Reading for Students must be able to identify, Ask your child . . . Literature interpret, and draw ethnic and Grade 7 artistic connections between the “Can you connect this book to Use these tips to help your child Standard 11 different types of literature they anything else you’ve read, choose appropriate books to read. (RL.7.11) read and other texts, ideas, learned about in another class, cultural perspectives, personal experienced in your own life, events, eras, and situations. etc? What is the connection between those two things?” Students should be able to “Does . . . remind you of choose texts for anything in your own life? themselves to read based How? Why?” on personal preferences. Students must be able to Take your child to visit the local use given criteria to library and allow him/her to classify, select, and choose books for him-/herself. evaluate texts to make Check that he/she is choosing informed judgments texts at an appropriate reading about the quality of a level. piece.
Reading for Literature Grade 7 Standard 11 (RL.7.11) Students must be able to identify, interpret, and draw ethnic and artistic connections between the different types of literature they read and other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, personal events, eras, and situations. Students should be able to choose texts for themselves to read based on personal preferences. Students must be able to use given criteria to classify, select, and evaluate texts to make informed judgments about the quality of a piece. Ask your child . . . “Can you connect this book to anything else you’ve read, learned about in another class, experienced in your own life, etc? What is the connection between those two things?” “Does . . . remind you of anything in your own life? How? Why?” Take your child to visit the local library and allow him/her to choose books for him-/herself. Check that he/she is choosing texts at an appropriate reading level. Use these tips to help your child choose appropriate books to read.