Common Core State Standards

Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.

Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.