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RN Reading: Nonfiction
- Learning Outcome
- 7.RN.1 Read a variety of nonfiction within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 6-8. By the end of grade 7, students interact with texts proficiently and independently at the middle of the range and with scaffolding as needed for texts at the high end of the range.
- Key Ideas and Textual Support
- 7.RN.2.1 Analyze what a text says explicitly as well as draw inferences from the text through citing several pieces of textual evidence.
- 7.RN.2.2 Analyze the development of two or more central ideas over the course of a text; provide a detailed, objective summary of the text.
- 7.RN.2.3 Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
- Structural Elements and Organization
- 7.RN.3.2 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.
- 7.RN.3.3 Determine an author’s perspective or purpose in a text, and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from the positions of others.
- Synthesis and Connection of Ideas
- 7.RN.4.1 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims, noting instances of bias and stereotyping.
- 7.RN.4.2 Compare and contrast a print or digital text with an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).
- 7.RN.4.3 Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.