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9-12.R Reading

Key Ideas and Details
- 9-12.R.4 Read various texts closely to determine what each text explicitly says and to make logical inferences; cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the texts.
  - 9-12.R.4.a Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of various texts in ways that demonstrate what the text(s) says explicitly and implicitly, including attending to moments of textual inconsistency or ambiguity.
- 9-12.R.5 Provide an accurate summary of various texts; determine the central idea(s) or theme(s) and analyze its development throughout each text.
  - 9-12.R.5.a Provide accurate summaries of various texts that make clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
  - 9-12.R.5.b Determine the theme(s) or central idea(s) of various texts and analyze the development of the theme(s) or central idea(s) over the course of the texts, including how elements interact and build on one another, to provide a complex account or analysis.
- 9-12.R.6 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
  - 9-12.R.6.a Analyze the impact of an author's choices and determine how specific individual/characters, elements, and/or techniques, events, or ideas interact and develop over the course of the text (or a series of texts).
Craft and Structure
- 9-12.R.7 Interpret words and phrases as they are used in various texts, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
  - 9-12.R.7.a Determine the meaning of figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings and phrases as they are used in various contexts and texts; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings and/or language that is particularly evocative.
- 9-12.R.8 Analyze the structure of various texts, including how the features and components relate to each other and the whole.
  - 9-12.R.8.a Analyze the organization and structure of specific features and components in various texts.
  - 9-12.R.8.b Evaluate the effectiveness of text structures in conveying the overall meaning and/or purpose of the text as a whole.
- 9-12.R.9 Assess how perspective or purpose shapes the content and style of various texts.
  - 9-12.R.9.a Analyze and evaluate how authors from various contexts (e.g., diverse, intersectional, multicultural, religious) use perspective and purpose to shape the intended content, style, and effect of various texts.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- 9-12.R.10 Evaluate the argument and specific claims in various texts.
  - 9-12.R.10.a Evaluate the effectiveness of how authors use literary and/or rhetorical strategies to develop arguments in various texts.
    - Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 (12-E.5)
    - Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 (12-E.6)
  - 9-12.R.10.b Evaluate the premises, claims, and/or conclusions in various texts, verifying the information when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information.
- 9-12.R.11 Analyze and evaluate content presented in various texts (e.g., literary, historical, visual, artistic, quantitative, and technological).
  - 9-12.R.11.a Evaluate and synthesize multiple sources of information and various texts (e.g., literary, visual, artistic, and quantitative) in order to achieve a specific purpose or to answer a question.
  - 9-12.R.11.b Analyze how various authors or texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
    - Compare passages for subjective and objective tone (12-B.2)
    - Compare passages for tone (12-B.4)
  - 9-12.R.11.c Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among perspectives.
Fluency
- 9-12.R.12 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
  - 9-12.R.12.a Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
  - 9-12.R.12.b Read various on-level texts with purpose and understanding.
  - 9-12.R.12.c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition.

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9-12.R Reading

Key Ideas and Details

9-12.R.4 Read various texts closely to determine what each text explicitly says and to make logical inferences; cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the texts.

9-12.R.4.a Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of various texts in ways that demonstrate what the text(s) says explicitly and implicitly, including attending to moments of textual inconsistency or ambiguity.

9-12.R.5 Provide an accurate summary of various texts; determine the central idea(s) or theme(s) and analyze its development throughout each text.

9-12.R.5.a Provide accurate summaries of various texts that make clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.

9-12.R.5.b Determine the theme(s) or central idea(s) of various texts and analyze the development of the theme(s) or central idea(s) over the course of the texts, including how elements interact and build on one another, to provide a complex account or analysis.

9-12.R.6 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

9-12.R.6.a Analyze the impact of an author's choices and determine how specific individual/characters, elements, and/or techniques, events, or ideas interact and develop over the course of the text (or a series of texts).

Craft and Structure

9-12.R.7 Interpret words and phrases as they are used in various texts, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

9-12.R.8 Analyze the structure of various texts, including how the features and components relate to each other and the whole.

9-12.R.8.a Analyze the organization and structure of specific features and components in various texts.

9-12.R.8.b Evaluate the effectiveness of text structures in conveying the overall meaning and/or purpose of the text as a whole.

9-12.R.9 Assess how perspective or purpose shapes the content and style of various texts.

9-12.R.9.a Analyze and evaluate how authors from various contexts (e.g., diverse, intersectional, multicultural, religious) use perspective and purpose to shape the intended content, style, and effect of various texts.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

9-12.R.10 Evaluate the argument and specific claims in various texts.

9-12.R.10.a Evaluate the effectiveness of how authors use literary and/or rhetorical strategies to develop arguments in various texts.

9-12.R.10.b Evaluate the premises, claims, and/or conclusions in various texts, verifying the information when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information.

9-12.R.11 Analyze and evaluate content presented in various texts (e.g., literary, historical, visual, artistic, quantitative, and technological).

9-12.R.11.a Evaluate and synthesize multiple sources of information and various texts (e.g., literary, visual, artistic, and quantitative) in order to achieve a specific purpose or to answer a question.

9-12.R.11.b Analyze how various authors or texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

9-12.R.11.c Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among perspectives.

Fluency

9-12.R.12 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

9-12.R.12.a Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

9-12.R.12.b Read various on-level texts with purpose and understanding.

9-12.R.12.c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition.