Kansas 9th Grade ELA Standards in Reading Literature

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RL Reading: Literature

• Key Ideas and Details
  • RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  • RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development.
  • RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
• Craft and Structure
  • RL.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
  • RL.9-10.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
  • RL.9-10.6 Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature.
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
  • RL.9-10.7 Analyze and evaluate the representation of a subject or a key scene as it is represented in multiple media formats.
  • RL.9-10.9 Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work.
• Language in Reading: Literature
  • RL.9-10.10 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading.
  • RL.9-10.11 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
    • RL.9-10.11.a Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
    • RL.9-10.11.b Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech.
    • RL.9-10.11.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, its part of speech, or its etymology.
    • RL.9-10.11.d Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase.
  • RL.9-10.12 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
    • RL.9-10.12.a Interpret figures of speech in context and analyze their role in the text.
    • RL.9-10.12.b Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
• Range of Reading and Level of Text
  • RL.9-10.13 Read and comprehend high quality dramas, prose, and poetry of appropriate quantitative and qualitative complexity for Grades 9-10.