Comprehension+and+Reading+Skills


 * Use this page to link to generic, stand alone activities appropriate by Anchor**

Use this if you DO NOT want a sample reading passage: Use this if you DO want to use a sample reading passage:
 * Use these blank PDF's to create standardized assessments:** Open the form PDF below and select the appropriate grade level. Copy and paste the appropriate Anchor in the field marked "Assessment Anchor". Fill in all areas. When finished, save file to your hard drive as and either post the anchor or email the activity as an attachment.

Before you teach an Anchor in class, download the appropriate grade level assessment below and send it to be copied. After the specific Anchor is addressed, administer the assessment and record the score in your gradebook and your log.

@R11A.1.1 Identify and apply the meaning of vocabulary in fiction @R11A.1.2 Identify and apply word recognition skills @R11.A.1.3 Make inferences, draw conclusions, and make generalizations based on text @R11.A.1.4 Identify and explain main ideas and relevant details @R11.A.1.5 Summarize a fictional text as a whole @R11.A.1.6 Identify, describe, and analyze genre of text
 * Understand fiction appropriate to grade level**

@R11.A.2.1 Identify and apply the meaning of vocabulary in nonfiction @R11.A.2.2 Identify and apply word recognition skills @R11.A.2.3 Make inferences, draw conclusions, and make generalizations based on text @R11.A.2.4 Identify and explain main ideas and relevant details R11.A.2.5 Summarize a nonfiction text as a whole @R11.A.2.6 Identify, describe, and analyze genre of text
 * Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level**

@R11.B.1 Interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and evaluate components of fiction and literary nonfiction R11.B.1.1.1 Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or evaluate character R11.B.1.1.1 Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or evaluate setting R11.B.1.1.1 Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or evaluate plot R11.B.1.1.1 Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or evaluate theme R11.B.1.1.1 Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or evaluate tone, style, mood R11.B.1.1.1 Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or evaluate symbolism @R11.B.1.2 Make connections between texts
 * Understand components within and between texts**

@R11.B.2.1 Identify, interpret, describe, and analyze figurative language and literary structures in fiction and nonfiction @R11.B.2.2 Identify, interpret, describe, and analyze the point of view of the narrator in fictional and nonfictional text
 * Understand literary devices in fictional and nonfictional text**

@R11.B.3.1 Interpret, describe, and analyze the characteristics and uses of facts and opinions in nonfictional text @R11.B.3.2 Distinguish between essential and nonessential information within or between texts
 * Understand concepts and organization of nonfictional text**