Draw conclusions based on analysis of text

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.5.G

Draw conclusions about characters, theme, and situations based on analysis of textual details

698

Use grade-appropriate vocabulary correctly

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.6.F

Use grade-appropriate general academic and content-area vocabulary correctly in context, expanding vocabulary to include words or phrases of particular importance to comprehension or expression (e.g., climax, cultural, culture, ecology, lofty, grossly, foil)

675

Analyze cause-and-effect interactions in a text

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.6

Analyze the cause-and-effect interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in an informational text (e.g., analyze how ideas influence an individual)

678

Provide an objective summary of a text

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.6.D

Provide an objective summary of an informational text that includes central ideas, supporting details, and retains overall meaning

687

Draw conclusions based on analysis of text

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.6.G

Draw conclusions about characters, theme, and situations based on analysis of textual details

698

Draw conclusions based on analysis of text

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.6.C

Draw conclusions about characters, theme, and situations based on analysis of textual details

698

Draw conclusions based on analysis of details

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.6.G

Draw conclusions based on analysis of multiple details in an informational text

699

Draw conclusions based on analysis of details

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.6.C

Draw conclusions based on analysis of multiple details in an informational text

699

Infer the theme and analyze how it's developed

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.7.A

Infer the theme or themes of a literary text and analyze how the theme is developed over the course of the text

691

Analyze role / significance of events in a plot

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.7.C

Analyze plot structure and development (e.g., conflict and resolution, rising and falling action, subplots) and determine how events advance the plot, explain previous events, and foreshadow later events

693

Trace and analyze the evolution of an argument

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.8.E.i

Trace the development of an author's argument, and identify and evaluate supporting evidence for adequacy, accuracy, and appropriateness

726

Note when argument's credibility is weakened

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.8.E.ii

Recognize instances in which the credibility of an argument is negatively affected (e.g., it contains misleading information or outdated information, fallacious reasoning, unsupported inferences, or bias)

730

Analyze point of view and narrator's development

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.9.E

Analyze how point of view influences the way the story is told, and how the author develops the narrator (e.g., how Robert Cormier slowly reveals the narrator's reality in I Am the Cheese)

697

Analyze how figurative language affects a text

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.9.F

Analyze how figurative language (e.g., analogies, idioms, metaphors, similes, personification, puns, hyperbole) affects the meaning, tone, and mood of a literary text or section of a literary text

704

Analyze how figurative language affects a text

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.9.D

Analyze how figurative language (e.g., analogies, idioms, metaphors, similes, personification, puns, hyperbole) affects the meaning, tone, and mood of a literary text or section of a literary text

704

Analyze how word choice creates tone / mood

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.9.F

Interpret the tone and mood of a text, and analyze how the author's word choice creates tone and mood

717

Explain impact of author's word choice on reader

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.9.F

Analyze the tone of an informational text, explaining the impact of the author's word choice on the reader (e.g., a letter to the editor with a reasonable tone compared to one with an angry tone)

718

Explain purpose and how author fulfills purpose

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.9.A

Explain the author's purpose or intent and how the author fulfills that purpose in an informational text (e.g., language use, evidence)

723

Describe when author's opinions bias a text

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.9.A

Describe instances in which an author's opinions, beliefs, or attitude bias the text

729

Use grade-appropriate vocabulary correctly

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.2.B

Use grade-appropriate general academic and content-area vocabulary correctly in context, expanding vocabulary to include words or phrases of particular importance to comprehension or expression (e.g., climax, cultural, culture, ecology, lofty, grossly, foil)

675

Determine synonyms for grade-appropriate words

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.2

Determine synonyms for grade-appropriate words (e.g., use prior knowledge or a thesaurus) and explain the subtle differences in meaning between synonyms

676

Analyze words with similar denotative meanings

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.2

Analyze the connotative differences between words and phrases with similar denotative meanings (e.g., sulk/brood; ally/comrade/best friend)

677

Read independently in grade appropriate texts

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.3

Read regularly and independently in seventh-grade-appropriate texts for sustained periods of time, increasing speed, stamina, and comprehension

662

Read independently in grade appropriate texts

TEKS.ELA-Reading.7.4

Read regularly and independently in seventh-grade-appropriate texts for sustained periods of time, increasing speed, stamina, and comprehension

662