Grade 8 » Reading Standards for Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details
8.RI.2
Description:
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
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✓ standard met
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✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
8.RI.3
Description:
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
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✓ standard met
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✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Craft and Structure
8.RI.4
Description:
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
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✓ standard met
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✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
8.RI.5
Description:
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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✓ standard met
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✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
8.RI.6
Description:
Determine an author's point of view, perspective and purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
8.RI.8
Description:
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts