improve work production and quality
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Consistently apply the editing process to
written materials prior to finalization
•
Use mnemonics or word association to
memorize important items
•
Rely on a focus statement in order to
determine the core elements of a chapter within
a novel or text
•
Develop study guides independently and with
assistance
•
Choose various types of graphic organizers to
assist in analyzing and synthesizing text
•
Use index cards as a study tool in a variety of
content areas
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LITERACY
Literature
Key ideas and details
•
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to
support analysis of what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn from the text
•
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and
analyze its development over the course of the
text; provide an objective summary of the text
•
Analyze how particular elements of a story or
drama interact
•
Recognize and analyze frequent themes across
various literary works
•
Identify types of poetic structures and define
how tone or meaning is conveyed through word
choice, figurative language, sentence
line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition,
and rhyme
Craft and structure
•
Determine the meaning of words and phrases
as they are used in a text, including figurative
and connotative meanings; analyze the impact
of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds on a
specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of
a story or drama
•
Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or
structure contributes to its meaning
•
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts
the points of view of different characters or
narrators in a text
•
Analyze characterization as delineated through
character’s speech patterns and actions,
narrator’s description; and words and actions of
other characters
Integration of knowledge and ideas
•
Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or
poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia
version, analyzing the effects of techniques
unique to each medium
•
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a
time, place, or character and a historical account
of the same period as a means of understanding
how authors of fiction use or alter history
Range of reading and level of text complexity
•
Read and comprehend literature, including
stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades
6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with
scaffolding as needed at the high end of the
range
Informational Text
Key Ideas and details
•
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to
support analysis of what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn from the text
•
Determine two or more central ideas in a text
and analyze their development over the course
of the text; provide an objective summary of
the text
•
Analyze the interactions between individuals,
events, and ideas in a text
•
Generate and discuss implied generalizations
from informational texts along with the specific
information that supports these generalizations
•
Explain how the motives of characters or the
causes of complex events in texts are similar to
and different from those in one’s real life
Craft and structure
•
Determine the meaning of words and phrases
as they are used in a text, including figurative,
connotative, and technical meanings; analyze
the impact of a specific word choice on
meaning and tone
•
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize
a text, including how the major sections
contribute to the whole and to the development
of the ideas
•
Determine an author’s point of view or
purpose in a text and analyze how the author
distinguishes his or her position from that of
others
•
Assess for adequacy, accuracy, and
appropriateness
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