READING STRAND II:
EXTENDING MEANING WITH FICTION SELECTIONS
Given a fiction or poetry text to read silently, students will demonstrate an understanding of text and elements of fiction or poetry by responding to items in which they:
5. Compare and contrast aspects of the text, for example, characters or settings.
Students identify similarities and differences between/among text elements such as characters or settings.
6. Critique and/or evaluate aspects of the text.
Students critique (discuss critically) and/or evaluate (examine and judge carefully) aspects of a fiction or poetry text. Typically this involves consideration of an author’s choices in writing the text and careful judgment about those choices. For example, students might be asked to consider why a writer includes a particular image in a poem or why a writer tells a story from the point of view of a particular character. Is the poem or story more effective or more successful in achieving the author’s purpose because the author made a certain choice?
7. Select information for a variety of purposes, including enjoyment.
Students choose resource materials (print and other media, community resources, etc.) related to a selection for a stated purpose.
8. Express reasons for recommending or not recommending the text for a particular audience or purpose.
Students judge the appropriateness of a text for a particular audience or purpose.
9. Explain how an author uses contents of a text to support his/her purpose for writing.
Students display an understanding of an author’s purpose for writing and of how an author uses something in a text to support that purpose.
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