Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Vertical Alignment of Reading Standards Students will learn to proficiently read and comprehend grade level literature and informational text, including seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance, at the high end of the grade level text complexity band, with sca ff olding as needed.

● Standard R.1: Mastered in preschool. ● Standard R.2: Mastered in grade 3. ● Standard R.3: Mastered in grade 5.

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Grade

Read grade-level text* with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

4-5 Text Complexity Grade Band is 770-980 Lexile.

6-8 Text Complexity Grade Band is 955-1155 Lexile.

9-10 Text Complexity Grade Band is 1080-1305 Lexile.

11-12 Text Complexity Grade Band is 1215-1355 Lexile.

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Grade

5 Identify and refer to evidence from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. (RL & RI) 6 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. (RL & RI) 7-8 Cite textual evidence that supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. (RL & RI) 9-10 Cite relevant textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as what inferences can be drawn from the text, including identifying where the text implies ambiguity. (RL & RI) 11-12 Cite relevant textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including analyzing where the text implies ambiguity. (RL & RI)

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