Learning Continuum - Reading 6+ CCSS 2010 1.1

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RIT 161-170

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Analyze Point of View, Purpose, Features, and Structure

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• Author's Craft: Figurative Language
    - Interprets idiom in context

RIT 171-180

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Informational Text

Analyze Point of View, Purpose, Features, and Structure

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• Academic and Content Vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of words or phrases that convey a specific emotion
    - Determines the meaning of academic words or phrases in context

• Author's Craft: Figurative Language
    - Interprets idiom in context
    - Interprets metaphor in context
    - Interprets simile in context
    - Understands the meaning of common idioms

• Base Words, Affixes
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 2-5 grade band
    - Understands how the suffix -less or -ful changes the meaning of a word

• Reference Materials
    - Locates information in dictionaries or glossaries
    - Uses context and dictionary, glossary, or thesaurus entries to determine word meaning

• Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words
    - Uses context in a grade 03 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 2-5 grade band

• Word Relationships
    - Uses synonym relationships in context to determine word meanings

RIT 181-190

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Literary Text

Analyze Point of View, Features, and Structure

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• Academic and Content Vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of academic vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of words or phrases that show a spatial relationship
    - Determines the meaning of academic words or phrases in context
    - Determines the meaning of domain‑specific words or phrases in context

• Author's Craft: Figurative Language
    - Determines the meaning of a figurative word or phrase in context
    - Interprets idiom in context
    - Interprets metaphor in context
    - Interprets personification in context
    - Interprets simile in context
    - Understands the meaning of common idioms

• Base Words, Affixes
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 2-5 grade band
    - Understands how the suffix -less or -ful changes the meaning of a word
    - Uses a defined root and/or affix to determine word meaning
    - Uses the base word to determine the meaning of a word

• Reference Materials
    - Locates information in dictionaries or glossaries
    - Uses context and dictionary, glossary, or thesaurus entries to determine word meaning

• Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 2-5 grade band fits a given context
    - Identifies words or phrases that provide paragraph-level context for a word
    - Uses context in a grade 03 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 04 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 05 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 06 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 2-5 grade band

• Word Nuances and Shades of Meaning
    - Analyzes nuances in meaning among related words to determine which fits a given context
    - Uses context to determine connotation of words

• Word Relationships
    - Uses context to identify words that are synonyms or antonyms
    - Uses synonym relationships in context to determine word meanings

RIT 191-200

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Analyze Point of View, Features, and Structure

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• Academic and Content Vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of academic vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of domain‑specific vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of words or phrases that show a compare or contrast relationship
    - Determines the meaning of academic words or phrases in context
    - Determines the meaning of domain‑specific words or phrases in context
    - Identifies words or phrases in context that show a contrast

• Author’s Craft: Style, Voice, Tone, Mood
    - Analyzes the effect of word choice on meaning or tone

• Author's Craft: Figurative Language
    - Analyzes the effect of figurative language in context
    - Determines the meaning of a figurative word or phrase in context
    - Interprets idiom in context
    - Interprets metaphor in context
    - Interprets personification in context
    - Interprets simile in context
    - Interprets the use of repetition in context
    - Understands the meaning of common idioms

• Base Words, Affixes
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 2-5 grade band
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 6-8 grade band
    - Understands how the suffix -less or -ful changes the meaning of a word
    - Understands the meaning of the combining form micro‑
    - Uses a defined root and/or affix to determine word meaning
    - Uses a variety of morphological elements to determine precise word meaning or use

• Reference Materials
    - Locates information in dictionaries or glossaries
    - Uses context and dictionary, glossary, or thesaurus entries to determine word meaning

• Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 2-5 grade band fits a given context
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 6-8 grade band fits a given context
    - Identifies words or phrases that provide paragraph-level context for a word
    - Uses context in a grade 03 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 04 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 05 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 06 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 07 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context to confirm initial understanding of words or phrases
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of a phrase
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 2-5 grade band
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 6-8 grade band

• Word Nuances and Shades of Meaning
    - Analyzes nuances in meaning among related words to determine which fits a given context
    - Understands precise connotations of words with similar meanings
    - Uses context to determine connotation of words

• Word Relationships
    - Identifies synonyms or antonyms of given words in the 6‑8 grade band
    - Uses a known word in context to determine the meaning of an unknown word
    - Uses antonym relationships in context to determine word meanings
    - Uses context to identify words that are synonyms or antonyms
    - Uses synonym relationships in context to determine word meanings

RIT 201-210

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Analyze Point of View, Features, and Structure

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• Academic and Content Vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of academic vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of domain‑specific vocabulary
    - Determines the meaning of academic words or phrases in context
    - Determines the meaning of domain‑specific words or phrases in context

• Author’s Craft: Style, Voice, Tone, Mood
    - Analyzes how mood is conveyed in context
    - Analyzes the effect of word choice on meaning or tone
    - Determines mood in context

• Author's Craft: Figurative Language
    - Analyzes the effect of figurative language in context
    - Determines the meaning of a figurative word or phrase in context
    - Interprets allusion in context
    - Interprets extended metaphor in context
    - Interprets hyperbole in context
    - Interprets idiom in context
    - Interprets metaphor in context
    - Interprets oxymoron in context
    - Interprets personification in context
    - Interprets simile in context
    - Interprets symbolism in literary text
    - Interprets the use of repetition in context

• Author's Craft: Imagery, Description
    - Analyzes the effect of imagery in context

• Base Words, Affixes
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 2-5 grade band
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 6-8 grade band
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 9-12 grade band
    - Understands how the prefix un- or re- changes the meaning of a word
    - Understands how the suffix -less or -ful changes the meaning of a word
    - Understands how the suffix -or, -er, or -ist changes the meaning of a noun
    - Uses a defined root and/or affix to determine word meaning
    - Uses a variety of morphological elements to determine precise word meaning or use

• Reference Materials
    - Locates information in dictionaries or glossaries
    - Uses a dictionary definition to confirm initial understanding of word meaning
    - Uses context and dictionary, glossary, or thesaurus entries to determine word meaning

• Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 2-5 grade band fits a given context
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 6-8 grade band fits a given context
    - Identifies words or phrases that provide paragraph-level context for a word
    - Uses context in a grade 03 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 04 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 05 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 06 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 07 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 08 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 10 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context to confirm initial understanding of words or phrases
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of a phrase
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 2-5 grade band
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 6-8 grade band
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 9‑12 grade band and above

• Word Nuances and Shades of Meaning
    - Analyzes connotative meanings of words in context
    - Analyzes nuances in meaning among related words to determine which fits a given context
    - Understands precise connotations of words with similar meanings
    - Uses context to determine connotation of words

• Word Relationships
    - Identifies synonyms or antonyms of given words in the 6‑8 grade band
    - Uses a known word in context to determine the meaning of an unknown word
    - Uses antonym relationships in context to determine word meanings
    - Uses context to identify words that are synonyms or antonyms
    - Uses synonym relationships in context to determine word meanings

RIT 211-220

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Analyze Point of View, Features, and Structure

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• Academic and Content Vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of academic vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of domain‑specific vocabulary
    - Determines the meaning of academic words or phrases in context
    - Determines the meaning of domain‑specific words or phrases in context
    - Identifies words or phrases in context that show a cause‑effect relationship

• Author’s Craft: Style, Voice, Tone, Mood
    - Analyzes how mood is conveyed in context
    - Analyzes the effect of word choice on meaning or tone
    - Determines mood in context
    - Determines tone in context

• Author's Craft: Figurative Language
    - Analyzes the effect of alliteration
    - Analyzes the effect of figurative language in context
    - Determines the meaning of a figurative word or phrase in context
    - Interprets allusion in context
    - Interprets euphemism in context
    - Interprets extended metaphor in context
    - Interprets hyperbole in context
    - Interprets idiom in context
    - Interprets irony in context
    - Interprets metaphor in context
    - Interprets personification in context
    - Interprets simile in context
    - Interprets symbolism in literary text
    - Interprets the use of repetition in context

• Author's Craft: Imagery, Description
    - Analyzes the effect of imagery in context

• Author's Craft: Persuasive and Rhetorical Techniques
    - Analyzes the effect of analogy

• Base Words, Affixes
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 2-5 grade band
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 6-8 grade band
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 9-12 grade band
    - Understands how the prefix dis-, mis- or non- changes the meaning of a word
    - Understands how the suffix -less or -ful changes the meaning of a word
    - Uses a defined root and/or affix to determine word meaning
    - Uses a variety of morphological elements to determine precise word meaning or use

• Reference Materials
    - Uses a dictionary definition to confirm initial understanding of word meaning
    - Uses context and dictionary, glossary, or thesaurus entries to determine word meaning

• Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 2-5 grade band fits a given context
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 6-8 grade band fits a given context
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 9-12 grade band fits a given context
    - Identifies words or phrases that provide paragraph-level context for a word
    - Identifies words or phrases that provide sentence-level context for a word
    - Uses context in a grade 03 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 04 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 05 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 06 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 07 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 08 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 09 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 10 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 11 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context to confirm initial understanding of words or phrases
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of a phrase
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 2-5 grade band
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 6-8 grade band
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 9‑12 grade band and above

• Word Nuances and Shades of Meaning
    - Analyzes connotative meanings of words in context
    - Analyzes nuances in meaning among related words to determine which fits a given context
    - Understands precise connotations of words with similar meanings
    - Uses context to determine connotation of words

• Word Relationships
    - Identifies synonyms or antonyms of given words in the 6‑8 grade band
    - Uses a known word in context to determine the meaning of an unknown word
    - Uses antonym relationships in context to determine word meanings
    - Uses context to identify words that are synonyms or antonyms
    - Uses synonym relationships in context to determine word meanings

RIT 221-230

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Literary Text

Analyze Point of View, Features, and Structure

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• Academic and Content Vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of academic vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of domain‑specific vocabulary
    - Determines the meaning of academic words or phrases in context
    - Determines the meaning of domain‑specific words or phrases in context

• Author’s Craft: Style, Voice, Tone, Mood
    - Analyzes how mood is conveyed in context
    - Analyzes the effect of word choice on meaning or tone
    - Determines mood in context
    - Determines tone in context

• Author's Craft: Figurative Language
    - Analyzes the effect of alliteration
    - Analyzes the effect of figurative language in context
    - Determines the meaning of a figurative word or phrase in context
    - Interprets allusion in context
    - Interprets euphemism in context
    - Interprets extended metaphor in context
    - Interprets hyperbole in context
    - Interprets idiom in context
    - Interprets irony in context
    - Interprets metaphor in context
    - Interprets paradox in context
    - Interprets personification in context
    - Interprets simile in context
    - Interprets symbolism in literary text
    - Interprets the use of repetition in context

• Author's Craft: Imagery, Description
    - Analyzes the effect of imagery in context

• Base Words, Affixes
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 2-5 grade band
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 6-8 grade band
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 9-12 grade band
    - Identifies the meaning of common Greek and Latin roots
    - Uses a defined root and/or affix to determine word meaning
    - Uses a variety of morphological elements to determine precise word meaning or use

• Reference Materials
    - Uses a dictionary definition to confirm initial understanding of word meaning
    - Uses context and dictionary, glossary, or thesaurus entries to determine word meaning

• Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 2-5 grade band fits a given context
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 6-8 grade band fits a given context
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 9-12 grade band fits a given context
    - Identifies words or phrases that provide paragraph-level context for a word
    - Uses context in a grade 03 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 04 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 05 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 06 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 07 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 08 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 09 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 10 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 11 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 12 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context to confirm initial understanding of words or phrases
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of a phrase
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 6-8 grade band
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 9‑12 grade band and above

• Word Nuances and Shades of Meaning
    - Analyzes connotative meanings of words in context
    - Analyzes nuances in meaning among related words to determine which fits a given context
    - Understands precise connotations of words with similar meanings
    - Uses context to determine connotation of words

• Word Relationships
    - Identifies synonyms or antonyms of given words in the 9‑12 grade band
    - Uses antonym relationships in context to determine word meanings
    - Uses context to identify words that are synonyms or antonyms
    - Uses synonym relationships in context to determine word meanings

RIT 231-240

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Literary Text

Analyze Point of View, Features, and Structure

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• Academic and Content Vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of academic vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of domain‑specific vocabulary
    - Determines the meaning of academic words or phrases in context
    - Determines the meaning of domain‑specific words or phrases in context

• Author’s Craft: Style, Voice, Tone, Mood
    - Analyzes how mood is conveyed in context
    - Analyzes the effect of word choice on meaning or tone
    - Determines mood in context
    - Determines tone in context

• Author's Craft: Figurative Language
    - Analyzes the effect of alliteration
    - Analyzes the effect of figurative language in context
    - Determines the meaning of a figurative word or phrase in context
    - Interprets allegory in literary text
    - Interprets allusion in context
    - Interprets euphemism in context
    - Interprets extended metaphor in context
    - Interprets hyperbole in context
    - Interprets metaphor in context
    - Interprets paradox in context
    - Interprets personification in context
    - Interprets simile in context
    - Interprets symbolism in literary text
    - Interprets the use of repetition in context

• Author's Craft: Imagery, Description
    - Analyzes the effect of imagery in context

• Base Words, Affixes
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 6-8 grade band
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 9-12 grade band
    - Uses a variety of morphological elements to determine precise word meaning or use

• Inferences, Conclusions
    - Draws conclusions using specialized reference materials

• Reference Materials
    - Uses a dictionary definition to confirm initial understanding of word meaning
    - Uses context and dictionary, glossary, or thesaurus entries to determine word meaning

• Text Features, Visuals
    - Draws conclusions using specialized reference materials

• Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 6-8 grade band fits a given context
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 9-12 grade band fits a given context
    - Uses context in a grade 05 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 06 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 07 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 08 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 09 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 10 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 11 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 12 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context to confirm initial understanding of words or phrases
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of a phrase
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 9‑12 grade band and above

• Word Nuances and Shades of Meaning
    - Analyzes nuances in meaning among related words to determine which fits a given context
    - Understands precise connotations of words with similar meanings
    - Uses context to determine connotation of words

RIT 241-250

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Literary Text

Analyze Point of View, Features, and Structure

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• Academic and Content Vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of academic vocabulary
    - Demonstrates understanding of domain‑specific vocabulary
    - Determines the meaning of academic words or phrases in context
    - Determines the meaning of domain‑specific words or phrases in context

• Author’s Craft: Style, Voice, Tone, Mood
    - Analyzes the effect of allusion on tone
    - Analyzes the effect of word choice on meaning or tone
    - Analyzes tone in poetry
    - Determines tone in context

• Author's Craft: Figurative Language
    - Analyzes the effect of alliteration
    - Analyzes the effect of figurative language in context
    - Determines the meaning of a figurative word or phrase in context
    - Interprets allusion in context
    - Interprets euphemism in context
    - Interprets metaphor in context
    - Interprets simile in context

• Author's Craft: Imagery, Description
    - Analyzes the effect of imagery in context

• Base Words, Affixes
    - Applies knowledge of Greek or Latin roots to determine the meaning of a word in the 6-8 grade band
    - Uses a variety of morphological elements to determine precise word meaning or use

• Reference Materials
    - Uses context and dictionary, glossary, or thesaurus entries to determine word meaning

• Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 6-8 grade band fits a given context
    - Uses context in a grade 05 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context in a grade 08 passage to determine word meaning
    - Uses context to confirm initial understanding of words or phrases
    - Uses context to determine the meaning of words in the 9‑12 grade band and above

• Word Nuances and Shades of Meaning
    - Analyzes nuances in meaning among related words to determine which fits a given context
    - Understands precise connotations of words with similar meanings
    - Uses context to determine connotation of words

RIT 251-260

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Informational Text

Analyze Point of View, Purpose, Features, and Structure

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• Academic and Content Vocabulary
    - Determines the meaning of academic words or phrases in context

• Author’s Craft: Style, Voice, Tone, Mood
    - Analyzes the effect of word choice on meaning or tone
    - Determines tone in context

• Author's Craft: Figurative Language
    - Analyzes the effect of figurative language in context
    - Determines the meaning of a figurative word or phrase in context

• Author's Craft: Imagery, Description
    - Analyzes the effect of imagery in context

• Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words
    - Determines which meaning of a multiple-meaning word in the 6-8 grade band fits a given context

• Word Nuances and Shades of Meaning
    - Uses context to determine connotation of words

RIT 261-270

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Informational Text

Analyze Point of View, Purpose, Features, and Structure

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