Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity EE.RL.3.10 Demonstrate understanding while EE.RL.4.10 Demonstrate understanding of EE.RL.5.10 Demonstrate understanding of text while actively engaged in shared reading of stories, text while actively engaging in shared reading engaged in individual or group reading of stories, dramas, and poetry. of stories, dramas, and poetry. dramas, and poems. Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Key Ideas and Details EE.RL.6.1 Determine what a text says EE.RL.7.1 Analyze text to identify where EE.RL.8.1 Cite text to support inferences from stories explicitly as well as what simple inferences information is explicitly stated and where and poems. must be drawn. inferences must be drawn. EERL.8.2 Recount an event related to the theme or EE.RL.6.2 Identify details in a text that are EE.RL.7.2 Identify events in a text that are central idea, including details about character and related to the or central idea. related to the theme or central idea. setting. Can identify how a character Determine how two or more story Identify which incidents in a story or drama EE.RL.6.3 EE.RL.7.3 EE.RL.8.3 responds to a challenge in a story. elements are related. lead to subsequent action. and Structure EE.RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of simple EE.RL.6.4 Determine how word choice EERL.8.4 Determine connotative meanings of words idioms and figures of speech as they are used in changes the meaning in a text. and phrases in a text. a text. Determine the structure of a text Compare the structure of two or Compare and contrast the structure of two or EE.RL.6.5 EE.RL.7.5 EE.RL.8.5 (e.g., story, poem, or drama). more texts (e.g., stories, poems, or dramas). more texts.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity EE.RL.3.10 Demonstrate understanding while actively engaged in shared reading of stories, dramas, and poetry. EE.RL.4.10 Demonstrate understanding of text while actively engaging in shared reading of stories, dramas, and poetry. EE.RL.5.10 Demonstrate understanding of text while engaged in individual or group reading of stories, dramas, and poems. Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Key Ideas and Details EE.RL.6.1 Determine what a text says explicitly as well as what simple inferences must be drawn. EE.RL.7.1 Analyze text to identify where information is explicitly stated and where inferences must be drawn. EE.RL.8.1 Cite text to support inferences from stories and poems. EE.RL.6.2 Identify details in a text that are related to the or central idea. EE.RL.7.2 Identify events in a text that are related to the theme or central idea. EERL.8.2 Recount an event related to the theme or central idea, including details about character and setting. EE.RL.6.3 Can identify how a character responds to a challenge in a story. EE.RL.7.3 Determine how two or more story elements are related. EE.RL.8.3 Identify which incidents in a story or drama lead to subsequent action. and Structure EE.RL.6.4 Determine how word choice changes the meaning in a text. EE.RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of simple idioms and figures of speech as they are used in a text. EERL.8.4 Determine connotative meanings of words and phrases in a text. EE.RL.6.5 Determine the structure of a text (e.g., story, poem, or drama). EE.RL.7.5 Compare the structure of two or more texts (e.g., stories, poems, or dramas). EE.RL.8.5 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts.
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