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Craft and Structure.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for 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.
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Craft and Structure.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for Informational Text
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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Craft and Structure.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for Informational Text
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specifi…
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Key Ideas and Details.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for Informational Text
Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
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Key Ideas and Details.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for Informational Text
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 objectiv…
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Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for Informational Text
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
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Key Ideas and Details.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for 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.
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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for 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 Bi…
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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for 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 b…
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Craft and Structure.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for Literature
Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effect…
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Craft and Structure.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for 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.
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Craft and Structure.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for Literature
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 choic…
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Key Ideas and Details.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for 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.
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Key Ideas and Details.
- 8th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Reading for 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…