Unit 5: Prove your point

BRV.01 demonstrate the ability to read and respond to a variety of texts;
BRV.02 demonstrate understanding of the organizational structure and features of a variety of informational, narrative, and graphic texts, including opinion pieces, information paragraphs, textbooks, newspaper reports and magazine stories, and short fiction;
BRV.03 demonstrate understanding of the content and meaning of informational, narrative, and graphic texts that they have read using a variety of reading strategies;
BRV.04 use a variety of strategies to understand unfamiliar and specialized words and expressions in informational, narrative, and graphic texts.

Specific Expectations:

BR1.02 demonstrate the ability to read independently for personal, school-related, and career-related purposes (e.g., by writing a response to a text, answering assigned questions about a text, creating a summary of events outlined in a newspaper report, comparing descriptions of apprenticeship programs and writing a covering letter of application to one of the programs);
BR2.02 use knowledge of the organizational structure of opinion pieces (e.g., editorials, proposals, short essays in magazines or newspapers) to identify opinions, main ideas or arguments, and supporting details;
BR3.01 choose an appropriate approach to reading a text to match the purpose for reading (e.g., scan to locate the relevant section in a text; skim to identify the main point; read closely to clarify one’s obligations in a contract);
BR3.03 use appropriate strategies to activate and build on prior knowledge of the content of the informational, narrative, or graphic selections (e.g., brainstorm about a topic);
BR3.04 use appropriate strategies to monitor comprehension when reading informational and narrative texts (e.g., pose questions to check understanding; reread passages to clarify understanding; adjust reading speed to suit the complexity of the text);
BR3.05 use appropriate strategies to track and record information and ideas while reading informational and narrative texts (e.g., use highlighter, note-taking, or a visual organizer to identify key facts, points in an argument, or events in a narrative);
BR3.06 use appropriate strategies to locate information in different types of texts, including:

• Informational texts (e.g., search for key words from a question about the selection to locate specific information);
• Narrative texts (e.g., reread the first sentence of successive paragraphs to identify the sequence of events and/or transitions in scene or changes in speaker);
• Graphic texts (e.g., use a ruler to read along lines in a table; read up from the horizontal axis and across from the vertical axis to find a point on a graph);

BR4.01 use appropriate strategies to discover the meaning of unfamiliar and technical words encountered in their reading (e.g., use print, online, and bilingual dictionaries; use context to determine the meaning of new words; create concept maps using new words; build a bank of sight words to increase reading fluency);
BW1.01 identify the topic, the audience, the purpose for writing, and the requirements of the particular writing form.