Grade 8 » Reading: Nonfiction


Key Ideas and Textual Support

8.RN.2.2

Description: Analyze the development of a central idea over the course of a text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide a detailed, objective summary of the text.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

8.RN.2.3

Description: Analyze how a text makes connections and distinctions among individuals, events, and ideas.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

Structural Elements and Organization

8.RN.3.2

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
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

8.RN.3.3

Description: Determine an author’s perspective or 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

Synthesis and Connection of Ideas

8.RN.4.1

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