Information+Skills+and+State+Standards

2.1.1 -** Continue an inquiry-based research process by applying critical-thinking skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation, organization) to information and knowledge in order to construct new understandings, draw conclusions, and create new knowledge. **3.1.1** - Conclude an inquiry-based research process by sharing new understandings and reflecting on the learning
 * __Standards for the 21st Century Learner__

**6.1.2** - Identify and interpret figurative language – including similes and metaphors. **(Core Standard)** **6.3.4** - Define how tone and meaning are conveyed through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, alliteration, and rhyme. **(Core Standard)** • develop an interpretation that shows careful reading, understanding, and insight. • organize the presentation around several clear ideas, premises, or images. • develop and justify the interpretation through the use of examples from the text. ** ** (Core Standard) ****
 * __Indiana 6th Grade L. Arts Standards__**
 * 6.2.7** - Make reasonable statements and draw conclusions about a text, supporting them with evidence from the text. **(Core Standard)**
 * 6.3.7** – Explain the effects of common literary devices, such as symbolism, imagery, simile, and metaphor in a variety of fictional and nonfictional texts. **(Core Standard)**
 * 6.7.12 - ** Deliver oral responses to literature that:

__**Indiana 8th Grade L. Arts Standards**__ • Ballad: a poem that tells a story • Lyric: words set to music • Couplet: two successive lines of verse that rhyme • Epic: a long poem that describes heroic deeds or adventures • Elegy: a mournful poem for the dead Ode: a poem of praise • Sonnet: a rhymed poem of 14 lines **(Core Standard)** • Metaphor: an implied comparison in which a word or phrase is used in place of another, such as //He was drowning in money//. • Symbolism: the use of an object to represent something else; for example, a dove might symbolize peace. • Dialect: the vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation used by people in different regions. • Irony: the use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning of the words, often to be humorous. **(Core Standard)** • interpret a reading and provide insight, connect personal responses to the writer's techniques and to specific textual references. • make supported inferences about the effects of a literary work on its audience. • support judgments through references to the text, other works, other authors, or personal knowledge. ** (Core Standard) **
 * 8.2.9** - Make reasonable statements and draw conclusions about a text, supporting them with accurate examples. **(Core Standard)**
 * 8.3.1** - Determine and articulate the relationship between the purposes and characteristics of different forms of poetry (including ballads, lyrics, couplets, epics, elegies, odes, and sonnets).
 * 8.3.6** - Identify significant literary devices, such as metaphor, symbolism, dialect or quotations, and irony, which define a writer's style and use those elements to interpret the work.
 * 8.7.11 ** - Deliver oral responses to literature that: