IXL skill plan | Reading Early High School plan for the ACT® Aspire

Skill plan for the ACT^® Aspire - Reading Early High School

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Emerging
Key Ideas and Details
Identify main ideas		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify thesis statements
Identify main ideas
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify thesis statements

Identify inferences		1. Read and understand informational passages
Identify inferences
1. Read and understand informational passages

Relate context to meaning
Relate context to meaning

Craft and Structure
Identify text structure		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions
Identify text structure
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions

Use context clues		1. Find words using context 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 5. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Use context clues
1. Find words using context 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 5. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

Identify figurative language		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Classify figures of speech
Identify figurative language
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Classify figures of speech

Identify main purpose		1. Identify the author's purpose
Identify main purpose
1. Identify the author's purpose

Identify multiple perspectives		1. Compare information from two texts
Identify multiple perspectives
1. Compare information from two texts
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Identify how fact and opinion influence text		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Identify how fact and opinion influence text
1. Distinguish facts from opinions

Compare and contrast literature		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Compare and contrast literature
1. Determine the themes of short stories

Cite evidence to develop an argument		1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Cite evidence to develop an argument
1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Close
Key Ideas and Details
Identify implicit and explicit main ideas		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Identify implicit and explicit main ideas
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Use text details to infer meaning		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Use text details to infer meaning
1. Compare two texts with different genres

Use supporting details to analyze texts		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Use supporting details to analyze texts
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Craft and Structure
Identify text structure		1. Identify text structures
Identify text structure
1. Identify text structures

Determine meaning from context		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Determine meaning from context
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Relate word choice to meaning and tone		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Relate word choice to meaning and tone
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Identify main purpose		1. Identify audience and purpose
Identify main purpose
1. Identify audience and purpose

Identify topic and character development		1. Analyze short stories
Identify topic and character development
1. Analyze short stories

Identify multiple perspectives
Identify multiple perspectives

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Distinguish between an author's claims and counterclaims		1. Trace an argument: set 1
Distinguish between an author's claims and counterclaims
1. Trace an argument: set 1

Differentiate between fact and opinion		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Differentiate between fact and opinion
1. Distinguish facts from opinions

Compare literary elements and themes to understand key ideas		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Compare literary elements and themes to understand key ideas
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Cite evidence to develop an argument		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Cite evidence to develop an argument
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Ready
Key Ideas and Details
Analyze implicit and explicit main ideas		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify thesis statements
Analyze implicit and explicit main ideas
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify thesis statements

Use supporting details to analyze texts and make inferences		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Use supporting details to analyze texts and make inferences
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Cite text details to identify and support relationships
Cite text details to identify and support relationships

Craft and Structure
Identify text structure		1. Identify text structures
Identify text structure
1. Identify text structures

Determine meaning from context		1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Determine meaning from context
1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

Relate word choice to meaning and tone		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 3. Classify figures of speech: review
Relate word choice to meaning and tone
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 3. Classify figures of speech: review

Identify main purpose		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Identify main purpose
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Relate text structure and style to meaning		1. Compare passages for tone
Relate text structure and style to meaning
1. Compare passages for tone

Identify topic and character development		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Identify topic and character development
1. Analyze short stories: set 1

Identify multiple perspectives
Identify multiple perspectives

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Identify how an author develops an argument		1. Trace an argument: set 2
Identify how an author develops an argument
1. Trace an argument: set 2

Identify how fact and opinion affect bias and tone		1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Identify how fact and opinion affect bias and tone
1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Compare literary elements and themes to relate key ideas		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Compare literary elements and themes to relate key ideas
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Cite evidence to develop an argument		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Cite evidence to develop an argument
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Exceeding
Key Ideas and Details
Analyze implicit and explicit main ideas		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Analyze implicit and explicit main ideas
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Use supporting details to analyze texts and make inferences		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Use supporting details to analyze texts and make inferences
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Cite implicit text details to analyze relationships		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Cite implicit text details to analyze relationships
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Craft and Structure
Determine meaning from context		1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Determine meaning from context
1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

Relate word choice to meaning and tone		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Relate word choice to meaning and tone
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Interpret main purpose		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Interpret main purpose
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Relate text structure and style to meaning		1. Compare passages for tone
Relate text structure and style to meaning
1. Compare passages for tone

Analyze passages for topic, theme, and character development		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Analyze passages for topic, theme, and character development
1. Analyze short stories: set 1

Differentiate between multiple perspectives
Differentiate between multiple perspectives

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Identify how an author develops an argument		1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2
Identify how an author develops an argument
1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Trace an argument: set 2

Identify how fact and opinion affect bias and tone		1. Classify logical fallacies
Identify how fact and opinion affect bias and tone
1. Classify logical fallacies

Compare literary elements and themes to relate key ideas in different texts		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Compare literary elements and themes to relate key ideas in different texts
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Cite evidence to develop an argument		1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Cite evidence to develop an argument
1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

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