ELA-02.RL.01 Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of key/supporting details in a text before, during, and after reading.
ELA-02.RL.02 Recount stories from a variety of genres and diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. Central message = can be theme, a moral, or a specific kind of lesson to be learned.
ELA-02.RL.03 Describe settings and how characters in a story, respond to major events and challenges.
ELA-02.RL.04 Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
ELA-02.RL.05 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELA-02.RL.06 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
ELA-02.RL.07 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
ELA-03.RL.01 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
ELA-03.RL.02 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures to determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
ELA-03.RL.03 Describe characters in a story and their actions.
ELA-04.RL.01 Refer to details and examples using textual evidence when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text; summarize the text.
ELA-04.RL.02 Determine a theme of a story, dramas, or poems from details in the text.
ELA-04.RL.03 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
ELA-05.RL.01 Quote accurately using textual evidence when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text; summarize the text.
ELA-05.RL.02 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic.
ELA-05.RL.03 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
ELA-03.RL.04 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non-literal language.
ELA-03.RL.05 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
ELA-03.RL.06 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
ELA-04.RL.04 Determine the allusions in meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including, but not limited to significant characters found in mythology.
ELA-04.RL.05 Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems and drama when writing or speaking about a text.
ELA-04.RL.06 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first and third-person narrations.
ELA-05.RL.04 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
ELA-05.RL.05 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
ELA-05.RL.06 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.
ELA-04.RL.07 Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
ELA-04.RL.09 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics and patterns of events in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
ELA-03.RL.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, on grade level independently and proficiently.
ELA-04.RL.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, on grade level independently and proficiently.
ELA-05.RL.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, on grade level independently and proficiently.
ELA-06.RL.01 Read closely to comprehend text to cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
ELA-06.RL.01.a Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly.
ELA-06.RL.01.b Cite textual evidence to support inferences drawn from the text.
ELA-06.RL.01.c Provide a summary of the text excluding personal opinions or judgments.
ELA-06.RL.02 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and explain how it is conveyed through particular details.
ELA-06.RL.03 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
ELA-07.RL.01 Read closely to comprehend text to cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
ELA-07.RL.01.a Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly.
ELA-07.RL.01.b Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support inferences drawn from the text.
ELA-07.RL.02 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.
ELA-07.RL.03 Analyze how particular elements, such as foreshadowing, point of view, plot development, protagonist, antagonist, theme, etc., of a story or drama interact.
ELA-08.RL.01 Read closely to comprehend text to cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
ELA-08.RL.01.a Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly.
ELA-08.RL.01.b Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports inferences drawn from the text.
ELA-08.RL.02 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.
ELA-08.RL.03 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story, poem, or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or prompt a decision..
ELA-06.RL.04 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
ELA-06.RL.05 Analyze how part of a text fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
ELA-06.RL.06 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
ELA-07.RL.04 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
ELA-07.RL.05 Analyze how an author uses an entire text’s form or structure to develop ideas.
ELA-07.RL.06 Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view or perspectives of different characters or narrators in a text.
ELA-08.RL.04 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.
ELA-08.RL.05 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.
ELA-08.RL.06 Explain how differences in the point of view of characters and the audience or reader creates effects such as suspense or humor.
ELA-06.RL.07 Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they watch or listen.
ELA-07.RL.09 Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.
ELA-08.RL.07 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. ELA-08.RL.08 (Not applicable to literature) ELA-08.RL.09 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 re-imagined or made new.
ELA-06.RL.10 By the end of grade 6, read and comprehend grade-level appropriate literature, in a variety of print genres and other media, proficiently and independently, with scaffolding as needed.
ELA-07.RL.10 By the end of grade 7, read and comprehend grade-level appropriate literature, in a variety of print genres and other media, proficiently and independently, with scaffolding as needed.
ELA-08.RL.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend grade-level appropriate literature, in a variety of print genres and other media, proficiently and independently, with scaffolding as needed.
ELA-09.RL.01 | ELA-10.RL.01 Read closely to comprehend texts of grade-level appropriate complexity to determine what the text says explicitly and implicitly and provide an objective summary of the text and cite strong and thorough textual evidence.
ELA-09.RL.02 | ELA-10.RL.02 Determine and analyze a theme and/or central idea of texts to determine a theme and/or central idea, analyze in detail the development of the theme or idea over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details and cite strong and thorough textual evidence.
ELA-09.RL.03 | ELA-10.RL.03 Analyze how and why characters and/or textual elements develop and interact over the course of a text to analyze how complex characters and/or literary elements develop over the course of a text, interact with other elements, and advance the plot or develop the theme and cite strong and thorough textual evidence.
ELA-11.RL.01 | ELA-12.RL.01 Read closely to comprehend texts of grade-level appropriate complexity to determine what the text says explicitly and implicitly and provide an objective summary of the text and cite strong and thorough textual evidence.
ELA-11.RL.02 | ELA-12.RL.02 Determine and analyze themes and/or central ideas of texts to determine themes and/or central ideas, analyze in detail the development of the themes and/or central ideas over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account and cite strong and thorough textual evidence.
ELA-11.RL.03 | ELA-12.RL.03 Analyze how and why multiple characters and textual elements develop and interact over the course of a text to analyze how multiple complex characters and literary elements develop over the course of a text, interact with other elements, and advance the plot or develop the theme and cite strong and thorough textual evidence.
ELA-09.RL.04 | ELA-10.RL.04 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
ELA-09.RL.05 | ELA-10.RL.05 Analyze how an author’s choices about ordering events and manipulating time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
ELA-09.RL.06 | ELA-10.RL.06 Analyze how cultural experiences influence particular points of view in diverse works of literature.
ELA-11.RL.04 | ELA-12.RL.04 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that creates particular aesthetic effects.
ELA-11.RL.05 | ELA-12.RL.05 Analyze how an author’s choices about structuring and relating different elements in the text contribute to meaning as well as aesthetic impact.
ELA-11.RL.06 | ELA-12.RL.06 Determine purpose or point of view by distinguishing what is really meant from what is directly stated.
ELA-09.RL.07 | ELA-10.RL.07 Analyze and evaluate the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each.
ELA-09.RL.08 | ELA-10.RL.08 (Not applicable to literature)
ELA-09.RL.09 | ELA-10.RL.09 Find connections between texts to analyze and evaluate how effectively an author draws on other texts in a specific work.
ELA-11.RL.07 | ELA-12.RL.07 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem, evaluating how each version interprets the material.
ELA-11.RL.08 | ELA-12.RL.08 (Not applicable to literature)
ELA-11.RL.09 | ELA-12.RL.09 Analyze and evaluate how two or more texts within and/or across time periods treat similar themes or topics.
ELA-09.RL.10 | ELA-10.RL.10 By the end of grades 9-10, read and comprehend grade-level literature with appropriate text complexity, in a variety of print genres and other media, proficiently and independently, with scaffolding31, as needed.
ELA-11.RL.10 | ELA-12.RL.10 By the end of grades 11-12, read and comprehend grade-level appropriate literature with appropriate text complexity, in a variety of print genres and other media, proficiently and independently, with scaffolding as needed.
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