Analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational texts such as:
(i) clear thesis, relevant supporting evidence, pertinent examples, and conclusion;
and
(ii) multiple organizational patterns within a text to develop the thesis;
By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literacy nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
