Grade 8 » Reading Informational Text
Description:
Students read, understand, and respond to informational text–with emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
Key Ideas and Details Main Idea
CC.1.2.8.A
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.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Key Ideas and Details Text Analysis
CC.1.2.8.C
Description:
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Craft and Structure Text Structure
CC.1.2.8.E
Description:
Analyze the structure of the text through evaluation of the author’s use of specific sentences and paragraphs to develop and refine a concept.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Craft and Structure Vocabulary
CC.1.2.8.F
Description:
Analyze the influence of the words and phrases in a text including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings, and how they shape meaning and tone.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Evaluating Arguments
CC.1.2.8.H
Description:
Evaluate authors’ arguments, reasoning, and specific claims for the soundness of the arguments and the relevance of the evidence.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CC.1.2.8.J
Description:
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
CC.1.2.8.K
Description:
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts
Craft and Structure Point of View
CC.1.2.8.D
Description:
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts