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Skill plan for the SAT^® - Reading and Writing

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<370
370–410
420–480
490–540
550–600
610–670
680+

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Score: Less than 370
Information and Ideas
Text evidence		1. Identify story elements
Text evidence
1. Identify story elements

Supporting details		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Supporting details
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Inference		1. Make predictions about a story 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
Inference
1. Make predictions about a story 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales

Informational graphics		1. Read graphic organizers
Informational graphics
1. Read graphic organizers
Craft and Structure
Academic vocabulary		1. Find words using context 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Academic vocabulary
1. Find words using context 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Word choice and usage		1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Positive and negative connotation
Word choice and usage
1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Positive and negative connotation

Purpose		1. Identify the purpose of a text
Purpose
1. Identify the purpose of a text

Analyze literary texts		1. Read realistic fiction 2. Read historical fiction
Analyze literary texts
1. Read realistic fiction 2. Read historical fiction

Analyze informational texts		1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Read about science and nature 4. Read about history
Analyze informational texts
1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Read about science and nature 4. Read about history
Expression of Ideas
Transitions		1. Identify time-order words
Transitions
1. Identify time-order words

Integrate information		1. Order items from most general to most specific 2. Organize information by topic 3. Combine main ideas from two texts
Integrate information
1. Order items from most general to most specific 2. Organize information by topic 3. Combine main ideas from two texts
Standard English Conventions
Plurals and possessives		1. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 2. Form the singular or plural possessive
Plurals and possessives
1. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 2. Form the singular or plural possessive

Punctuation		1. Commas with a series
Punctuation
1. Commas with a series

Verbs		1. Is the subject singular or plural? 2. Use the correct subject or verb 3. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?
Verbs
1. Is the subject singular or plural? 2. Use the correct subject or verb 3. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?

Sentence composition		1. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 2. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 3. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence
Sentence composition
1. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 2. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 3. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence

Score: 370–410
Information and Ideas
Text evidence		1. Summarize a story 2. Match the quotations with their themes
Text evidence
1. Summarize a story 2. Match the quotations with their themes

Supporting details		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Supporting details
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Inference		1. Compare and contrast characters 2. Draw inferences from literary texts 3. Determine the themes of short stories
Inference
1. Compare and contrast characters 2. Draw inferences from literary texts 3. Determine the themes of short stories

Informational graphics		1. Read graphic organizers
Informational graphics
1. Read graphic organizers
Craft and Structure
Academic vocabulary		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Academic vocabulary
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

Word choice and usage		1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Compare passages for tone
Word choice and usage
1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Compare passages for tone

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

Analyze informational texts		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 2
Analyze informational texts
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 2

Analyze literary texts		1. Read poetry 2. Analyze passages from Esperanza Rising: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Esperanza Rising: Part 2
Analyze literary texts
1. Read poetry 2. Analyze passages from Esperanza Rising: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Esperanza Rising: Part 2
Expression of Ideas
Transitions		1. Choose the best transition
Transitions
1. Choose the best transition

Integrate information		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Which is a thesis statement?
Integrate information
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Which is a thesis statement?
Standard English Conventions
Plurals and possessives		1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
Plurals and possessives
1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Punctuation		1. Commas with compound and complex sentences
Punctuation
1. Commas with compound and complex sentences

Verbs		1. Use the correct subject or verb 2. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects 3. Form the progressive verb tenses 4. Form the perfect verb tenses
Verbs
1. Use the correct subject or verb 2. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects 3. Form the progressive verb tenses 4. Form the perfect verb tenses

Sentence structure		1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
Sentence structure
1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

Score: 420–480
Information and Ideas
Text evidence		1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument
Text evidence
1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument

Supporting details		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Supporting details
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Inference		1. Read and understand informational passages
Inference
1. Read and understand informational passages

Main idea		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Main idea
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Informational graphics		1. Read graphic organizers
Informational graphics
1. Read graphic organizers
Craft and Structure
Academic vocabulary		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Academic vocabulary
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational

Word choice and usage		1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Word choice and usage
1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Purpose		1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Read about science and nature
Purpose
1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Read about science and nature

Compare texts		1. Compare information from two texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres
Compare texts
1. Compare information from two texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres

Analyze informational texts		1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2
Analyze informational texts
1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2

Analyze literary texts		1. Read poetry 2. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
Analyze literary texts
1. Read poetry 2. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
Expression of Ideas
Transitions		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Transitions
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Integrate information		1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify thesis statements
Integrate information
1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify thesis statements
Standard English Conventions
Plurals and possessives		1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
Plurals and possessives
1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Punctuation		1. Commas with compound and complex sentences
Punctuation
1. Commas with compound and complex sentences

Verbs		1. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Verbs
1. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

Pronouns		1. Identify vague pronoun references 2. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
Pronouns
1. Identify vague pronoun references 2. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

Sentence structure		1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
Sentence structure
1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

Score: 490–540
Information and Ideas
Text evidence		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument: set 1
Text evidence
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument: set 1

Inference		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Inference
1. Analyze short stories: set 1

Main idea		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Main idea
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Informational graphics		1. Read graphic organizers
Informational graphics
1. Read graphic organizers
Craft and Structure
Academic vocabulary		1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 2. Use dictionary definitions
Academic vocabulary
1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 2. Use dictionary definitions

Word choice and usage		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Interpret figures of speech 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Word choice and usage
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Interpret figures of speech 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Purpose		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Read workplace emails and memos
Purpose
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Read workplace emails and memos

Compare texts		1. Compare information from two texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres
Compare texts
1. Compare information from two texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres

Analyze informational texts		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Analyze passages from Night: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Night: Part 2
Analyze informational texts
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Analyze passages from Night: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Night: Part 2

Analyze literary texts		1. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 2
Analyze literary texts
1. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 2
Expression of Ideas
Transitions		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Transitions
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Integrate information		1. Identify thesis statements
Integrate information
1. Identify thesis statements
Standard English Conventions
Plurals and possessives		1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
Plurals and possessives
1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Punctuation		1. Commas with compound and complex sentences 2. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
Punctuation
1. Commas with compound and complex sentences 2. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Verbs		1. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 2. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement
Verbs
1. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 2. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement

Pronouns		1. Identify all of the possible antecedents 2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Pronouns
1. Identify all of the possible antecedents 2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Sentence structure		1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
Sentence structure
1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Score: 550–600
Information and Ideas
Text evidence		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument: set 2
Text evidence
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument: set 2

Inference		1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 3. Analyze short stories: set 2
Inference
1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 3. Analyze short stories: set 2

Main idea		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Main idea
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Informational graphics		1. Read graphic organizers
Informational graphics
1. Read graphic organizers
Craft and Structure
Academic vocabulary		1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Academic vocabulary
1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions

Word choice and usage		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use words accurately and precisely 3. Compare passages for tone
Word choice and usage
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use words accurately and precisely 3. Compare passages for tone

Purpose		1. Read workplace emails and memos
Purpose
1. Read workplace emails and memos

Compare texts		1. Compare information from two texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres
Compare texts
1. Compare information from two texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres

Analyze informational texts		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2
Analyze informational texts
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2

Analyze literary texts		1. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
Analyze literary texts
1. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
Expression of Ideas
Transitions		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Transitions
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Integrate information		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Integrate information
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Standard English Conventions
Plurals and possessives		1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
Plurals and possessives
1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Punctuation		1. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Punctuation
1. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

Verbs		1. Form the progressive verb tenses 2. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
Verbs
1. Form the progressive verb tenses 2. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement

Sentence structure		1. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Sentence structure
1. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons

Modifiers		1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures
Modifiers
1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures

Score: 610–670
Information and Ideas
Text evidence		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Trace an argument: set 1
Text evidence
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Trace an argument: set 1

Inference		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze passages from The Prince: Part 1
Inference
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Analyze passages from The Prince: Part 1

Informational graphics		1. Interpret graphic organizers: level 1
Informational graphics
1. Interpret graphic organizers: level 1
Craft and Structure
Academic vocabulary		1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Academic vocabulary
1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

Word choice and usage		1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Word choice and usage
1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Purpose		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Read company policies and procedures
Purpose
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Read company policies and procedures

Analyze informational texts		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Analyze informational texts
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Analyze literary texts		1. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 2
Analyze literary texts
1. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 2
Expression of Ideas
Transitions		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Transitions
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Integrate information		1. Identify thesis statements
Integrate information
1. Identify thesis statements
Standard English Conventions
Plurals and possessives		1. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Plurals and possessives
1. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession

Punctuation		1. Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series
Punctuation
1. Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series

Verbs		1. Form the perfect verb tenses 2. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Verbs
1. Form the perfect verb tenses 2. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects

Write clearly and concisely		1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure
Write clearly and concisely
1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure

Modifiers		1. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
Modifiers
1. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier

Score: 680+
Information and Ideas
Text evidence		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 2. Trace an argument: set 2
Text evidence
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 2. Trace an argument: set 2

Inference		1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Analyze passages from Walden: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Walden: Part 2
Inference
1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Analyze passages from Walden: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Walden: Part 2

Informational graphics		1. Interpret graphic organizers: level 2
Informational graphics
1. Interpret graphic organizers: level 2
Craft and Structure
Academic vocabulary		1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Academic vocabulary
1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

Word choice and usage		1. Explore words with new or contested usages
Word choice and usage
1. Explore words with new or contested usages

Purpose		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Read contracts and legal documents
Purpose
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Read contracts and legal documents

Analyze informational texts		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Analyze informational texts
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Analyze literary texts		1. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 2
Analyze literary texts
1. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 2
Expression of Ideas
Transitions		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Transitions
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Integrate information		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Integrate information
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Standard English Conventions
Plurals and possessives		1. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Plurals and possessives
1. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession

Punctuation		1. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas 2. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review
Punctuation
1. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas 2. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review

Write clearly and concisely		1. Use parallel structure
Write clearly and concisely
1. Use parallel structure

Verbs		1. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 2. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Verbs
1. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 2. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects

Modifiers		1. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Modifiers
1. Are the modifiers used correctly?

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