Standard 1: Student will make sense of a variety of grade level appropriate literary materials. (Literary Materials include: short stories, novels, essays, poetry, and plays consisting of classical and modern texts and representing both historical and cultural perspectives).

RD-H-1.0.8: Interpret the meaning of passages appropriate for Eighth Grade students.

RD-H-1.0.9: Analyze critically a variety of literary genres.

RD-H-1.0.10: Evaluate the influence of literary elements (characterization, setting, point of view, plot, structure).

RD-H-1.0.11: Analyze the effect of theme, conflict and resolution, symbolism, irony, analogies and figurative language.

RD-H-1.O.12: Explain how a conflict is resolved in a text.

RD-H-1.0.13: Interpret figurative, symbolic, and/or idiomatic (jargon, dialect) language.

RD-H-1.0.14: Critique the author’s word choice, style, content and use of literary elements.

RD-H-1.0.15: Make connections among literature, students’ lives and/or real world issues.

Standard 1: Student will make sense of a variety of grade level appropriate informational materials. (Informational materials include selections from scientific and cultural journals, feature article, news article, biography, autobiography, and primary source material.)

RD-H-2.0.8: Use text features (e.g., illustrations, charts, lists, tables, graphs, tables of contents, indexes, glossaries, headings, captions) to enhance understanding of a passage.

RD-H-2.0.9: Analyze the organizational patterns in a passage: cause and effect, comparison and contrast, sequence and generalizations.

RD-H-2.0.10: Evaluate the effectiveness of organization and format in fulfilling the purpose of a passage.

RD-H-2.0.11: Evaluate the use of supporting details as they relate to the author’s message.

RD-H-2.0.12: Make predictions and draw conclusions based on what is read.

RD-H-2.0.13: Analyze the content as it applies to students’ lives and/or real world issues

Standard 1: Student will make sense of a variety of grade level appropriate persuasive materials. (Persuasive materials include whole texts and excerpts from materials such as magazine and newspaper articles, brochures, letters, proposals, speeches, editorials, electronic texts, essays, opinion columns, and advertisements.)

RD-H-3.0.8: Identify purposes of persuasion.

RD-H-3.0.9: Identify an author’s position based evidence in passage.

RD-H-3.0.10: Recognize the appropriateness of an argument for an intended audience.

RD-H-3.0.11: Accept or reject an argument, giving supporting evidence from the passage.

RD-H-3.0.12: Compare and Contrast differing points of view in two or more passages.

RD-H-3.0.13: Identify a variety of persuasive and propaganda techniques and explain how each is used.

RD-H-3.0.14: Analyze and evaluate the use of persuasion within a passage.

Standard 1: Student will make sense of a variety of grade level appropriate practical/workplace materials. (Practical/Workplace materials include: warranties, recipes, forms, memoranda, consumer texts, and "how-to" manuals.)

RD-H-4.0.8: Identify essential information needed to accomplish a task.

RD-H-4.0.9: Apply the information contained in practical/workplace materials.

RD-H-4.0.10: Follow the sequence of information.

RD-H-4.0.11: Utilize page format and layout (graphics and organizational aids such as bullets, bold face, type, italics, and indentation) to interpret information.

RD-H-4.0.12: Interpret the meaning of specialized vocabulary.

RD-H-4.0.13: Evaluate the clarity of practical/workplace materials.