Reading Standards for Literature 6–12 & Reading Standards for Information 6-12
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RL.7.IA.1Employ the full range of research-based comprehension strategies, including making connections, determining importance, questioning, visualizing, making inferences, summarizing, and monitoring for comprehension.
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RL.7.IA.2Read on-level text, both silently and orally, at an appropriate rate with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
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RL.7.1Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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RL.7.2Determine 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.
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RL7.3Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
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RI.7.IA.1Employ the full range of research-based comprehension strategies, including making connections, determining importance, questioning, visualizing, making inferences, summarizing, and monitoring for comprehension.
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RI.7.IA.2Read on-level text, both silently and orally, at an appropriate rate with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
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RI.7.1Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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RI.7.2Determine 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.
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RI.7.3Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
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Key Ideas and Details
RL.7.IA.1Employ the full range of research-based comprehension strategies, including making connections, determining importance, questioning, visualizing, making inferences, summarizing, and monitoring for comprehension.
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RL.7.IA.2Read on-level text, both silently and orally, at an appropriate rate with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
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RL.7.1Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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RL.7.2Determine 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.
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RL7.3Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
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RI.7.IA.1Employ the full range of research-based comprehension strategies, including making connections, determining importance, questioning, visualizing, making inferences, summarizing, and monitoring for comprehension.
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RI.7.IA.2Read on-level text, both silently and orally, at an appropriate rate with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
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RI.7.1Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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RI.7.2Determine 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.
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RI.7.3Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
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Craft and Structure
RL.7.4Determine 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 (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
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RL.7.5Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
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RL.7.6Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
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RI.7.4Determine 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.
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RI.7.5Analyze 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.
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RI.7.6Determine 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.
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RL.7.4Determine 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 (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
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RL.7.5Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
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RL.7.6Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
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RI.7.4Determine 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.
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RI.7.5Analyze 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.
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RI.7.6Determine 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.
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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.7.7Compare 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 (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
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RL.7.8(Not applicable to literature)
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Reading Standards for Literature 6–12RL.7.9Compare 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.
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RI.7.7Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).
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RI.7.8Trace 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.
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RI.7.9Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
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RL.7.7Compare 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 (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
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RL.7.8(Not applicable to literature)
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Reading Standards for Literature 6–12RL.7.9Compare 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.
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RI.7.7Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).
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RI.7.8Trace 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.
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RI.7.9Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
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Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RL.7.10By the end of the year, 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.
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RI.7.10By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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RL.7.10By the end of the year, 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.
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RI.7.10By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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