We have opportunities to practice literacy skills in big and small ways daily.

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We give students We have opportunities to practice literacy skills in big and small ways

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daily.

“Asking a teacher to become a reading teacher is distinctly different from asking a teacher to help students master texts within the teacher’s own field...

In fact, subject-area teachers are best qualified to help their students master texts in each course. Subject-area teachers should not be expected to teach basic reading skills, but they can help students develop critical strategies & skills for reading texts in each subject.”

Southern Regional Education Board,

2009 Policy Statement, page 5

Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four

Types of Reading Levels of Competence What do you speak?

Transfer Skills

Quick Peek at Common Core State Standards

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading Grade 8

Quick Peek at Common Core State Standards

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading Grade 8

Key Ideas & Details Explicit/Implicit

1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly & to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

Literature

Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

Informational Text

Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

History/Social Studies

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary & secondary sources.

Science & Technical

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science & technical texts

Key Ideas & Details Explicit/Implicit

1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly & to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

Literature

Cite the textual evidence the text says inferences drawn that most strongly supports an analysis of what explicitly as well as from the text

Informational Text

Cite the the text textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

History/Social Studies

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary & secondary sources.

Science & Technical

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science & technical texts

Key Ideas & Details Main Idea

2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details & ideas Literature

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

History/Social Studies

Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

Informational Text

Determine a central idea of a text & analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

Science & Technical

Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

Key Ideas & Details Main Idea

2. Determine and analyze their development; summarize central ideas or themes of a text the key supporting details & ideas Literature

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

History/Social Studies

Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

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Informational Text

Determine a central idea of a text & analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

Science & Technical

Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

Key Ideas & Details Text Relationships

3. Analyze how & why individuals, events, & ideas develop and interact over the course of a text Literature

Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision

Informational Text

Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., via comparisons, analogies, or categories) .

History/Social Studies

Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, interest rates are raised/lowered)

Science & Technical

Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.

Key Ideas & Details Text Relationships

3. Analyze how & why individuals, events, & ideas develop and interact over the course of a text Literature

Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provok e a decision

Informational Text

Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., via comparisons, analogies, or categories) .

History/Social Studies

Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, interest rates are raised/lowered)

Science & Technical

Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.

Craft & Structure Vocabulary

4. Interpret words & phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative & figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone .

Literature

Determine the meaning of words & phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative & connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning & tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Informational Text

Determine the meaning of words & phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, & technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning & tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

History/Social Studies

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/ social studies

Science & Technical

Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, & other domain-specific words & phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts & topics .

Craft & Structure Vocabulary

4. Interpret words & phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative & figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone .

Literature

Determine the meaning of words & phrases connotative meanings; on meaning & tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

as they are used in a text, including figurative & analyze the impact of specific word choices

Informational Text

Determine the meaning of words & phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, & technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning & tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

History/Social Studies

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies

Science & Technical

Determine the terms, & other domain-specific words & phrases meaning of symbols, key as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts & topics .

Craft & Structure Text Structure

5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, & larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other & the whole Literature

Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.

Informational Text

Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing & refining a key concept.

History/Social Studies

Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).

Science & Technical

Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole & to an understanding of the topic.

Craft & Structure Text Structure

5. Analyze the structure of texts , including how specific sentences, paragraphs, & larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other & the whole Literature

Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.

Informational Text

Analyze in detail the structure specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in of a developing & refining a key concept.

History/Social Studies

Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).

Science & Technical

Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole & to an understanding of the topic.

Craft & Structure Author Purpose/Perspective

6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content & style of a text Literature

Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

Informational Text

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.

History/Social Studies

Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts) .

Science & Technical

Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.

Craft & Structure Author Purpose/Perspective

6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content & style of a text Literature

Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

Informational Text

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.

History/Social Studies

Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts) .

Science & Technical

Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.

Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Visual Literacy/Technology

7. Integrate & evaluate content presented in diverse formats & media, including visually & quantitatively, as well as in words.

Literature

Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

Informational Text

Evaluate the advantages & disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.

History/Social Studies

Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print & digital texts

Science & Technical

Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Visual Literacy/Technology

7. Integrate & evaluate content presented in diverse formats & media , including visually & quantitatively, as well as in words.

Literature

Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production the text or script of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from , evaluating choices made by the director or actors

Informational Text

Evaluate the advantages & disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.

History/Social Studies

Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print & digital texts

Science & Technical

Integrate expressed quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Argument & Support

8. Delineate & evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance & sufficiency of the evidence Literature

Not applicable to literature.

History/Social Studies

Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text

Informational Text

Delineate & evaluate the argument & specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound & the evidence is relevant & sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced .

Science & Technical

Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, & speculation in a text

Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Argument & Support

8. Delineate & evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance & sufficiency of the evidence Literature

Not applicable to literature.

History/Social Studies

Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text

Informational Text

Delineate & evaluate the argument & specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound & the evidence is relevant & sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

Science & Technical

Distinguish among findings, & speculation facts, reasoned judgment based on research in a text

Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Multiple Texts

9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

Literature

Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.

Informational Text

Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.

History/Social Studies

Analyze the relationship between a primary & secondary source on the same topic

Science & Technical

Compare & contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.

Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Multiple Texts

9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

Literature

Analyze how a Bible modern work character types from of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events or myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the , including describing how the material is rendered new.

Informational Text

Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.

History/Social Studies

Analyze the relationship between a primary & secondary source on the same topic

Science & Technical

Compare & contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.

Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity Text Complexity

10. Read & comprehend complex literary & informational texts independently & proficiently.

Literature

By the end of the year, read & comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, & poems, at the high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Informational Text

By the end of the year, read & comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

History/Social Studies

By the end of grade 8, read & comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently & proficiently.

Science & Technical

By the end of grade 8, read & comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently & proficiently.

Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity Text Complexity

10. Read & comprehend complex literary & informational texts independently & proficiently .

Literature

By the end of the year, read & comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, & poems, at the high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Informational Text

By the end of the year, read & comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

History/Social Studies

By the end of grade 8, read & comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently & proficiently.

Science & Technical

By the end of grade 8, read & comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently & proficiently.

State Standards what do they have in Common

Informational Text, Literature, History/Social Studies

Grades 6 - 12

“…ultimately, our students are expected to develop as competent readers, writers, & thinkers in all academic disciplines.”

Developing Readers in the Academic Disciplines,

Doug Buehl