Kansas 7th Grade ELA Standards in Reading Literature

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RL Reading: Literature

• Key Ideas and Details
  • RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  • RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
  • RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
• Craft and Structure
  • RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
  • RL.7.5 Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
  • RL.7.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
  • RL.7.7 Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
  • RL.7.9 Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.
• Language in Reading: Literature
  • RL.7.10 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when reading to aid comprehension of literary texts.
  • RL.7.11 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
    • RL.7.11.a Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
    • RL.7.11.b Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.
    • RL.7.11.c Consult general and specialized reference materials, both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
    • RL.7.11.d Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase.
  • RL.7.12 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
    • RL.7.12.a Interpret figures of speech in context.
    • RL.7.12.b Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
    • RL.7.12.c Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions).
• Range of Reading and Level of Text
  • RL.7.13 Read and comprehend high quality dramas, prose and poetry of appropriate quantitative and qualitative complexity for Grade 7.