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.
C.
Make meaning through asking and responding to a variety of questions related to text.
Benchmarks (8–10)
A.
Apply reading comprehension strategies to understand grade-appropriate text.
B.
Demonstrate comprehension of print and electronic text by responding to questions (e.g., literal, inferential, evaluative and synthesizing).
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 6)
2.
Predict or hypothesize as appropriate from information in the text, substantiating with specific references to textual examples that may be in widely separated sections of text.
6.
Answer literal, inferential, evaluative and synthesizing questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts, electronic and visual media.
8.
List questions and search for answers within the text to construct meaning.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 7)
2.
Predict or hypothesize as appropriate from information in the text, substantiating with specific references to textual examples that may be in widely separated sections of text.
6.
Answer literal, inferential, evaluative and synthesizing questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts and electronic and visual media.
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.
2.
Answer literal, inferential, evaluative and synthesizing questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts and electronic and visual media.
Reading Applications: Literary Text Standard
Benchmarks (4–7)
A.
Describe and analyze the elements of character development.
B.
Analyze the importance of setting.
C.
Identify the elements of plot and establish a connection between an element and a future event.
E.
Demonstrate comprehension by inferring themes patterns and symbols.
Benchmarks (8–10)
A.
Analyze interactions between characters in literary text and how the interactions affect the plot.
B.
Explain and analyze how the context of setting and the author's choice of point of view impact a literary text.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 6)
1.
Analyze the techniques authors use to describe characters, including narrator or other characters' point of view; character's own thoughts, words or actions.
2.
Identify the features of setting and explain their importance in literary text.
3.
Identify the main and minor events of the plot, and explain how each incident gives rise to the next.
5.
Identify recurring themes, patterns and symbols found in literature from different eras and cultures.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 7)
1.
Explain interactions and conflicts (e.g., character vs. self, nature or society) between main and minor characters in literary text and how the interactions affect the plot.
2.
Analyze the features of the setting and their importance in a text.
3.
Identify the main and minor events of the plot, and explain how each incident gives rise to the next.
5.
Identify recurring themes, patterns and symbols found in literature from different eras and cultures.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8)
1.
Identify and explain various types of characters (e.g., flat, round, dynamic, static) and how their interactions and conflicts affect the plot.
2.
Analyze the influence of setting in relation to other literary elements.
5.
Identify and explain universal themes across different works by the same author and by different authors.