language: Informal and formal diction.
MATERIALS
• Compare and contrast multiple mediums, author’s purpose, theme, summary.
• Main idea (argument), Supporting Details (evidence), Opinion vs. Fact
• Analyze an author’s presentation of events compared to the presentation of another author.
• Clauses (simple, compound, complex).
• Expository Writing
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