Reading Standards for Informational Text & Literature - SAU 14

Middle School
6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
Key Ideas and
details
Craft and
structure
Use evidence to make
inferences
Summarize text and find
theme and main ideas
Relate plot in sequence
and show how characters
react to change
Define words in context
and show how word
choice affects tone
Show how a section of a
text fits in and how it
helps develop themes,
setting, or plots
Recognize the narrator’s
point of view
Show evidence to support
what the text means
Summarize the text and
trace the development of
the main idea or theme
Show how the elements
of a story work together
Define words in context,
interpret figurative
language, understand
rhyme and theme and the
repeating of sounds, and
show how they affect the
text
Show how a drama’s or
poem’s form helps get
across the meaning
Show how the author
develops the different
points of view of the
characters or narrators
Show evidence about
what the text means and
interpret inferences in
the text
Summarize a text and find
the main idea and how it
is supported by details
Show how dialogue or
incidents in a text affect
the action, tell us about
the character, and help
the characters come to a
decision
Define words from
context including
figurative language, and
point out references to
the text
Compare and contrast
two or more texts and
point out the different
structures of the texts
Show how the different
points of view of the
characters and the
audience or reader create
suspense or humor
Integration of
Knowledge
and Ideas
Compare and contrast
reading a story to viewing
or listening to it
Compare and contrast
different forms of
literature on the same
theme or topics
Compare and contrast a
written piece of literature
to its audio, filmed,
staged, or multimedia
version
Compare and contrast
fictional and historical
pieces written about the
same time, place, or
character
Show how filmed or live
performances of a story
or drama are similar to
the original text
Show how modern
literature refers to myth,
traditional stories, or
religious works
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