Objectives According to Bloom Taxonomy (4^th Grade Language Arts)

Knowledge

·        The student will identify roots and affixes in words.

·        The student will identify facts, opinions, or tools of persuasion in text

Comprehension

• The student will recognize or generate a summary or paraphrase of the events or ideas in text, citing text-based evidence
• The student will interpret increasingly complex literary text, literary nonfiction, and informational text to compare and contrast information, citing text-based evidence.
• The student will use and reflect on an appropriate composing process (e.g., planning, drafting, revising, editing, publishing/ sharing) to express, communicate, evaluate, or exchange ideas with a focus on texts increasing complexity and length.

Application

·        The student will use syllabication for decoding words.

• The student will use reference to determine the meaning, pronunciation, syllabication, synonyms, antonyms, and parts of speech for unknown words
• The student will use definitional, synonym, or antonym context clues to infer the meanings of unfamiliar words.
• The student will apply knowledge of simple figurative language (e.g., simile,    metaphor, personification, hyperbole) to determine the meaning of words and to communicate.
• The student will apply knowledge of text features, parts of a book, text structures, and genres to understand, interpret, or analyze text.
• The student will apply knowledge of sentence structure in composing or editing

Analysis

• The student will analyze texts in order to identify, understand, infer, or synthesize information

Synthesis

·        The student will develop and apply expansive knowledge of words and word meanings to communicate.

·        The student will apply Standard English grammar to compose or edit.

·        The student will apply Standard English mechanics to compose or edit.

·        The student will compose informational text clearly expressing a main idea with supporting details, including but not limited to, text containing chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, or simple procedure.

·        The student will compose narrative text relating an event with a clear beginning, middle, and end

·        The student will compose descriptive texts using specific details and vivid language

·        The student will identify and produce grade level appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms

• The student will compose simple persuasive text clearly expressing a main idea with supporting details for a specific purpose and audience.
• The student will compose text based on inquiry and research

Evaluation