The Correlation of

 

PLATO©

 

Curricula to

 

Arizona Academic Standards and Accountability

(AASA)

Reading Standard Articulated by Grade Level (Adopted 3.31.03)



May 5, 2004


PLATO© Correlation to the Arizona Academic Standards and Accountability


INTRODUCTION

 

PLATO Learning Inc. combines PLATO© computer-assisted instruction into a flexible integrated learning system to enhance instructional effectiveness in education programs. This document identifies PLATO instructional activities that correlate to the Arizona Academic Standards and Accountability, Reading Standard Articulated by Grade Level (Adopted 3.31.03), dated .URL: http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/contentstandards.asp

It is recommended that instructors review the correlation in order to fine-tune the activity to fit their educational environment. Modules may be added or removed; Web sites and offline activities may also be incorporated to enhance the learning path.

The following PLATO courseware was used in this alignment:

Intermediate Reading Strategies
Advanced Reading Strategies
Reading for Information
Writing Series
Writing in the Workplace
Communication
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 8
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 9
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 8
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Information and Expository Text, Level 9



PLATO Learning, Inc. looks forward to supporting your initiatives in providing successful educational programs using PLATO© computer-based lessons.

Strand

Concept

Grade Level

Performance Objective

 

Section

Strand 1: Reading Process

Concept 4: Vocabulary

Acquire and use new vocabulary in relevant contexts.

Grade 9

PO 1. Determine the meaning of vocabulary, using linguistic roots and affixes (e.g., Latin, Greek, Anglo- Saxon).

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

 

PO 2. Infer word meanings from context (e.g., definition, example, restatement, comparison/contrast, cause/effect).

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Enriching Your Vocabulary
      ·Using Context Clues to Find Word Meanings

 

 

 

 

 

Reading for Information
   ·Reading Business Letters
      ·Which Meaning?

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 9
   ·Vocabulary and Reading Literature
      ·Level 9A-9F

 

 

 

 

PO 3. Distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

 

PO 4. Identify the meaning of metaphors based on common literary allusions.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

 

PO 5. Identify the meanings, pronunciations, syllabication, synonyms, antonyms, parts of speech, and correct spellings by using resources such as general and specialized dictionaries, thesauri, or glossaries (and CD-ROM and the Internet when available).

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Enriching Your Vocabulary
      ·Using the Dictionary to Find Word Meanings

 

 

 

 

 

Reading for Information
   ·Reading Reference and Technical Material
      ·Using a Glossary

 

 

 

 

 

Writing Series
   ·Word Usage
      ·Synonyms and Antonyms

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Word Confusion Review

 

Concept 5: Fluency

Read fluently.

 

PO 1. Read from a variety of genres with accuracy, automaticity (immediate recognition), and prosody (expression).

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

Concept 6: Comprehension Strategies

Employ strategies to comprehend text.

 

PO 1. Predict text content using prior knowledge and text features (e.g., illustrations, titles, topic sentences, key words).

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Using Prior Knowledge When You Read
      ·Using Prior Knowledge to Read Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Prior Knowledge to Read Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Prior Knowledge to Read More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Locating What's Important
      ·Locating What's Important in Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Locating What's Important in More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Visualizing When You Read
      ·Visualizing When You Read Literature

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Monitoring Your Comprehension
      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

PO 2. Generate clarifying questions in order to comprehend text.

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Using a Question/Answer Strategy
      ·Using a Question/Answer Strategy with Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using a Question/Answer Strategy with Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using a Question/Answer Strategy with More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 9
   ·Vocabulary and Reading Literature
      ·Level 9A-9F

 

 

 

 

PO 3. Use graphic organizers in order to clarify the meaning of the text.

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand
      ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Monitoring Your Comprehension
      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

Reading for Information
   ·Reading Reference and Technical Material
      ·Reading Symbols

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using A Key or Legend

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Directions
      ·Using Directions with Maps and Floor Plans

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Directions with Diagrams

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Reports
      ·Introduction to Reports

 

 

 

 

 

Writing in the Workplace
   ·Writing Business Forms
      ·Transferring Information

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Proceeding through Forms

 

 

 

 

PO 4. Connect information and events in text to experience and to related text and sources.

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

 

PO 5. Apply knowledge of organizational structures (e.g., chronological order, time-sequence order, cause and effect relationships, logical order, by classification, problem-solution) of text to aid comprehension.

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Locating What's Important
      ·Locating What's Important in Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Locating What's Important in Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

Reading for Information
   ·Reading Directions
      ·Cause and Effect in Reading Directions

 

 

 

 

 

      ·More Than One Cause or Effect

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Reports
      ·Cause and Effect in Reports

Strand 2: Comprehending Literary Text

Concept 1:Elements of Literature: Identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structures and elements of literature.

Grade 9

PO 1. Describe the author’s use of literary elements:

characterization (qualities, motives, actions, thoughts, dialogue, development, interactions),

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Locating What's Important
      ·Locating What's Important in Literature

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Reading Strategies
   ·Reading the Social Sciences
      ·Level 9

 

 

 

 

plot (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution).

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

 

point of view (e.g., first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient),

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

 

setting (time of day or year, historical period, place, situation), and

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

 

theme (moral, lesson, meaning, message, view or comment on life),

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

PO 2. Explain different elements of figurative language, including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbolism, allusion, and imagery in a literary selection.

 

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Using Prior Knowledge When You Read
      ·Using Prior Knowledge to Read Literature

 

 

 

PO 3. Compare (and contrast) works within a literary genre that deal with similar themes (e.g., compare short stories, novels, short stories, poems).

 

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

PO 4. Compare interactions among major characters and minor characters in literary text with emphasis upon how the plot is revealed through action of the dialog.

 

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Locating What's Important
      ·Locating What's Important in Literature

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Reading Strategies
   ·Reading the Social Sciences
      ·Level 9

 

Concept 2: Historical and Cultural Aspects of Literature-Recognize and apply knowledge of the historical and cultural aspects of American, British, and world literature.

 

PO 1. Describe the historical and cultural aspects found in cross-cultural works of literature.

 

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

PO 2. Compare (and contrast) classic works of literature that deal with similar topics and problems (e.g., individual and society, meaning of friendship, freedom, responsibility).

 

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

PO 3. Recognize ways that forms of literature (including poetry, novel and/or short story) present similar themes differently across genres.

 

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

Strand 3: Comprehending Informational Text

Concept 1: Expository Text: Identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures, and elements of expository text.

 

PO 1. Compare (and contrast) original text to a summary for accuracy of the main ideas, inclusion of critical details, and the extent to which it conveys the underlying meaning of the original text.

 

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Using Prior Knowledge When You Read
      ·Using Prior Knowledge to Read Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Prior Knowledge to Read More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Using a Question/Answer Strategy
      ·Using a Question/Answer Strategy with Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using a Question/Answer Strategy with Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using a Question/Answer Strategy with More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Locating What's Important
      ·Locating What's Important in Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Locating What's Important in Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Locating What's Important in More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Summarizing What's Important
      ·Summarizing What's Important in Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Summarizing What's Important in Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Summarizing What's Important in More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Visualizing When You Read
      ·Visualizing When You Read Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Monitoring Your Comprehension
      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Reading Strategies
   ·Reading Science
      ·Level 9

 

 

 

 

 

Reading for Information
   ·Reading Short Messages
      ·Getting All the Details

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Forms
      ·Using Two or More Forms

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Reports
      ·Similarities and Differences in Reports

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Planning Your Approach to Reports

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Reading Reports That Make Claims

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 9
   ·Vocabulary and Reading Literature
      ·Level 9A-9F

 

 

 

PO 2. Distinguish facts from opinions in expository selections such as editorials, newspaper articles, essays, reviews, and critiques, providing supporting evidence from the text.

 

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Discovering Facts and Opinions
      ·Discovering Facts and Opinions

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Discovering More Facts and Opinions

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Monitoring Your Comprehension
      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Reading Strategies
   ·Reading the Social Sciences
      ·Level 9

 

 

 

PO 3. Locate specific information by using organizational features (e.g., table of contents, headings, captions, bold print, italics, glossaries, indices, key/guide words, topic sentences, concluding sentences, end notes, footnotes, bibliographic references) in expository text. (Connected to Research Strand in Writing)

 

Reading for Information
   ·Reading Reference and Technical Material
      ·Using a Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Use Alphabetical Order to Find Words

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using a Glossary

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using an Index

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Finding What You Need In A Book

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Locating the Details

 

 

 

 

 

Writing in the Workplace
   ·Writing Business Forms
      ·Transferring Information

 

 

 

PO 4. Organize information from both primary and secondary sources by taking notes, outlining ideas, paraphrasing information; and by making charts, conceptual maps, learning logs, and/or timelines. (Connected to Research Strand in Writing)

 

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Summarizing What's Important
      ·Summarizing What's Important in Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Summarizing What's Important in Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Summarizing What's Important in More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

Writing Series
   ·Applications- Essay Writing
      ·Working with the Topic

 

 

 

 

 

Writing in the Workplace
   ·Writing Reports
      ·Organizing Ideas

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Writing Up Ideas

 

 

 

PO 5. Interpret graphic sources of information (e.g., charts, maps, diagrams, illustrations, tables, timelines, graphs) to support ideas. (Connected to Research Strand in Writing)

 

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand
      ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Monitoring Your Comprehension
      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

Reading for Information
   ·Reading Reference and Technical Material
      ·Reading Symbols

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using A Key or Legend

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Directions
      ·Using Directions with Maps and Floor Plans

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Directions with Diagrams

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Reports
      ·Introduction to Reports

 

 

 

 

 

Writing in the Workplace
   ·Writing Business Forms
      ·Transferring Information

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Proceeding through Forms

 

 

 

PO 7. Explain how one excerpt relates and contributes to the reading selection (e.g., sentence to paragraph, paragraph to selection).

 

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

PO 8. Support conclusions drawn from ideas and concepts in expository text.

 

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Making Inferences
      ·Making Inferences about Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Making Inferences about Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Making Inferences about More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Monitoring Your Comprehension
      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Reading Strategies
   ·Reading the Social Sciences
      ·Level 9

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Science

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 9
   ·Vocabulary and Reading Literature
      ·Level 9A-9F

 

Concept 2: Functional Text: Identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures, clarity, and relevancy of functional text.

 

PO 1 Synthesize information from multiple sources (e.g., texts, maps, illustrations, workplace documents, and schematic diagrams) to solve a problem.

 

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand
      ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Monitoring Your Comprehension
      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

Reading for Information
   ·Reading Reference and Technical Material
      ·Reading Symbols

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using A Key or Legend

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Directions
      ·Using Directions with Maps and Floor Plans

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Directions with Diagrams

 

 

 

PO 2. Synthesize information from multiple sources (e.g., texts, maps, illustrations, workplace documents, and schematic diagrams) to draw conclusions.

 

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Making Inferences
      ·Making Inferences about Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Making Inferences about Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Making Inferences about More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand
      ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Graphics to Help You Understand More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Monitoring Your Comprehension
      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Reading Strategies
   ·Reading the Social Sciences
      ·Level 9

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Science

 

 

 

 

 

Reading for Information
   ·Reading Reference and Technical Material
      ·Reading Symbols

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using A Key or Legend

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Directions
      ·Using Directions with Maps and Floor Plans

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Directions with Diagrams

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension - Stories and Literature, Level 9
   ·Vocabulary and Reading Literature
      ·Level 9A-9F

 

 

 

PO 3. Identify the objective(s) of functional text (e.g., warranties, product information, technical manuals, consumer publications, workplace documents).

 

Reading for Information
   ·Reading Directions
      ·Types of Sequences

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Following Steps in a Sequence

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using If-Then-Else Statements

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Directions with Maps and Floor Plans

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Using Directions with Diagrams

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Cause and Effect in Reading Directions

 

 

 

 

 

      ·More Than One Cause or Effect

 

 

 

 

 

      ·A Strategy for Reading Directions

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Reading Forms
      ·Following Directions on Forms

 

Concept 3: Persuasive Text: Explain basic elements of argument in text and their relationship to the author’s purpose and use of persuasive strategies.

 

PO 1. Identify the central argument and its elements (e.g., argument by cause and effect, analogy, authority, emotion, or logic) in persuasive text.

 

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

PO 2. Evaluate the appropriateness of an author’s word choice for an intended audience.

 

PLATO Modules are not available for this learning expectation.

 

 

 

PO 3. Identify unsupported inferences or fallacious reasoning (e.g., circular reasoning, false causality, over-generalization, over-simplification, self-contradiction) in the arguments advanced in persuasive text.

 

Intermediate Reading Strategies
   ·Making Inferences
      ·Making Inferences about Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Making Inferences about Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Making Inferences about More Expository Text

 

 

 

 

 

   ·Monitoring Your Comprehension
      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Literature

 

 

 

 

 

      ·Monitoring Your Comprehension of Expository Text