Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) …

Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.)

Standards ? English Language Arts, 2021

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Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................................... 5 Standards Map ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Progression of Foundations Benchmarks.................................................................................................... 11 Spiraled Standards in a Vertical Progression .............................................................................................. 13

Kindergarten ........................................................................................................................................... 26 Foundational Skills ............................................................................................................................. 26 Reading ............................................................................................................................................... 27 Communication................................................................................................................................... 29 Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................................... 32

Sample texts by benchmark .................................................................................................................... 33 1st Grade ................................................................................................................................................. 35

Foundational Skills ............................................................................................................................. 35 Reading ............................................................................................................................................... 36 Communication................................................................................................................................... 38 Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................................... 40 Sample texts by benchmark .................................................................................................................... 41 2nd Grade................................................................................................................................................ 43 Foundational Skills ............................................................................................................................. 43 Reading ............................................................................................................................................... 44 Communication................................................................................................................................... 45 Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................................... 48 Sample texts by benchmark ..................................................................................................................... 49 3rd Grade ................................................................................................................................................ 51 Foundational Skills ............................................................................................................................. 51 Reading ............................................................................................................................................... 51 Communication................................................................................................................................... 53 Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................................... 55 Sample texts by benchmark ..................................................................................................................... 57 4th Grade................................................................................................................................................. 60

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Foundational Skills ............................................................................................................................. 60 Reading ............................................................................................................................................... 61 Communication................................................................................................................................... 62 Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................................... 65 Sample texts by benchmark .................................................................................................................... 66 5th Grade................................................................................................................................................. 69 Foundational Skills ............................................................................................................................. 69 Reading ............................................................................................................................................... 69 Communication................................................................................................................................... 71 Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................................... 73 Sample texts by benchmark .................................................................................................................... 75 6th-8th Grade .............................................................................................................................................. 78 6th Grade................................................................................................................................................. 78 Reading ............................................................................................................................................... 78 Communication................................................................................................................................... 80 Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................................... 82 Sample texts by benchmark ..................................................................................................................... 83 7th Grade................................................................................................................................................. 86 Reading ............................................................................................................................................... 86 Communication................................................................................................................................... 88 Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................................... 90 Sample texts by benchmark ..................................................................................................................... 91 8th Grade................................................................................................................................................. 95 Reading ............................................................................................................................................... 95 Communication................................................................................................................................... 97 Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................................... 99 Sample texts by benchmark ................................................................................................................... 100 9th-12th Grade .......................................................................................................................................... 104 9th Grade............................................................................................................................................... 104 Reading ............................................................................................................................................. 104 Communication................................................................................................................................. 107

Vocabulary ........................................................................................................................................ 109

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Sample texts by benchmark .................................................................................................................. 110 10th Grade............................................................................................................................................. 114

Reading ............................................................................................................................................. 114 Communication................................................................................................................................. 116 Vocabulary ........................................................................................................................................ 118 Sample texts by benchmark .................................................................................................................. 119 11th Grade............................................................................................................................................. 125 Reading ............................................................................................................................................. 125 Communication................................................................................................................................. 128 Vocabulary ........................................................................................................................................ 130 Sample texts by benchmark .................................................................................................................. 131 12th Grade............................................................................................................................................. 136 Reading ............................................................................................................................................. 136 Communication................................................................................................................................. 139 Vocabulary ........................................................................................................................................ 140 Sample texts by benchmark .................................................................................................................. 142 6-12 Foundational Reading Intervention Standards.................................................................................. 145 Appendix A: K-12 ELA Expectations for Students .................................................................................. 147 K-12 ELA Expectations ........................................................................................................................ 147 Appendix B: Reading................................................................................................................................ 148 What is a Text?...................................................................................................................................... 148 Text Complexity ............................................................................................................................... 148 Literary Periods................................................................................................................................. 165 Background Knowledge........................................................................................................................ 168 Civic Literacy Reading List .............................................................................................................. 168 Text Features......................................................................................................................................... 172 Text Structures ...................................................................................................................................... 174 Figurative Language ......................................................................................................................... 175 Rhetoric............................................................................................................................................. 177 Archetypes ........................................................................................................................................ 178

Types of Logical Reasoning ............................................................................................................. 180 Fallacies in Reasoning (Informal) ..................................................................................................... 181

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