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The student uses a variety of strategies to comprehend grade level text.
General Information
Number: LA.8.1.7
Title: Reading Comprehension
Type:
Standard
Subject: X-Reading/Language Arts (former standards - 2008) - Archived
Grade: 8
Strand: Reading Process
Related Benchmarks
This cluster includes the following benchmarks.
Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
Independent
LA.8.1.7.In.a
Use background knowledge of the subject, guided previewing strategies, graphic representations, and text features (e.g. table of contents, headings, subheadings, charts and maps, text styles, index, glossary) to make and confirm predictions of content and
LA.8.1.7.In.b
Identify the author’s purpose (e.g. to inform, entertain, persuade) in a variety of text formats (e.g. stories, letters, reports) and use the information to construct meaning.
LA.8.1.7.In.c
Determine the main idea or essential message in text through guided retelling and identifying relevant details and facts.
LA.8.1.7.In.d
Identify cause and effect relationships in stories and informational text.
LA.8.1.7.In.e
Identify text structures (e.g. comparison/contrast, cause/effect relationships, chronological order) in narrative and informational text using strategies, including graphic organizers.
LA.8.1.7.In.f
Identify a theme shared by two or more fiction and nonfiction selections.
LA.8.1.7.In.g
Identify similarities and differences in characters, actions, or settings in two texts.
LA.8.1.7.In.h
Use strategies to repair comprehension, including but not limited to rereading, checking context clues, predicting, using graphic organizers, and requesting assistance for clarification.
Supported
LA.8.1.7.Su.a
Use background knowledge of the subject and text features (e.g. title, illustrations, graphics, table of contents, headings) to make and confirm predictions of content of reading selections.
LA.8.1.7.Su.b
Identify the author’s purpose (e.g. to inform, entertain, persuade) using key words, phrases, and graphics in a variety of reading selections.
LA.8.1.7.Su.c
Determine the main idea or essential message in text through identifying the topic, relevant details, and facts, including but not limited to who, what, where, when, how, and what happened.
LA.8.1.7.Su.d
Identify explicit cause/effect relationships in stories and informational text.
LA.8.1.7.Su.e
Identify similarities and differences and the sequence of events in stories and informational text using strategies, including graphic organizers.
LA.8.1.7.Su.f
Recognize a theme shared by two fiction or nonfiction selections.
LA.8.1.7.Su.g
Use strategies to repair comprehension, including but not limited to rereading, checking context clues, predicting, using graphic organizers, and checking own understanding when reminded.
LA.8.1.7.Su.h
Identify persons, objects, actions, and settings in read-aloud narrative and informational text.
Participatory
LA.8.1.7.Pa.a
Respond accurately and consistently to pictures or symbols paired with words on charts used to guide school activities.
LA.8.1.7.Pa.b
Recognize details and what happened in read-aloud stories and informational text.
LA.8.1.7.Pa.c
Use pictures or symbols paired with words to achieve desired cause/effect outcomes in daily classroom activities.
LA.8.1.7.Pa.d
Recognize familiar read-aloud stories with a theme (e.g. caring).
LA.8.1.7.Pa.e
Use resources when necessary to clarify meaning of pictures, symbols, or words in classroom activities.
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