La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XI-9352

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XI-9352 - Reading Informational Text

A. Use two or more pieces of evidence to support inferences, conclusions, or summaries.

B. Determine which piece(s) of evidence provide the strongest support for inferences, conclusions, or summaries in a text.

C. Determine the central idea of a text.

D. Determine how the central idea develops.

E. Determine how key details support the development of the central idea of a text.

F. Create an objective summary of a text.

G. Analyze key points throughout a text to determine the organizational pattern or text structure.

H. Identify connections between key points.

I. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text including figurative (e.g., metaphors, similes, and idioms) and connotative meanings.

J. Analyze the use of figurative, connotative or technical terms on the meaning or tone of text.

K. Analyze in detail how an author's ideas or claims are developed.

L. Identify key sentences or paragraphs that support claims.

M. Determine the author's point of view or purpose in a text.

N. Determine/identify the specific language/words that the author uses to advance the point of view or purpose.

O. Develop and explain ideas for why authors made specific word choices within text.

P. Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.

Q. Identify claims and arguments made by the author.

R. Delineate/trace the authors argument and specific claims.

S. Evaluate the argument/claims that the author makes to determine if the statements are true or false.

T. Delineate the argument and specific claims in two or more texts on related topics.

U. Assess the validity of the arguments across texts on related topics.

V. Identify central ideas and concepts in seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington's Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech, King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail").

W. Analyze how seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington's Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech, King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail") address similar central ideas.

X. Read or be read to a variety of informational texts or adapted texts.

Y. Read challenging grade-level informational texts.

Z. Use a variety of strategies to derive meaning from a variety print and non-print informational texts.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XI-9352

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 43911 (5/1/2017).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4.