1. International Baccalaureate (IB) 

      It aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. Encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

 

  2. Standards of Compulsory education of China (middle school)

 

  3. English Language Arts Standards --- Common Core

1) Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences are drawn from the text.

2) Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

3) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

4) Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader 

5) Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

6) Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.

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   4. History/Social Studies standards (Grade 6-8)—Common Core

1) Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

2) Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

3) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

4) Describe how a text presents information

5) Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose

6) Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.