California State Content Standards

You Selected: The Odyssey Mosaic Retelling

ELA R.1.1: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words and understand word derivations.

ELA R.1.2: Distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words and interpret the connotative power of words.

ELA R.1.3: Identify Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology and use the knowledge to understand the origin and meaning of new words (e.g., the word narcissistic drawn from the myth of Narcissus and Echo).

ELA R.2.1: Analyze the structure and format of functional workplace documents, including the graphics and headers, and explain how authors use the features to achieve their purposes.

ELA R.2.2: Prepare a bibliography of reference materials for a report using a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents.

ELA R.2.3: Generate relevant questions about readings on issues that can be researched.

ELA R.2.4: Synthesize the content from several sources or works by a single author dealing with a single issue; paraphrase the ideas and connect them to other sources and related topics to demonstrate comprehension.

ELA R.2.5: Extend ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration.

ELA R.2.6: Demonstrate use of sophisticated learning tools by following technical directions (e.g., those found with graphic calculators and specialized software programs and in access guides to World Wide Web sites on the Internet).

ELA R.2.7: Critique the logic of functional documents by examining the sequence of information and procedures in anticipation of possible reader misunderstandings.

ELA R.2.8: Evaluate the credibility of an author's argument or defense of a claim by critiquing the relationship between generalizations and evidence, the comprehensiveness of evidence, and the way in which the author's intent affects the structure and tone of the text (e.g., in professional journals, editorials, political speeches, primary source material).

ELA R.3.1: Articulate the relationship between the expressed purposes and the characteristics of different forms of dramatic literature (e.g., comedy, tragedy, drama, dramatic monologue).

ELA R.3.2: Compare and contrast the presentation of a similar theme or topic across genres to explain how the selection of genre shapes the theme or topic.

ELA R.3.3: Analyze interactions between main and subordinate characters in a literary text (e.g., internal and external conflicts, motivations, relationships, influences) and explain the way those interactions affect the plot.

ELA R.3.4: Determine characters' traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy.

ELA R.3.5: Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the ideas expressed in each work.

ELA R.3.6: Analyze and trace an author's development of time and sequence, including the use of complex literary devices (e.g., foreshadowing, flashbacks).

ELA R.3.7: Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices, including figurative language, imagery, allegory, and symbolism, and explain their appeal.

ELA R.3.8: Interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, ironies, and incongruities in a text.

ELA R.3.9: Explain how voice, persona, and the choice of a narrator affect characterization and the tone, plot, and credibility of a text.

ELA R.3.10: Identify and describe the function of dialogue, scene designs, soliloquies, asides, and character foils in dramatic literature.

ELA R.3.11: Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. (Aesthetic approach)

ELA R.3.12: Analyze the way in which a work of literature is related to the themes and issues of its historical period. (Historical approach)

ELA W.1.1: Establish a controlling impression or coherent thesis that conveys a clear and distinctive perspective on the subject and maintain a consistent tone and focus throughout the piece of writing.

ELA W.1.2: Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifiers, and the active rather than the passive voice.

ELA W.1.3: Use clear research questions and suitable research methods (e.g., library, electronic media, personal interview) to elicit and present evidence from primary and secondary sources.

ELA W.1.4: Develop the main ideas within the body of the composition through supporting evidence (e.g., scenarios, commonly held beliefs, hypotheses, definitions).

ELA W.1.6: Integrate quotations and citations into a written text while maintaining the flow of ideas.

ELA W.1.7: Use appropriate conventions for documentation in the text, notes, and bibliographies by adhering to those in style manuals (e.g., Modern Language Association Handbook, The Chicago Manual of Style).

ELA W.1.8: Design and publish documents by using advanced publishing software and graphic programs.

ELA W.1.9: Revise writing to improve the logic and coherence of the organization and controlling perspective, the precision of word choice, and the tone by taking into consideration the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.

ELA W.2.1.a: Relate a sequence of events and communicate the significance of the events to the audience.

ELA W.2.1.b: Locate scenes and incidents in specific places.

ELA W.2.1.c: Describe with concrete sensory details the sights, sounds, and smells of a scene and the specific actions, movements, gestures, and feelings of the characters; use interior monologue to depict the characters' feelings.

ELA W.2.1.e: Make effective use of descriptions of appearance, images, shifting perspectives, and sensory details.

ELA W.2.2.a: Demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of the significant ideas of literary works.

ELA W.2.2.b: Support important ideas and viewpoints through accurate and detailed references to the text or to other works.

ELA W.2.2.c: Demonstrate awareness of the author's use of stylistic devices and an appreciation of the effects created.

ELA W.2.3.d: Include visual aids by employing appropriate technology to organize and record information on charts, maps, and graphs.

ELA W.2.3.f: Use technical terms and notations accurately.

ELA C.1.2: Understand sentence construction (e.g., parallel structure, subordination, proper placement of modifiers) and proper English usage (e.g., consistency of verb tenses).

ELA C.1.3: Demonstrate an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, paragraph and sentence structure, diction, and syntax.

ELA C.1.5: Reflect appropriate manuscript requirements, including title page presentation, pagination, spacing and margins, and integration of source and support material (e.g., in-text citation, use of direct quotations, paraphrasing) with appropriate citations.

ELA L.1.3: Choose logical patterns of organization (e.g., chronological, topical, cause and effect) to inform and to persuade, by soliciting agreement or action, or to unite audiences behind a common belief or cause.

ELA L.1.4: Choose appropriate techniques for developing the introduction and conclusion (e.g., by using literary quotations, anecdotes, references to authoritative sources).

ELA L.1.5: Recognize and use elements of classical speech forms (e.g., introduction, first and second transitions, body, conclusion) in formulating rational arguments and applying the art of persuasion and debate.

ELA L.1.6: Present and advance a clear thesis statement and choose appropriate types of proof (e.g., statistics, testimony, specific instances) that meet standard tests for evidence, including credibility, validity, and relevance.

ELA L.1.7: Use props, visual aids, graphs, and electronic media to enhance the appeal and accuracy of presentations.

ELA L.1.8: Produce concise notes for extemporaneous delivery.

ELA L.1.9: Analyze the occasion and the interests of the audience and choose effective verbal and nonverbal techniques (e.g., voice, gestures, eye contact) for presentations.

ELA L.1.11: Assess how language and delivery affect the mood and tone of the oral communication and make an impact on the audience.

ELA L.1.12: Evaluate the clarity, quality, effectiveness, and general coherence of a speaker's important points, arguments, evidence, organization of ideas, delivery, diction, and syntax.

ELA L.1.13: Analyze the types of arguments used by the speaker, including argument by causation, analogy, authority, emotion, and logic.

ELA L.1.14: Identify the aesthetic effects of a media presentation and evaluate the techniques used to create them (e.g., compare Shakespeare's Henry V with Kenneth Branagh's 1990 film version).

ELA L.2.1.a: Narrate a sequence of events and communicate their significance to the audience.

ELA L.2.1.b: Locate scenes and incidents in specific places.

ELA L.2.1.c: Describe with concrete sensory details the sights, sounds, and smells of a scene and the specific actions, movements, gestures, and feelings of characters.

ELA L.2.1.d: Pace the presentation of actions to accommodate time or mood changes.

ELA L.2.4.a: Advance a judgment demonstrating a comprehensive grasp of the significant ideas of works or passages (i.e., make and support warranted assertions about the text).

ELA L.2.4.b: Support important ideas and viewpoints through accurate and detailed references to the text or to other works.

ELA L.2.4.c: Demonstrate awareness of the author's use of stylistic devices and an appreciation of the effects created.

ELA L.2.4.d: Identify and assess the impact of perceived ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text.

ELA L.2.6.a: Establish clearly the speaker's point of view on the subject of the presentation.

ELA L.2.6.b: Establish clearly the speaker's relationship with that subject (e.g., dispassionate observation, personal involvement).

ELA L.2.6.c: Use effective, factual descriptions of appearance, concrete images, shifting perspectives and vantage points, and sensory details.

Visual Arts 1.1: Identify and use the principles of design to discuss, analyze, and write about visual aspects in the environment and in works of art, including their own.

Visual Arts 1.4: Analyze and describe how the composition of a work of art is affected by the use of a particular principle of design.

Visual Arts 1.5: Analyze the material used by a given artist and describe how its use influences the meaning of the work.

Visual Arts 1.6: Compare and contrast similar styles of works of art done in electronic media with those done with materials traditionally used in the visual arts.

Visual Arts 2.1: Solve a visual arts problem that involves the effective use of the elements of art and the principles of design.

Visual Arts 2.3: Develop and refine skill in the manipulation of digital imagery (either still or video).

Visual Arts 3.2: Identify and describe the role and influence of new technologies on contemporary works of art.

Visual Arts 3.3: Identify and describe trends in the visual arts and discuss how the issues of time, place, and cultural influence are reflected in selected works of art.

Visual Arts 3.4: Discuss the purposes of art in selected contemporary cultures.

Visual Arts 4.1: Articulate how personal beliefs, cultural traditions, and current social, economic, and political contexts influence the interpretation of the meaning or message in a work of art.

Visual Arts 4.3: Formulate and support a position regarding the aesthetic value of a specific work of art and change or defend that position after considering the views of others

Visual Arts 4.4: Articulate the process and rationale for refining and reworking one of their own works of art.

Visual Arts 4.5: Employ the conventions of art criticism in writing and speaking about works of art.

Visual Arts 5.2: Create a work of art that communicates a cross-cultural or universal theme taken from literature or history.

Visual Arts 5.3: Compare and contrast the ways in which different media (television, newspapers, magazines) cover the same art exhibition.

Visual Arts 5.4: Demonstrate an understanding of the various skills of an artist, art critic, art historian, art collector, art gallery owner, and philosopher of art (aesthetician).

ELA 2.3.1: Identify environmental symbols/signs/cues

ELA 2.3.2: Match symbol or cue to activity of function

ELA 3.8: Follow one-step written instructions

ELA 3.10.1: Identify a basic element of text (main character, subject of text)

ELA 3.10.3: Recall events/story

ELA 3.10.4: Answer "Wh" questions about materials read

ELA 3.11.1: Sequence story line

ELA 3.11.2: Predict what will happen next when given a short story or a social situation

ELA 3.11.3: Determine cause by given effect, or determine effect by given cause

ELA 3.12.3: Use computer search engine to locate desired information

ELA 4.14.1: Demonstrate left to right/ top to bottom sequencing in a variety of activities

ELA 4.14.2: Hold writing implement

ELA 4.14.3: Make marks on paper

ELA 4.14.7: Produce name

ELA 4.15.1: Produce name

ELA 4.15.3: Use appropriate letter size in the document

ELA 4.16.1: Indicate awareness of computer

ELA 4.16.2: Use an input device for cause and effect

ELA 4.16.3: Make choices using single/multiple input device(s)

ELA 4.16.4: Utilize keyboard/device to access software

ELA 4.16.5: Utilize keyboard/device for writing functions

ELA 6.19.5: Communicate information using a complete sentence using gestures, actions, voice output device or vocalizations