The Girl with the Silver Eyes

Target Audience:  On-level 5th grade reading students

Connection:  2007 State Curriculum ELA Standards for South Carolina

Central Standard 1: 

5-1: The student will read and comprehend a variety of literary texts in print and nonprint formats. 

Indicators:

5-1.1 Analyze texts to draw conclusions and make inferences.            

5-1.2 Differentiate among points of view.  

5-1.3 Interpret devices of figurative langauge.

5-1.4 Analyze texts to distinguish between direct and indirect characterization.

5-1.6 Analyze details that support the main idea.

5-1.7 Create responses to literary texts through writing, creative dramatics, and the visual and performing arts.  

Central Standard 2:

5-3:  The Student will use word analysis and vocabulary strategies to read fluently.

5-3.1 Use context clues such as those that provide an example, a definition, or a restatement to generate the meanings of unfamiliar and multiple-meaning words.

5-3.2   Analyze the meaning of words by using a knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes.