Diagram and MicroSim Details¶

Total Visual Elements: 18 Diagrams: 5 MicroSims: 7

Chapter 1: Foundations¶

Total elements: 2

Lexile Level Explorer — Text Complexity in Action ¶

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Type: Microsim
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 7
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Apply understanding of Lexile levels to identify appropriately challenging texts for a given reader (Bloom Level 3 — Apply: use, demonstrate)....

The Five ELA Strands — Interactive Overview ¶

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Type: Diagram
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 2
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Recall the five ELA strands and explain how they form an interconnected system (Bloom Level 2 — Understand: explain, classify)....

Chapter 2: Literary Genres¶

Total elements: 2

Poetry Forms Comparison ¶

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Type: Microsim
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 7
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Compare and contrast (L2 — Understand) the four major poetry forms covered in this chapter by examining their key formal characteristics side by side....

The Literary Genre Landscape ¶

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Type: Unknown
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 3
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Classify (L2 — Understand) the four major literary categories and their subgenres by identifying where specific texts fit within the genre landscape....

Chapter 3: Narrative Elements¶

Total elements: 1

Freytag's Pyramid — Plot Structure Explorer ¶

Status: Specified
Type: Microsim
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 6
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Identify (L1 — Remember) and apply (L3 — Apply) the five stages of Freytag's Pyramid by locating them in a familiar narrative and understanding their ...

Chapter 4: Figurative Language¶

Total elements: 1

Figurative Language Explorer ¶

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Type: Microsim
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 7
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Identify (L1 — Remember) and distinguish (L2 — Understand) the nine major figures of speech by name, definition, and example, and recognize each when ...

Chapter 5: Narrative Techniques¶

Total elements: 2

American Literary Periods — Timeline Explorer ¶

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Type: Unknown
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 1
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify (L1 — Remember) and contextualize (L2 — Understand) the major American literary periods by placing representative authors and works within th...

Narrative Time — Scene, Summary, and Flashback ¶

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Type: Unknown
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 6
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Distinguish (L2 — Understand) between scene, summary, and flashback as narrative techniques by mapping them onto a visual representation of a narrativ...

Chapter 6: Informational Text¶

Total elements: 1

The Anatomy of an Argument ¶

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Type: Diagram
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 6
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Apply (L3 — Apply) the Toulmin model to identify and label the components of a real argument — claim, evidence, warrant, counterclaim, rebuttal — in a...

Chapter 7: Foundational Documents¶

Total elements: 2

Source Credibility Spectrum ¶

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Type: Unknown
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 2
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Evaluate (L5 — Evaluate) multiple sources on the same issue by mapping their credibility indicators and viewpoints on a comparative visual display....

The American Intellectual Tradition Timeline ¶

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Type: Unknown
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 2
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Understand (L2 — Understand) the chronological relationships among key foundational documents and writers, and identify which documents responded to o...

Chapter 8: Critical Thinking¶

Total elements: 1

Logical Fallacy Navigator ¶

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Type: Microsim
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 1
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Apply (L3 — Apply) knowledge of seven logical fallacies to correctly identify the fallacy type in provided example arguments, and explain why the argu...

Chapter 10: Writing Modes¶

Total elements: 1

The Essay Architecture Explorer ¶

Status: Specified
Type: Diagram
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 1
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Apply (L3 — Apply) the structural conventions of argumentative essays by identifying and labeling the components of a sample essay and by assembling t...

Chapter 11: Research Citation¶

Total elements: 1

The Research Writing Process ¶

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Type: Unknown
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 8
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Apply (L3 — Apply) the research methodology framework by mapping a research project's sources, their relationships, and their roles in the argument....

Chapter 12: Grammar¶

Total elements: 1

Sentence Structure Analyzer ¶

Status: Specified
Type: Microsim
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 5
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Apply (L3 — Apply) knowledge of sentence types and clause structure by correctly identifying and labeling the components of sample sentences....

Chapter 13: Language Conventions¶

Total elements: 1

Vocabulary Morphology Explorer ¶

Status: Specified
Type: Diagram
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 4
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Apply (L3 — Apply) morphological analysis by identifying word roots, prefixes, and suffixes to infer the meanings of unfamiliar academic vocabulary wo...

Chapter 15: Media Literacy¶

Total elements: 1

Cognitive Bias Spotter ¶

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Type: Microsim
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 0
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Apply (L3 — Apply) knowledge of cognitive biases by correctly identifying which bias or biases are operating in realistic scenario descriptions....

Chapter 16: Systems Thinking Ai¶

Total elements: 1

Causal Loop Diagram Explorer ¶

Status: Specified
Type: Diagram
Bloom's Taxonomy: Not specified
UI Elements: 2
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Apply (L3 — Apply) systems thinking by constructing and interpreting causal loop diagrams for real-world and literary scenarios....