Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- RL.8.1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly
supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text. - RL.8.2. 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. - RL.8.3. 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. - IA.1. Employ the full range of research-based
comprehension strategies, including making connections, determining importance,
questioning, visualizing, making inferences, summarizing, and monitoring for
comprehension. - IA.2. Read on-level text, both silently and orally, at an
appropriate rate with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Craft and Structure
- RL.8.4. 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 choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or
allusions to other texts. - RL.8.5. 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. - RL.8.6. 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 effects as suspense or humor.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- RL.8.7. 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. - RL.8.8. (Not applicable to literature)
- RL.8.9. 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.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- RL.8.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend
literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8
text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- RI.8.1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly
supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text. - RI.8.2. 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. - RI.8.3. Analyze how a text makes connections among and
distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons,
analogies, or categories). - IA.1. Employ the full range of research-based
comprehension strategies, including making connections, determining importance,
questioning, visualizing, making inferences, summarizing, and monitoring for
comprehension. - IA.2. Read on-level text, both silently and orally, at an
appropriate rate with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Craft and Structure
- RI.8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as
they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical
meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone,
including analogies or allusions to other texts. - RI.8.5. 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. - RI.8.6. 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.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- RI.8.7. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of
using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to
present a particular topic or idea. - RI.8.8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and
specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the
evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is
introduced. - RI.8.9. 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.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- RI.8.10. 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.