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A. Comprehension of Informational Text
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A. Comprehension of Informational Text
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1. Apply comprehension skills by selecting, reading, and interpreting a variety of print and non-print informational texts, including electronic media
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1. Apply and refine comprehension skills by selecting, reading, and analyzing a variety of print and non-print informational texts, including electronic media
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a. Read, use, and identify the characteristics of primary and secondary sources of academic information such as textbooks, trade books, reference and research materials, periodicals, editorials, speeches, interviews, articles, non-print materials, and online materials, other appropriate content-specific texts
Assessment limit:
- Grade-appropriate primary and secondary texts
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a. Read, use, and identify the characteristics of primary and secondary sources of academic information such as textbooks, trade books, reference and research materials, periodicals, editorials, speeches, interviews, articles, non-print materials, and online materials, other appropriate content-specific texts
Assessment limit:
- Grade-appropriate primary and secondary texts
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b. Read, use, and identify the characteristics of workplace and other real-world documents such as sets of directions, science investigations, atlases, posters, flyers, forms, instructional manuals, menus, pamphlets, rules, invitations, recipes, advertisements, other functional documents
Assessment limit:
- Grade-appropriate workplace and real-world documents
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b. Read, use, and identify the characteristics of workplace and other real-world documents such as sets of directions, science investigations, atlases, posters, flyers, forms, instructional manuals, menus, pamphlets, rules, invitations, recipes, advertisements, other functional documents
Assessment limit:
- Grade-appropriate workplace and real-world documents
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c. Select and read to gain information from personal interest materials such as books, magazines, cookbooks, catalogs, web sites, and other online materials
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c. Select and read to gain information from personal interest materials such as books, pamphlets, how-to manuals, magazines, web sites, and other online materials
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2. Analyze text features to facilitate understanding of informational texts
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2. Analyze text features to facilitate and extend understanding of informational texts
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a. Analyze print features that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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a. Analyze print features that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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b. Analyze graphic aids that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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b. Analyze graphic aids that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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c. Analyze informational aids that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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c. Analyze informational aids that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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d. Analyze organizational aids that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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d. Analyze organizational aids that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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e. Analyze online features that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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e. Analyze online features that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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f. Analyze the relationship between the text features and the content of the text as a whole
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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f. Analyze the relationship between the text features and the content of the text as a whole
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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3. Apply knowledge of organizational patterns of informational text to facilitate understanding
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3. Apply knowledge of organizational patterns of informational text to facilitate understanding and analysis
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a. Analyze the organizational patterns of texts such as sequential and/or chronological order, cause/effect, problem/solution, similarities/differences, description, main idea and supporting details, order of importance, transition or signal words and phrases that indicate the organizational pattern
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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a. Analyze the organizational patterns of texts such as common organizational patterns, transition or signal words and phrases that indicate the organizational pattern
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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b. Analyze the contribution of the organizational pattern to clarify or reinforce meaning and support the author's purpose and/or argument
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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b. Analyze the contribution of the organizational pattern to clarify or reinforce meaning and support the author's purpose and/or argument
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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c. Use organizational structure to locate specific information
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c. Analyze shifts in organizational patterns
Assessment limit:
- Portions of text that illustrate a shift in organizational pattern
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d. Use organizational structure to locate specific information
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4. Analyze important ideas and messages in informational texts
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4. Analyze important ideas and messages in informational texts
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a. Identify and explain the author's/text's purpose and intended audience
Assessment limit:
- Purpose of the author or the text or a portion of the text
- Connections between the text and the intended audience
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a. Analyze the author's/text's purpose and intended audience
Assessment limit:
- Purpose of the author or the text or a portion of the text
- Connections between the text and the intended audience
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b. Identify and explain the author's argument, viewpoint, or perspective
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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b. Analyze the author's argument, viewpoint, or perspective
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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c. State and support main ideas and messages
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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c. State and support main ideas and messages
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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d. Summarize or paraphrase
Assessment limit:
- The text or a portion of the text
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d. Summarize or paraphrase
Assessment limit:
- The text or a portion of the text
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e. Identify and explain information or ideas peripheral to the main idea or message
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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e. Identify and explain information or ideas peripheral to the main idea or message
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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f. Explain relationships between and among ideas
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
- Relationships between and among ideas within a text or across multiple texts
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f. Analyze relationships between and among ideas
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
- Relationships between and among ideas in one text or across multiple texts
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g. Synthesize ideas from text
Assessment limit:
- From one text or a portion of the text or across multiple texts
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g. Synthesize ideas from text
Assessment limit:
- From one text or a portion of the text or across multiple texts
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h. Distinguish between a fact and an opinion
Assessment limit:
- In one or more texts or a portion of a text
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h. Explain the implications of the text or how someone might use the text
Assessment limit:
- Application of the text for personal use or content-specific use
- Issues and ideas within a text or across texts that may have implications for readers or contemporary society
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i. Explain how someone might use the text
Assessment limit:
- Application of the text for personal use or content-specific use
- Topics and ideas within a text or across texts that may have implications for readers or contemporary society
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j. Connect the text to prior knowledge or experience
Assessment limit:
- Prior knowledge that clarifies, extends, or challenges the ideas in the text or a portion of the text
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i. Connect the text to prior knowledge or experience
Assessment limit:
- Prior knowledge that clarifies, extends, or challenges the ideas in the text or a portion of the text
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5. Analyze purposeful use of language
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5. Analyze purposeful use of language
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a. Analyze specific word choice that contributes to the meaning and/or creates style
Assessment limit:
- Significant words and phrases (e.g., figurative language, idioms, etc.) in the text or a portion of the text
- Connotations of grade-appropriate words in context
- Denotations of above-grade-level words in context
- Discernible styles such as persuasive, informal, formal, etc.
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a. Analyze specific word choice that contributes to the meaning and/or creates style
Assessment limit:
- Significant words and phrases (e.g., figurative language, idioms, colloquialisms, etc.) in the text or a portion of the text
- Connotations of grade-appropriate words in context
- Denotations of above-grade-level words in context
- Discernible styles such as persuasive, informal, formal, etc.
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b. Analyze specific language choices to determine tone
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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b. Analyze specific language choices to determine tone
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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c. Analyze the appropriateness of tone
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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c. Analyze repetition and variation of specific words and phrases that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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d. Analyze repetition and variation of specific words and phrases that contribute to meaning
Assessment limit:
- In the text or a portion of the text
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6. Read critically to evaluate informational text
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6. Read critically to evaluate informational text
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a. Analyze the extent to which the text fulfills the reading purpose
Assessment limit:
- Connections between the content of the text and the purpose for reading
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a. Analyze the extent to which the text or texts fulfill the reading purpose
Assessment limit:
- Connections between the content of the text and the purpose for reading
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b. Analyze the extent to which the structure and text features clarify the purpose and the information
Assessment limit:
- Connections between effectiveness of format and text features in clarifying the main idea and/or purpose of the text
- Connections between effectiveness of organizational pattern and clarity of the main idea and/or purpose of the text
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b. Analyze the extent to which the structure and text features clarify the purpose and the information
Assessment limit:
- Connections between effectiveness of format and text features in clarifying the main idea and/or purpose of the text
- Connections between effectiveness of organizational pattern and clarity of the main idea and/or purpose of the text
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c. Analyze the text and its information for reliability
Assessment limit:
- Connections between the credentials of the author and the information in the text
- Currency of the information in the text
- Verification of information across multiple sources
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c. Analyze the text and its information for reliability
Assessment limit:
- Connections between the credentials of the author and the information in the text
- Currency of the information in the text
- Verification of information across multiple sources
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d. Analyze the author's argument or position for clarity and/or bias
Assessment limit:
- Evidence of opposing points of view
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d. Analyze the author's argument or position for clarity and/or bias
Assessment limit:
- Evidence of opposing points of view
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e. Analyze additional information that would clarify or strengthen the author's argument or viewpoint
Assessment limit:
- Information that would enhance or clarify the reader's understanding of the main idea of the text or a portion of the text
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e. Analyze additional information that would clarify or strengthen the author's argument or viewpoint
Assessment limit:
- Information that would enhance or clarify the reader's understanding of the main idea of the text or a portion of the text
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f. Analyze language and other techniques intended to persuade the reader
Assessment limit:
- Significant words and phrases that have an emotional appeal
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f. Analyze the effectiveness of persuasive techniques to sway the reader to a particular point of view
Assessment limit:
- Significant words and phrases that have an emotional appeal
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g. Analyze the effect of elements of style on meaning
Assessment limit:
- Stylistic elements (e.g., formal versus informal language, varied sentence structure, or the use of non-sentences)
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