a Compare and contrast text with different themes or ideas.

b Interpret and critically read a variety of text (for example, essays, speeches, biography, literary, informative

and technical text).

c Analyze main ideas, supporting details, sequence of events or procedures, facts and opinions in literary,

expository, and technical texts.

d Infer by making connections within and among texts.

e Summarize, synthesize, and evaluate literary, expository, and technical texts.

f Determine meanings of words, including those with multiple meanings, by using context clues (for example,

synonyms, comparisons) and structural clues (for example, roots, suffixes, prefixes).

g Locate and recall information in text with different text structures (for example, cause and effect,

problems/solution, or compare/contrast).

Standard 4 Students apply thinking skills to their reading, speaking, listening, and viewing.

a Identify author's viewpoint, purpose, and historical/cultural context from information presented in the text.

b Use reading and writing to define a problem, evaluate options, and propose a solution.

c Evaluate the reliability, accuracy, and relevance of various texts (for example, literature, nonfiction, film, and

speeches).

d Analyze a variety of text (for example, editorials, political cartoons, advertisements, and essays) in order to

make predictions and draw conclusions.

e Evaluate the quality of ideas in a text by applying criteria and supporting the conclusion.

f Differentiate fact from opinion in a variety of text.

Standard 5 Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, references, and technological sources.

a Use organizational features of printed text (for example, prefaces, appendices, annotations, citations, and

bibliographic references) to locate relevant information.

b Use organizational features of electronic text (for example, database keyword searches, Internet search

engines and e-mail addresses) to locate relevant information.

c Paraphrase, summarize, organize and synthesize information from a variety of sources.

d Evaluate information for specific needs, validity, credibility, and bias.

e Give credit for others' ideas, images, or information in an appropriate form.

f Locate meanings, pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources.

Standard 6 Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience.

a Read and respond to classic and contemporary novels, poetry, plays, short stories, non-fiction, essays and

speeches, from a variety of cultures and historical periods that are familiar and unfamiliar.

b Apply literary terminology and knowledge of literary techniques (including, but not limited to, rising action, style, mood,

setting, protagonist, antagonist, point of view, foreshadowing, personification, or flashback) to understand text.

c Read a given text, identify the theme, and provide support from the text.