Grades
Standard
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how [...]
Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and the relevance and sufficiency of the [...]
Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples; use [...]
Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grade [...]
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or [...]
Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or [...]
Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of [...]
Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, [...]
Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize [...]
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or [...]
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn [...]
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text [...]
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide [...]
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze [...]
Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
Compare and contrast a story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of [...]
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period [...]
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn [...]
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with [...]
Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide [...]
Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how [...]
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; [...]
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and [...]
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her [...]
Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of [...]
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence [...]
Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different [...]
Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text [...]
Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a [...]
Grades
Standard
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how [...]
Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and the relevance and sufficiency of the [...]
Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples; use [...]
Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grade [...]
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or [...]
Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or [...]
Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of [...]
Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, [...]
Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize [...]
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or [...]
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn [...]
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text [...]
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide [...]
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze [...]
Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
Compare and contrast a story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of [...]
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period [...]
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn [...]
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with [...]
Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide [...]
Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how [...]
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; [...]
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and [...]
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her [...]
Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of [...]
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence [...]
Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different [...]
Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text [...]
Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a [...]
