North Dakota 8th Grade ELA Standards in Reading Literature/Fiction

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RL Reading: Literature/Fiction

• Key Ideas and Details
  • RL.1 Read closely to comprehend text.
    • RL.1.a Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly.
    • RL.1.b Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports inferences drawn from the text.
    • RL.1.c Provide an objective summary.
  • RL.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot.
  • RL.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story, poem, or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or prompt a decision.
• Craft and Structure
  • RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
  • RL.5 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
  • RL.6 Explain how differences in the point of view of characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) creates effects such as suspense or humor.
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
  • RL.7 Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
  • RL.9 Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is reimagined or made new.
• Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
  • RL.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend grade-level appropriate literature, in a variety of print genres and other media, proficiently and independently, with scaffolding as needed.