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1 Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies
of the reading process Sixth Grade
6-1-1 Generates interesting questions
to be answered while reading
6-1-2 Represents abstract information
(e.g., concepts, generalizations)
6-1-3 Reflects on what has been learned
after reading and formulates ideas, opinions, and personal
responses to texts
6-1-4 Reads fluently at an appropriate
rate for this grade level
Seventh Grade
7-1-1 Establishes and adjusts purposes
for reading (e.g., to understand, interpret, enjoy, solve
problems, predict outcomes, answer a specific question,
form an opinion, skim for facts)
7-1-2 Uses specific strategies to clear
up confusing parts of a text (e.g., pauses, rereads the
text, consults another source, draws upon background knowledge,
asks for help)
7-1-3 Reads fluently at an appropriate
rate for this grade level
Eighth Grade
8-1-1 Uses a variety of strategies to
define and extend understanding of word meaning (e.g.,
applies knowledge of word origins and deviations, analogies,
idioms, similes, metaphors)
8-1-2 Identifies specific devices an
author uses to accomplish his or her purpose (e.g., persuasive
techniques, style, literary form)
8-1-3 Reads fluently at an appropriate
rate for this grade level
Standard: 2 Demonstrates competence
in the general skills and strategies for reading a variety
of literary texts
Sixth Grade
6-2-1 Understands the effects of the
author's style on a literary text (e.g., how it elicits
an emotional response from the reader)
6-2-2 Identifies point of view in a
literary text (e.g., distinguishes between first and third
person)
6-2-3 Explains how the motives of characters
or the causes for complex events in texts are similar
to and different from those in his or her own life
6-2-4 Understand that people respond
differently to literature
Seventh Grade
7-2-1 Knows the defining characteristics
of a variety of literary forms and genres (e.g., fiction,
nonfiction, myths, poems, fantasies, biographies, autobiographies,
science fiction, tall tales, supernatural tales)
7-2-2 Recognizes complex elements of
plot (e.g., cause-and-effect relationships, conflicts,
resolutions)
7-2-3 Recognizes devices used to develop
characters in literary texts (e.g., character traits,
motivations, changes, and stereotypes)
7-2-4 Understands complex, extended
dialogues and how they relate to a story
Eighth Grade
8-2-1 Applies reading skills and strategies
to a variety of literary passages and texts (e.g., fiction,
nonfiction, myths, poems, fantasies, biographies, autobiographies,
science fiction, tall tales, supernatural tales)
8-2-2 Identifies specific questions
of personal importance and seeks to answer them through
literature
8-2-3 Makes inferences and draws conclusions
about story elements (e.g., main and subordinate characters,
events, setting, theme, missing details)
8-2-4 Recognizes the use of specific
literary devices (e.g., foreshadowing, flashback, progressive
and digressive time, suspense, figurative language, description,
metaphor)
Standard: 3 Demonstrates competence
in the general skills and strategies for reading a variety
of informational and technical texts
Sixth Grade
6-3-1 Identifies techniques used to
convey viewpoint (e.g., word choice, language structure,
context)
6-3-2 Seeks peer help to understand
information
6-3-3 Differenitiates between fact and
opinion in informational texts
Seventh Grade
7-3-1 Knows the defining characteristics
of a variety of informational texts (e.g., textbooks,
biographical sketches, letters, diaries, directions, procedures,
magazines, essays, primary source historical documents,
editorials, news stories, periodicals, bus routes, catalogues)
7-3-2 Identifies information-organizing
strategies that are personally most useful
7-3-3 Uses new information to adjust
and extend persoanl knowledge base
Eighth Grade
8-3-1 Applies reading skills and strategies
to a variety of information texts (e.g., textbooks, biographical
sketches, letters, diaries, directions, procedures, magazines,
essays, primary source historical documents, editorials,
news stories, periodicals, bus routes, catalogues)
8-3-2 Summarizes and paraphrases complex,
explicit hierarchic structures in informational texts
8-3-3 Draws conclusions and makes inferences
based on explicit and implicit information in texts
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