Blog Post #3
I'm going to begin by going over the Educator Toolkits I looked into when investigating the CPALMS website. Searching under the English department page, I came across a standard about a student's need to "Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently." When viewing the resources associated with this standard, a veritable mountain of possibilities emerged with an astonishing 1053 resources appearing, most of which were lesson plans. Investigating further, I realized just how useful these resources were with a bulk majority being an intricate lesson into analyzing a given article or articles where students would have to prove some sort of comprehension of the content along with other skills. One such example, titled Dealing with Grief: A Comparison of Tone and Theme , combines this standard's objectives with other useful instruction. It touches upon "poetic devices, form, and point of view" as well as doubles as some emotional teaching...