Reading Informational |
| RI.6: Key Ideas and Details |
| RI.6.1 | Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity |
| RI.6.10 | By 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. |
| RI.7: Key Ideas and Details |
| RI.7.1 | Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity |
| RI.7.10 | By 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. |
| RI.8: Key Ideas and Details |
| RI.8.1 | Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity |
| RI.8.10 | By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently. |
| RI.9-10: Key Ideas and Details |
| RI.9-10.1 | Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity |
| RI.9-10.10 | By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9–10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. |
| RI.11-12: Key Ideas and Details |
| RI.11-12.1 | Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity |
| RI.11-12.10 | By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11–CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. |
Reading Literature |
| RL.6: Craft and Structure |
| RL.6.6 | Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. |
| Key Ideas and Details |
| RL.6.2 | Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity |
| RL.6.10 | By 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. |
| 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. |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity |
| RL.7.10 | By 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. |
| RL.8: Craft and Structure |
| RL.8.6 | nalyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor. |
| 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. |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity |
| RL.8.10 | By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently. |
| RL.9-10: Craft and Structure |
| RL.9-10.6 | Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature. |
| Key Ideas and Details |
| RL.9-10.2 | Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity |
| RL.9-10.10 | By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9–10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. |
| RL.11-12: Craft and Structure |
| RL.11-12.6 | Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement). |
| Key Ideas and Details |
| RL.11-12.2 | Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity |
| RL.11-12.10 | By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11–CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. |
Writing |
| W.6: Text Types and Purposes |
| W.6.1 | Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. |
| W.7: Text Types and Purposes |
| W.7.1 | Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. |
| W.8: Text Types and Purposes |
| W.8.1 | Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. |
| W.9-10: Text Types and Purposes |
| W.9-10.1 | Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. |
| W.11-12: Text Types and Purposes |
| W.11-12.1 | Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. |
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