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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8 : Gary Soto: Inter. contrast: youth/age(lucky)
Discipline
Reading
Grades
7, 8
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After reading one of the selected poems, students provide an interpretation about the meaning of the text. This is a sample multiple choice test item used in a past National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) assessment (for more information, see About NAEP). From this test item, a visitor may view the reading passage and choose to access information regarding general performance on this item, a scoring guide and student responses (in the case of constructed response items), and performance on this item by various subgroups. The NAEP web site also allows visitors to build a printable database of questions by clicking on "Add Question" in the upper right hand corner of the screen. NAEP Reference Number: 1998-8R4, No. 3. (Author/ncl)


Ohio English Language Arts Standards (2001)
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies Standard
Benchmarks (4–7)
B.
Apply effective reading comprehension strategies, including summarizing and making predictions, and comparisons using information in text, between text and across subject areas.
Benchmarks (8–10)
A.
Apply reading comprehension strategies to understand grade-appropriate text.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 7)
3.
Make critical comparisons across text, noting author's style as well as literal and implied content of text.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8)
1.
Apply reading comprehension strategies, including making predictions, comparing and contrasting, recalling and summarizing and making inferences and drawing conclusions.
Reading Applications: Literary Text Standard
Benchmarks (4–7)
G.
Explain how figurative language expresses ideas and conveys mood.
Benchmarks (8–10)
F.
Identify and analyze how an author uses figurative language, sound devices and literary techniques to shape plot, set meaning and develop tone.
G.
Explain techniques used by authors to develop style.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 7)
7.
Interpret how mood or meaning is conveyed through word choice, figurative language and syntax.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8)
8.
Explain ways in which the author conveys mood and tone through word choice, figurative language, and syntax.
9.
Examine symbols used in literary texts.