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Standard Identifier: RL.6.3

Grade: 6
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

Standard Identifier: WHST.6–8.7

Grade Range: 6–8
Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (6–12)
Domain: Writing: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Cluster: Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Standard:
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

Standard Identifier: WHST.6–8.8

Grade Range: 6–8
Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (6–12)
Domain: Writing: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Cluster: Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Standard:
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources (primary and secondary), using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation. CA

Standard Identifier: WHST.6–8.9

Grade Range: 6–8
Subject Area: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (6–12)
Domain: Writing: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Cluster: Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Standard:
Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.

Standard Identifier: RL.7.1

Grade: 7
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Standard Identifier: RL.7.2

Grade: 7
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

Standard Identifier: RL.7.3

Grade: 7
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).

Standard Identifier: RL.8.1

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Standard Identifier: RL.8.2

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
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.

Standard Identifier: RL.8.3

Grade: 8
Subject Area: English Language Arts (6–12)
Domain: Reading: Literature
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details

Standard:
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue of incidents in a story or drama propel the action, revel aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

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