Language |
| L.6: Knowledge of Language |
| L.6.3 | Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. |
| L.7: Knowledge of Language |
| L.7.3a | Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.* |
Reading History/Social Studies |
| RH.6-8: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas |
| RH.6-8.7 | Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. |
Reading Informational |
| RI.7: Craft and Structure |
| RI.7.5 | 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. |
| Key Ideas and Details |
| RI.7.3 | Analyze 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). |
| RI.8: Craft and Structure |
| RI.8.5 | Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept. |
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| RI.8.6 | Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints. |
| Key Ideas and Details |
| RI.8.3 | Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories). |
Reading Literature |
| RL.6: Craft and Structure |
| RL.6.4 | Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. |
| Key Ideas and Details |
| RL.6.1 | Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. |
| RL.7: Craft and Structure |
| RL.7.6 | Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. |
| Key Ideas and Details |
| RL.7.2 | 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. |
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| RL.7.3 | Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). |
| RL.8: Key Ideas and Details |
| RL.8.2 | Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. |
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| RL.8.3 | Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. |
Speaking & Listening |
| SL.6: Comprehension and Collaboration |
| SL.6.1 | Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. |
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| SL.6.2 | Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study. |
| SL.7: Comprehension and Collaboration |
| SL.7.1 | Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. |
| SL.8: Comprehension and Collaboration |
| SL.8.1 | Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. |
Writing |
| W.6: Production and Distribution of Writing |
| W.6.4 | Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) |
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| W.6.5 | With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. |
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| W.6.6 | Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting. |
| Text Types and Purposes |
| W.6.2 | Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. |
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| W.6.2c | Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. |
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| W.6.2d | Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. |
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| W.6.3a | Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. |
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| W.6.3d | Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events. |
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| W.6.3e | Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. |
| W.7: Production and Distribution of Writing |
| W.7.4 | Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) |
| Text Types and Purposes |
| W.7.2 | Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. |
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| W.7.2a | Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. |
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| W.7.2c | Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. |
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| W.7.2d | Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. |
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| W.7.3 | Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. |
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| W.7.3a | Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. |
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| W.7.3b | Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. |
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| W.7.3c | Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. |
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| W.7.3d | Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. |
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| W.7.3e | Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events. |
| W.8: Production and Distribution of Writing |
| W.8.4 | Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) |
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| W.8.5 | With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. |
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| W.8.6 | Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others. |
| Text Types and Purposes |
| W.8.2c | Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. |
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| W.8.2d | Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. |
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| W.8.3 | Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. |
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| W.8.3a | Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. |
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| W.8.3b | Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. |
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| W.8.3c | Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events. |
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| W.8.3d | Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. |
Writing HS/S/T |
| WHST.6-8: Production and Distribution of Writing |
| WHST.6-8.4 | Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. |
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| WHST.6-8.5 | With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. |
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| WHST.6-8.6 | Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently. |
| Text Types and Purposes |
| WHST.6-8.2a | Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpose; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. |
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| WHST.6-8.2c | Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. |
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| WHST.6-8.2d | Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. |
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| WHST.6-8.2f | Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented. |
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