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7 Assessment Guide for Educators: RLA Chapter 1: Assessment Targets Reading Assessment Targets1 Range of Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Levels2 Common Core Connection: R�4�2; L4�2 Interpret words and phrases that appear frequently in texts from a wide variety of disciplines, including determining connotative and figurative meanings from context and analyzing how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. R.4.1/L.4.1 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining connotative and figurative meanings from context. R.4.2/L.4.2 Analyze how meaning or tone is affected when one word is replaced with another. R.4.3/L.4.3 Analyze the impact of specific words, phrases, or figurative language in text, with a focus on an author’s intent to convey information or construct an argument.
1-3 2 2-3 Common Core Connection: R�59 Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences or paragraphs relate to each other and the whole. R.5.1 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas. R.5.2 Analyze the structural relationship between adjacent sections of text (e.g., how one paragraph develops or refines a key concept or how one idea is distinguished from another). R.5.3 Analyze transitional language or signal words (words that indicate structural relationships, such as consequently, nevertheless, otherwise) and determine how they refine meaning, emphasize certain ideas, or reinforce an author’s purpose. R.5.4 Analyze how the structure of a paragraph, section, or passage shapes meaning, emphasizes key ideas, or supports an author’s purpose.
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2-3 Common Core Connection: R�6 Determine an author’s purpose or point of view in a text and explain how it is conveyed and shapes the content and style of a text. R.6.1 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose of a text. R.6.2 Analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others or how an author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints. R.6.3 Infer an author’s implicit as well as explicit purposes based on details in text. R.6.4 Analyze how an author uses rhetorical techniques to advance his or her point of view or achieve a specific purpose (e.g., analogies, enumerations, repetition and parallelism, juxtaposition of opposites, qualifying statements).
1-2 2-3 2 2-3 Common Core Connection: R�8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. R.8.1 Delineate the specific steps of an argument the author puts forward, including how the argument’s claims build on one another. R.8.2 Identify specific pieces of evidence an author uses in support of claims or conclusions. R.8.3 Evaluate the relevance and sufficiency of evidence offered in support of a claim. R.8.4 Distinguish claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. R.8.5 Assess whether the reasoning is valid; identify fallacious reasoning in an argument and evaluate its impact. R.8.6 Identify an underlying premise or assumption in an argument and evaluate the logical support and evidence provided.
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