2023 META24 Course Catalog-7

GP 06 - Presentation
of Knowledge
MIDDLE SCHOOL READING: LEVEL 1
Reading Skill 1: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text; analyze the
impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. Grammar Skill 1: Explain the function of
conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
Writing Skill 1: Revise Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly; bias.
Reading Skill 2: Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major
sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas including the role of particular
sentences in developing and refining a key concept. Grammar Skill 2: Explain the function of conjunctions,
prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences. Writing Skill 2:
Revise Use technology to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products.
Reading Skill 3: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author
acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints through multiple accounts of the
same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
Grammar Skill 3: Form and use prepositional phrases. Writing Skill 3: Revise Transitional words, phrases,
and clauses to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships
between claim(s) and reasons.
MATERIALS
• Figurative Language, Word Choice, Tone, Analogy, Allusion
• Structure: chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution
• Author’s point of view and Purpose
• Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases, conjunctions,
prepositions, and interjections
• Persuasive/Argumentative writing: Claims and Counterclaims,
Bias, Using Technology
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