Grade 8 » Reading
Literary and Informational Text
8R1
Description:
Key Ideas and Details
Cite textual evidence to strongly support an analysis of what the text says explicitly/implicitly and make logical inferences.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
8R2
Description:
Key Ideas and Details
Determine one or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; summarize a text.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
8R3
Description:
Key Ideas and Details
In literary texts, analyze how particular lines of dialogue or events propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. In informational texts, analyze how individuals, events, and ideas are introduced, relate to each other, and are developed.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
8R4
Description:
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings. Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning, tone, and mood, including words with multiple meanings.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
8R6
Description:
Craft and Structure
In literary texts, analyze how the differences between the point of view, perspectives of the characters, the audience, or reader create effects such as mood and tone. In informational texts, analyze how the author addresses conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
8R8
Description:
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Trace and evaluate an argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient and recognizing when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
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Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
8R9
Description:
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Choose and develop criteria in order to evaluate the quality of texts. Make connections to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, and personal experiences.
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Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Key Ideas and Details
AS.R.1
Description:
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly/implicitly and make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
AS.R.2
Description:
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
AS.R.3
Description:
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Craft and Structure
AS.R.4
Description:
Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
AS.R.5
Description:
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
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✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
AS.R.6
Description:
Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text, drawing on a wide range of global and diverse texts.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
AS.R.8
Description:
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts