Grade 8 » Reading – Literary Text


Language, Craft, and Structure

RL.LCS.10.1

Description: Apply a range of strategies to determine the meaning of known, unknown, and multiple-meaning words, phrases, and jargon; acquire and use general academic and domain-specific vocabulary.
Use context clues to determine meanings of words and phrases.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

RL.LCS.12.2

Description: Analyze and critique how the author uses structures in print and multimedia texts to shape meaning and impact the reader.
Analyze the author’s choice of structures within the text and draw conclusions about how they impact meaning.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

RL.LCS.9.1

Description: Interpret and analyze the author’s use of words, phrases, and conventions, and how their relationships shape meaning and tone in print and multimedia texts.
Determine the figurative and connotative meanings of words and phrases as they are used in text; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

Meaning and Context

RL.MC.5.1

Description: Determine meaning and develop logical interpretations by making predictions, inferring, drawing conclusions, analyzing, synthesizing, providing evidence, and investigating multiple interpretations.
Cite the evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

RL.MC.6.1

Description: Summarize key details and ideas to support analysis of thematic development.
Determine one or more themes and analyze the development and relationships to character, setting, and plot over the course of a text; provide an objective summary.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

RL.MC.8.1

Description: Analyze characters, settings, events, and ideas as they develop and interact within a particular context.
Analyze how dialogue and/or incidents propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision; determine the impact of contextual influences on setting, plot and characters.
Does Reading Plus meet this standard?
✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts