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Skill plan for the Renaissance Star Assessments - Reading 8th grade

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Domain

Word Knowledge and Skills
Comprehension Strategies and Constructing Meaning
Analyzing Literary Text
Understanding Author's Craft
Analyzing Argument and Evaluating Text

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Word Knowledge and Skills
Score: Less than 1042
Vocabulary strategies		Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary strategies
Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Vocabulary knowledge		Synonyms 1. Find synonyms in context Multiple-meaning words 2. Which definition matches the sentence? 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Shades of meaning 4. Positive and negative connotation Idioms 5. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 6. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2 Analogies 7. Analogies: challenge
Vocabulary knowledge
Synonyms 1. Find synonyms in context Multiple-meaning words 2. Which definition matches the sentence? 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Shades of meaning 4. Positive and negative connotation Idioms 5. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 6. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2 Analogies 7. Analogies: challenge
Score: 1042–1078
Vocabulary strategies		Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary strategies
Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Vocabulary knowledge		Synonyms 1. Choose the synonym Multiple-meaning words 2. Which sentence matches the definition? 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Shades of meaning 4. Positive and negative connotation Analogies 5. Analogies: challenge
Vocabulary knowledge
Synonyms 1. Choose the synonym Multiple-meaning words 2. Which sentence matches the definition? 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Shades of meaning 4. Positive and negative connotation Analogies 5. Analogies: challenge
Score: 1079–1123
Vocabulary strategies		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 Prefixes 4. Words with pre- 5. Words with re- 6. Words with sub- 7. Words with mis- 8. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Suffixes 9. Words with -ful 10. Words with -less 11. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 12. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 13. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary strategies
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 Prefixes 4. Words with pre- 5. Words with re- 6. Words with sub- 7. Words with mis- 8. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Suffixes 9. Words with -ful 10. Words with -less 11. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 12. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 13. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Vocabulary knowledge		Synonyms 1. Choose the synonym Homophones 2. Use the correct homophone Shades of meaning 3. Describe the difference between related words Analogies 4. Analogies
Vocabulary knowledge
Synonyms 1. Choose the synonym Homophones 2. Use the correct homophone Shades of meaning 3. Describe the difference between related words Analogies 4. Analogies
Score: 1124–1179
Vocabulary strategies		Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Word patterns 2. Word pattern sentences Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary strategies
Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Word patterns 2. Word pattern sentences Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Vocabulary knowledge		Multiple-meaning words 1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition? Shades of meaning 3. Positive and negative connotation Analogies 4. Analogies: challenge
Vocabulary knowledge
Multiple-meaning words 1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition? Shades of meaning 3. Positive and negative connotation Analogies 4. Analogies: challenge
Score: 1180+
Vocabulary strategies		Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Word patterns 3. Word pattern analogies Prefixes and suffixes 4. Words with pre- 5. Words with re- 6. Words with -ful 7. Words with -less 8. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 9. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 10. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 11. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary strategies
Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Word patterns 3. Word pattern analogies Prefixes and suffixes 4. Words with pre- 5. Words with re- 6. Words with -ful 7. Words with -less 8. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 9. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 10. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 11. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Vocabulary knowledge		1. Use the correct homophone 2. Analogies
Vocabulary knowledge
1. Use the correct homophone 2. Analogies

Comprehension Strategies and Constructing Meaning
Score: Less than 1042
Reading process skills		Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose Visual elements 2. Read graphic organizers Summary 3. Read about animals
Reading process skills
Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose Visual elements 2. Read graphic organizers Summary 3. Read about animals

Constructing meaning		Vocabulary in context 1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Inference 2. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 2 Main idea 6. Combine main ideas from two texts Supporting details 7. Read about business and technology Generalize and extend meaning 8. Compare information from two texts Fact and opinion 9. Distinguish facts from opinions
Constructing meaning
Vocabulary in context 1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Inference 2. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 2 Main idea 6. Combine main ideas from two texts Supporting details 7. Read about business and technology Generalize and extend meaning 8. Compare information from two texts Fact and opinion 9. Distinguish facts from opinions

Organizational structure		Literary text structures 1. Read drama 2. Label the rhyme scheme Informational text structures 3. Identify text structures 4. Match causes and effects in informational texts 5. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Organizational structure
Literary text structures 1. Read drama 2. Label the rhyme scheme Informational text structures 3. Identify text structures 4. Match causes and effects in informational texts 5. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Score: 1042–1078
Reading process skills		Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose Visual elements 2. Read graphic organizers
Reading process skills
Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose Visual elements 2. Read graphic organizers

Constructing meaning		Vocabulary in context 1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Inference 2. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from A Night to Remember: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from A Night to Remember: Part 2 Main idea 6. Read about history Supporting details 7. Read about science and nature Generalize and extend meaning 8. Compare two texts with different genres 9. Compare information from two texts Fact and opinion 10. Distinguish facts from opinions
Constructing meaning
Vocabulary in context 1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Inference 2. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from A Night to Remember: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from A Night to Remember: Part 2 Main idea 6. Read about history Supporting details 7. Read about science and nature Generalize and extend meaning 8. Compare two texts with different genres 9. Compare information from two texts Fact and opinion 10. Distinguish facts from opinions

Organizational structure		Literary text structures 1. Label the rhyme scheme Informational text structures 2. Identify text structures 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Organizational structure
Literary text structures 1. Label the rhyme scheme Informational text structures 2. Identify text structures 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Score: 1079–1123
Reading process skills		Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose Visual elements 2. Read graphic organizers
Reading process skills
Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose Visual elements 2. Read graphic organizers

Constructing meaning		Vocabulary in context 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Inference 2. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2 Main idea 6. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 7. Identify supporting details in literary texts 8. Identify supporting details in informational texts Generalize and extend meaning 9. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects Fact and opinion 10. Distinguish facts from opinions
Constructing meaning
Vocabulary in context 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Inference 2. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2 Main idea 6. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 7. Identify supporting details in literary texts 8. Identify supporting details in informational texts Generalize and extend meaning 9. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects Fact and opinion 10. Distinguish facts from opinions

Organizational structure		Literary text structures 1. Label the rhyme scheme Informational text structures 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Organizational structure
Literary text structures 1. Label the rhyme scheme Informational text structures 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Score: 1124–1179
Reading process skills		1. Identify audience and purpose
Reading process skills
1. Identify audience and purpose

Constructing meaning		Vocabulary in context 1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Inference 2. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 Main idea 6. Read about business and technology Generalize and extend meaning 7. Compare two texts with different genres 8. Compare information from two texts
Constructing meaning
Vocabulary in context 1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Inference 2. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2 4. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 Main idea 6. Read about business and technology Generalize and extend meaning 7. Compare two texts with different genres 8. Compare information from two texts

Organizational structure		1. Identify text structures
Organizational structure
1. Identify text structures
Score: 1180+
Reading process skills		Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Visual elements 2. Read graphic organizers
Reading process skills
Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Visual elements 2. Read graphic organizers

Constructing meaning		Inference 1. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 2 3. Analyze passages from Night: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from Night: Part 2 Main idea 5. Determine the main idea of a passage Fact and opinion 6. Distinguish facts from opinions
Constructing meaning
Inference 1. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 2 3. Analyze passages from Night: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from Night: Part 2 Main idea 5. Determine the main idea of a passage Fact and opinion 6. Distinguish facts from opinions

Organizational structure		Literary text structures 1. Label the rhyme scheme Informational text structures 2. Identify text structures
Organizational structure
Literary text structures 1. Label the rhyme scheme Informational text structures 2. Identify text structures

Analyzing Literary Text
Score: Less than 1042
Literary elements		Elements of poetry 1. Identify elements of poetry Story elements 2. Identify story elements 3. Determine the themes of short stories 4. Analyze short stories Point of view 5. Identify the narrative point of view
Literary elements
Elements of poetry 1. Identify elements of poetry Story elements 2. Identify story elements 3. Determine the themes of short stories 4. Analyze short stories Point of view 5. Identify the narrative point of view

Genre characteristics		1. Read poetry
Genre characteristics
1. Read poetry
Score: 1042–1078
Literary elements and genre characteristics		Story elements 1. Analyze short stories 2. Determine the themes of short stories Point of view 3. Identify the narrative point of view
Literary elements and genre characteristics
Story elements 1. Analyze short stories 2. Determine the themes of short stories Point of view 3. Identify the narrative point of view
Score: 1079–1123
Literary elements and genre characteristics		Theme 1. Match the quotations with their themes Point of view 2. Identify the narrative point of view
Literary elements and genre characteristics
Theme 1. Match the quotations with their themes Point of view 2. Identify the narrative point of view
Score: 1124–1179
Literary elements and genre characteristics		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Determine the themes of short stories
Literary elements and genre characteristics
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Determine the themes of short stories
Score: 1180+
Literary elements and genre characteristics		Elements of poetry 1. Identify elements of poetry Story elements 2. Analyze short stories: set 1 3. Analyze short stories: set 2 4. Match the quotations with their themes Point of view 5. Identify the narrative point of view
Literary elements and genre characteristics
Elements of poetry 1. Identify elements of poetry Story elements 2. Analyze short stories: set 1 3. Analyze short stories: set 2 4. Match the quotations with their themes Point of view 5. Identify the narrative point of view

Understanding Author's Craft
Score: Less than 1042
Author's choices		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Identify sensory details
Author's choices
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Identify sensory details
Score: 1042–1078
Author's choices		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Identify sensory details
Author's choices
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Identify sensory details
Score: 1079–1123
Author's choices		Literary devices 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Interpret figures of speech Sensory details 3. Identify sensory details
Author's choices
Literary devices 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Interpret figures of speech Sensory details 3. Identify sensory details
Score: 1124–1179
Author's choices		1. Classify figures of speech 2. Recall the source of an allusion 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Author's choices
1. Classify figures of speech 2. Recall the source of an allusion 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Score: 1180+
Author's choices		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Interpret figures of speech
Author's choices
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Interpret figures of speech

Analyzing Argument and Evaluating Text
Score: Less than 1042
Analysis		1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 2. Classify logical fallacies
Analysis
1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 2. Classify logical fallacies

Evaluation		Reasoning and support 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument 3. Identify counterclaims 4. Identify relevant sources Credibility 5. Identify and correct plagiarism
Evaluation
Reasoning and support 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument 3. Identify counterclaims 4. Identify relevant sources Credibility 5. Identify and correct plagiarism
Score: 1042–1078
Analysis		Bias and logical fallacies 1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 2. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Analysis
Bias and logical fallacies 1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 2. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Evaluation		Reasoning and support 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument 3. Identify counterclaims 4. Identify relevant sources Credibility 5. Identify plagiarism
Evaluation
Reasoning and support 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument 3. Identify counterclaims 4. Identify relevant sources Credibility 5. Identify plagiarism
Score: 1079–1123
Evaluation		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Evaluation
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Score: 1124–1179
Analysis		Bias and logical fallacies 1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 2. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Analysis
Bias and logical fallacies 1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 2. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Evaluation		Reasoning and support 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Trace an argument 4. Identify relevant sources Credibility 5. Identify plagiarism
Evaluation
Reasoning and support 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Trace an argument 4. Identify relevant sources Credibility 5. Identify plagiarism
Score: 1180+
Analysis		Bias and logical fallacies 1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 2. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Analysis
Bias and logical fallacies 1. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 2. Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Evaluation		Reasoning and support 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Identify relevant sources 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Credibility 4. Identify plagiarism
Evaluation
Reasoning and support 1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Identify relevant sources 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Credibility 4. Identify plagiarism

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