No Promises In The Wind
by
Irene Hunt
PA Standards
1.1.8 D Identify basic facts and ideas in text using
specific strategies (e.g., recall genre characteristics, set a purpose for reading, generate essential questions as aids to comprehension and clarify understanding through rereading and discussion).
1.2.8 A
Read and understand essential content of informational texts and documents in all academic areas.
• Differentiate fact from opinion utilizing resources that go beyond traditional text (e.g., newspapers, magazines and periodicals) to electronic media.
• Distinguish between essential and nonessential information across texts and going
1.3.8 B
Analyze the use of
literary elements by an author including characterization,
setting, plot, theme, point of view, tone, and style.
7.1.6 A
• Point, line, area, location, distance, scale
• Map grids
• Alpha-numeric system
• Cardinal and intermediate directions
7.1.6 B
Describe and locate places and regions.
• Coordinate systems (e.g., latitude and longitude, time zones)
• Physical features
• In the United States (e.g., Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains, Great Plains)
8.1.6 A
Understand chronological thinking and distinguish between past, present and future time.
• Calendar time
• Time lines
• People and events in time
• Patterns of continuity and change
• Sequential order
• Context for events
8.1.6 C
C. Explain the fundamentals of historical interpretation.
• Difference between fact and opinion
• Multiple points of view
• Illustrations in historical stories
• Causes and results
• Author or source of historical narratives