Reading Standards
Reading Standards
The National Standards for Literacy,
Charts Showing Literary and Nonfiction Priorities
Source: COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS, English Language Arts and
Literacy in History/Social Studies & Science, 2010;
Core Literacy Standards for Kindergarten
|READING LITERATURE |READING NONFICTION |
|KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |
|1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key |1. With prompting and support, ask and |
|details and events in a text. |answer questions about key details in a |
| |text. |
|2. With prompting and support, retell |2. With prompting and support, identify the |
|familiar stories, including key details. |main topic and retell key details of a text. |
|3. With prompting and support, identify |3. With prompting and support, describe the |
|characters, settings, and major events in |connection between two individuals, events, |
|a story. |ideas, or pieces of information in a text. |
|CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |
|4. Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. |4. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown |
| |words in a text. |
|5. Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems). |5. Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. |
|6. With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a |6. Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each |
|story and define the role of each in telling the story. |in presenting the ideas or information in a text. |
|INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |
|7. With prompting and support, describe |7. With prompting and support, describe |
|the relationship between illustrations and |the relationship between illustrations and the |
|the story in which they appear (e.g., what |text in which they appear (e.g., what person, |
|moment in a story an Illustration depicts). |place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration |
| |depicts). |
|8. (Not applicable to literature) |8. With prompting and support, identify |
| |the reasons an author gives to support points |
| |in a text. |
|9. With prompting and support, compare |9. With prompting and support, identify |
|and contrast the adventures and |basic similarities in and differences between |
|experiences of characters in familiar |two texts on the same topic (e.g., in |
|stories. |illustrations, descriptions, or procedures). |
|RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |
|10. Actively engage in group reading |10. Actively engage in group reading |
|activities with purpose and understanding. |activities with purpose and understanding. |
Core Literacy Standards for First Grade
|READING LITERATURE |READING NONFICTION |
|KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |
|1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. |1. Ask and answer questions about key |
| |details in a text. |
|2. Retell stories, including key details, and |2. Identify the main topic and retell key |
|demonstrate understanding of their |details of a text. |
|central message or lesson. | |
|3. Describe characters, settings, and |3. Describe the connection between two |
|major events in a story, using key details. |individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of |
| |information in a text. |
|CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |
|4. Identify words and phrases in stories or |4. Ask and answer questions to help |
|poems that suggest feelings or appeal to |determine or clarify the meaning of words |
|the senses. |and phrases in a text. |
|5. Explain major differences between |5. Know and use various text features (e.g., |
|books that tell stories and books that give |headings, tables of contents, glossaries, |
|information, drawing on a wide reading of |electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts |
|a range of text types. |or information in a text. |
|6. Identify who is telling the story at |6. Distinguish between information provided |
|various points in a text. |by pictures or other illustrations and |
| |information provided by the words in a text. |
|INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |
|7. Use illustrations and details in a story |7. Use the illustrations and details in a text |
|to describe its characters, setting, or |to describe its key ideas. |
|events. | |
|8. (Not applicable to literature) |8. Identify the reasons an author gives to |
| |support points in a text. |
|9. Compare and contrast the adventures |9. Identify basic similarities in and |
|and experiences of characters in stories. |differences between two texts on the same |
| |topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or |
| |procedures). |
|RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |
|10. With prompting and support, read |10. With prompting and support, read |
|prose and poetry of appropriate |informational texts appropriately complex |
|complexity for grade 1. |for grade 1. |
Core Literacy Standards for Second Grade
|READING LITERATURE |READING NONFICTION |
|KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |
|1. Ask and answer such questions as who, |1. Ask and answer such questions as who, |
|what, where, when, why, and how to |what, where, when, why, and how to |
|demonstrate understanding of key details |demonstrate understanding of key details |
|in a text. |in a text. |
|2. Recount stories, including fables and |2. Identify the main topic of a |
|folktales from diverse cultures, and |multiparagraph text as well as the focus of |
|determine their central message, lesson, |specific paragraphs within the text. |
|or moral. | |
|3. Describe how characters in a story |3. Describe the connection between a |
|respond to major events and challenges. |series of historical events, scientific ideas |
| |or concepts, or steps in technical |
| |procedures in a text. |
|CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |
|4. Describe how words and phrases (e.g., |4. Determine the meaning of words and |
|regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, |phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 |
|repeated lines) supply rhythm and |topic or subject area. |
|meaning in a story, poem, or song. | |
|5. Describe the overall structure of a story, |5. Know and use various text features |
|including describing how the beginning |(e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, |
|introduces the story and the ending |glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, |
|concludes the action. |icons) to locate key facts or information in |
| |a text efficiently. |
|6. Acknowledge differences in the points |6. Identify the main purpose of a text, |
|of view of characters, including by |including what the author wants to answer, |
|speaking in a different voice for each |explain, or describe. |
|character when reading dialogue aloud. | |
|INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |
|7. Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print |7. Explain how specific images (e.g., a |
|or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, |diagram showing how a machine works) |
|setting, or plot. |contribute to and clarify a text. |
|8. (Not applicable to literature) |8. Describe how reasons support specific |
| |points the author makes in a text. |
|9. Compare and contrast two or more |9. Compare and contrast the most |
|versions of the same story (e.g., |important points presented by two texts on |
|Cinderella stories) by different authors or |the same topic. |
|from different cultures. | |
|RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |
|10. By the end of the year, read and |10. By the end of year, read and |
|comprehend literature, including stories |comprehend informational texts, including |
|and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text |history/social studies, science, and |
|complexity band proficiently, with |technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text |
|scaffolding as needed at the high end of |complexity band proficiently, with |
|the range. |scaffolding as needed at the high end of |
| |the range. |
Core Literacy Standards for Third Grade
|READING LITERATURE |READING NONFICTION |
|KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |
|1. Ask and answer questions to |1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate |
|demonstrate understanding of a text, |understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the |
|referring explicitly to the text as the basis |text as the basis for the answers. |
|for the answers. | |
|2. Recount stories, including fables, |2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the |
|folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; |key details and explain how they support the |
|determine the central message, lesson, or |main idea. |
|moral and explain how it is conveyed | |
|through key details in the text. | |
|3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., |3. Describe the relationship between a series of |
|their traits, motivations, or feelings) and |historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or |
|explain how their actions contribute to the |steps in technical procedures in a text, using |
|sequence of events. |language that pertains to time, sequence, and |
| |cause/effect |
|CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |
|4. Determine the meaning of words and |4. Determine the meaning of general academic |
|phrases as they are used in a text, |and domain-specific words and phrases in a text |
|distinguishing literal from nonliteral |relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. |
|language. | |
|5. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking |5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key |
|about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how|words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate |
|each successive part builds on earlier sections. |information relevant to a given topic efficiently. |
|6. Distinguish their own point of view from |6. Distinguish their own point of view from that of |
|that of the narrator or those of the |the author of a text. |
|characters. | |
|INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |
|7. Explain how specific aspects of a text’s |7. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., |
|illustrations contribute to what is conveyed |maps, photographs) and the words in a text to |
|by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, |demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., |
|emphasize aspects of a character or |where, when, why, and how key events occur). |
|setting). | |
|8. (Not applicable to literature) |8. Describe the logical connection between |
| |particular sentences and paragraphs in a text |
| |(e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third |
| |in a sequence). |
|9. Compare and contrast the themes, |9. Compare and contrast the most important |
|settings, and plots of stories written by the |points and key details presented in two texts on |
|same author about the same or similar |the same topic. |
|characters (e.g., in books from a series). | |
|RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |
|10. By the end of the year, read and |10. By the end of the year, read and |
|comprehend literature, including stories, |comprehend informational texts, including |
|dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the |history/social studies, science, and technical |
|grades 2–3 text complexity band |texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text |
|independently and proficiently. |complexity band independently and proficiently. |
Core Literacy Standards for Fourth Grade
|READING LITERATURE |READING NONFICTION |
|KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |
|1. Refer to details and examples in a text |1. Refer to details and examples in a text when |
|when explaining what the text says explicitly |explaining what the text says explicitly and |
|and when drawing inferences from the text. |when drawing inferences from the text. |
|2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or |2. Determine the main idea of a text and |
|poem from details in the text; summarize the |explain how it is supported by key details; |
|text. |summarize the text. |
|3. Describe in depth a character, setting, or |3. Explain events, procedures, ideas, or |
|event in a story or drama, drawing on |concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical |
|specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s |text, including what happened and why, based |
|thoughts, words, or actions). |on specific information in the text. |
|CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |
|4. Determine the meaning of words and |4. Determine the meaning of general academic |
|phrases as they are used in a text, including |and domain-specific words or phrases in a text |
|those that allude to significant characters |relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area. |
|found in mythology (e.g., Herculean). | |
|5. Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer |5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., |
|to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and |chronology, comparison, cause/effect, |
|drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage|problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or |
|directions) when writing or speaking about a text. |information in a text or part of a text. |
|6. Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories |6. Compare and contrast a firsthand and |
|are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person |secondhand account of the same event or |
|narrations. |topic; describe the differences in focus and the |
| |information provided. |
|INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |
|7. Make connections between the text of a |7. Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., |
|story or drama and a visual or oral |in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements |
|presentation of the text, identifying where |on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding |
|each version reflects specific descriptions |of the text in which it appears. |
|and directions in the text. | |
|8. (Not applicable to literature) |8. Explain how an author uses reasons and |
| |evidence to support particular points in a text. |
|9. Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g.,|9. Integrate information from two texts on the |
|opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in |same topic in order to write or speak about the |
|stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures. |subject knowledgeably. |
|RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |
|10. By the end of the year, read and |10. By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including |
|comprehend literature, including stories, |history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4–5 text |
|dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4–5 text |complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of |
|complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding |the range. |
|as needed at the high end of the range. | |
Core Literacy Standards for Fifth Grade
|READING LITERATURE |READING NONFICTION |
|KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |
|1. Quote accurately from a text when |1. Quote accurately from a text when |
|explaining what the text says explicitly and |explaining what the text says explicitly and |
|when drawing inferences from the text. |when drawing inferences from the text. |
|2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or |2. Determine two or more main ideas of a |
|poem from details in the text, including how |text and explain how they are supported by |
|characters in a story or drama respond to |key details; summarize the text. |
|challenges or how the speaker in a poem | |
|reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. | |
|3. Compare and contrast two or more |3. Explain the relationships or interactions |
|characters, settings, or events in a story or |between two or more individuals, events, |
|drama, drawing on specific details in the text |ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or |
|(e.g., how characters interact). |technical text based on specific information |
| |in the text. |
|CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |
|4. Determine the meaning of words and |4. Determine the meaning of general |
|phrases as they are used in a text, including |academic and domain-specific words and |
|figurative language such as metaphors and |phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic |
|similes. |or subject area. |
|5. Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, |5. Compare and contrast the overall structure |
|or stanzas fits together to provide the overall |(e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, |
|structure of a particular story, drama, or |problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, |
|poem. |or information in two or more texts. |
|6. Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s |6. Analyze multiple accounts of the same |
|point of view influences how events are |event or topic, noting important similarities |
|described. |and differences in the point of view they |
| |represent. |
|INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |
|7. Analyze how visual and multimedia |7. Draw on information from multiple print or |
|elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or |digital sources, demonstrating the ability to |
|beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, |locate an answer to a question quickly or to |
|multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, |solve a problem efficiently. |
|myth, poem). | |
|8. (Not applicable to literature) |8. Explain how an author uses reasons and |
| |evidence to support particular points in a |
| |text, identifying which reasons and evidence |
| |support which point(s). |
|9. Compare and contrast stories in the same |9. Integrate information from several texts on |
|genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) |the same topic in order to write or speak |
|on their approaches to similar themes and |about the subject knowledgeably. |
|topics. | |
|RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |
|10. By the end of the year, read and |10. By the end of the year, read and |
|comprehend literature, including stories, |comprehend informational texts, including |
|dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the |history/social studies, science, and technical |
|grades 4–5 text complexity band |texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text |
|independently and proficiently. |complexity band independently and |
| |proficiently. |
Core Literacy Standards for Sixth Grade
|READING LITERATURE |READING NONFICTION |
|KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |
|1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis |1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of |
|of what the text says explicitly as well as |what the text says explicitly as well as |
|inferences drawn from the text. |inferences drawn from the text. |
|2. Determine a theme or central idea of a |2. Determine a central idea of a text and how it |
|text and how it is conveyed through |is conveyed through particular details; provide |
|particular details; provide a summary of the text |a summary of the text distinct from personal |
|distinct from personal opinions or judgments. |opinions or judgments. |
|3. Describe how a particular story’s or |3. Analyze in detail how a key individual, |
|drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes |event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and |
|as well as how the characters respond or |elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or |
|change as the plot moves toward a |anecdotes). |
|resolution. | |
|CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |
|4. Determine the meaning of words and |4. Determine the meaning of words and |
|phrases as they are used in a text, |phrases as they are used in a text, including |
|including figurative and connotative |figurative, connotative, and technical |
|meanings; analyze the impact of a specific |meanings. |
|word choice on meaning and tone. | |
|5. Analyze how a particular sentence, |5. Analyze how a particular sentence, |
|chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the |paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the |
|overall structure of a text and contributes to |overall structure of a text and contributes to the |
|the development of the theme, setting, or plot. |development of the ideas. |
|6. Explain how an author develops the |6. Determine an author’s point of view or |
|point of view of the narrator or speaker in a |purpose in a text and explain how it is |
|text. |conveyed in the text. |
|INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |
|7. Compare and contrast the experience of |7. Integrate information presented in different |
|reading a story, drama, or poem to listening |media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) |
|to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of |as well as in words to develop a coherent |
|the text, including contrasting what they “see” |understanding of a topic or issue. |
|and “hear” when reading the text to what they | |
|perceive when they listen or watch. | |
|8. (Not applicable to literature) |8. Trace and evaluate the argument and |
| |specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims |
| |that are supported by reasons and evidence |
| |from claims that are not. |
|9. Compare and contrast texts in different |9. Compare and contrast one author’s |
|forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; |presentation of events with that of another |
|historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of |(e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on |
|their approaches to similar themes and topics. |the same person). |
|RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |
|10. By the end of the year, read and |10. By the end of the year, read and |
|comprehend literature, including stories, |comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6 |
|dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text |8 text complexity band proficiently, with |
|complexity band proficiently, with |scaffolding as needed at the high end of the |
|scaffolding as needed at the high end of |range. |
|the range. | |
Core Literacy Standards for Seventh Grade
|READING LITERATURE |READING NONFICTION |
|KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |
|1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to |1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to |
|support analysis of what the text says explicitly |support analysis of what the text says explicitly as |
|as well as inferences drawn from the text. |well as inferences drawn from the text. |
|2. Determine a theme or central idea of a |2. Determine two or more central ideas in a |
|text and analyze its development over the |text and analyze their development over the |
|course of the text; provide an objective |course of the text; provide an objective |
|summary of the text. |summary of the text. |
|3. Analyze how particular elements of a |3. Analyze the interactions between |
|story or drama interact (e.g., how setting |individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., |
|shapes the characters or plot). |how ideas influence individuals or events, or |
| |how individuals influence ideas or events). |
|CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |
|4. Determine the meaning of words and |4. Determine the meaning of words and |
|phrases as they are used in a text, including |phrases as they are used in a text, including |
|figurative and connotative meanings; analyze |figurative, connotative, and technical |
|the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of |meanings; analyze the impact of a specific |
|sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or |word choice on meaning and tone. |
|stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. | |
|5. Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or |5. Analyze the structure an author uses to |
|structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes |organize a text, including how the major sections |
|to its meaning. |contribute to the whole and to the development of |
| |the ideas. |
|6. Analyze how an author develops and |6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose |
|contrasts the points of view of different |in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes |
|characters or narrators in a text. |his or her position from that of others. |
|INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |
|7. Compare and contrast a written story, |7. Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of|
|drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, |the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the |
|or multimedia version, analyzing the effects |delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words). |
|of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., | |
|lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and | |
|angles in a film). | |
|8. (Not applicable to literature) |8. Trace and evaluate the argument and |
| |specific claims in a text, assessing whether |
| |the reasoning is sound and the evidence is |
| |relevant and sufficient to support the claims. |
|9. Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal |9. Analyze how two or more authors writing |
|of a time, place, or character and a historical |about the same topic shape their |
|account of the same period as a means of |presentations of key information by |
|understanding how authors of fiction use or |emphasizing different evidence or advancing |
|alter history. |different interpretations of facts. |
|RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |
|10. By the end of the year, read and |10. By the end of the year, read and |
|comprehend literature, including stories, |comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades |
|dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text |6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with |
|complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding |scaffolding as needed at the high end of the |
|as needed at the high end of the range. |range. |
Core Literacy Standards for Eighth Grade
|READING LITERATURE |READING NONFICTION |
|KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |
|1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly |1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly |
|supports an analysis of what the text says |supports an analysis of what the text says |
|explicitly as well as inferences drawn from text. |explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. |
|2. Determine a theme or central idea of a |2. Determine a central idea of a text and |
|text and analyze its development over the |analyze its development over the course of the |
|course of the text, including its relationship |text, including its relationship to supporting |
|to the characters, setting, and plot; provide |ideas; provide an objective summary of the |
|an objective summary of the text. |text. |
|3. Analyze how particular lines of dialogue |3. Analyze how a text makes connections |
|or incidents in a story or drama propel the |among and distinctions between individuals, |
|action, reveal aspects of a character, or |ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, |
|provoke a decision. |analogies, or categories). |
|CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |
|4. Determine the meaning of words and |4. Determine the meaning of words and |
|phrases as they are used in a text, including |phrases as they are used in a text, including |
|figurative and connotative meanings; |figurative, connotative, and technical |
|analyze the impact of specific word choices |meanings; analyze the impact of specific word |
|on meaning and tone, including analogies or |choices on meaning and tone, including |
|allusions to other texts. |analogies or allusions to other texts. |
|5. Compare and contrast the structure of |5. Analyze in detail the structure of a specific |
|two or more texts and analyze how the |paragraph in a text, including the role of |
|differing structure of each text contributes to |particular sentences in developing and refining |
|its meaning and style. |a key concept. |
|6. Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and |6. Determine an author’s point of view or |
|the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) |purpose in a text and analyze how the author |
|create such effects as suspense or humor. |acknowledges and responds to conflicting |
| |evidence or viewpoints. |
|INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS |
|7. Analyze the extent to which a filmed or |7. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages |
|live production of a story or drama stays |of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital |
|faithful to or departs from the text or script, |text, video, multimedia) to present a particular |
|evaluating the choices made by the director |topic or idea. |
|or actors. | |
|8. (Not applicable to literature) |8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and |
| |specific claims in a text, assessing whether the |
| |reasoning is sound and the evidence is |
| |relevant and sufficient; recognize when |
| |irrelevant evidence is introduced. |
|9. Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws |9. Analyze a case in which two or more texts |
|on themes, patterns of events, or character |provide conflicting information on the same |
|types from myths, traditional stories, or religious |topic and identify where the texts disagree on |
|works such as the Bible, including describing |matters of fact or interpretation. |
|how the material is rendered new. | |
|RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |RANGE AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY |
|10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend |10. By the end of the year, read and |
|literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at |comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end |
|the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band |of the grades 6–8 text complexity band |
|independently and proficiently. |independently and proficiently. |
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