Social Studies HS Guide

information in a text. 5.RL.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in a text. 3.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language 3.RI.4, 4.RI.4, 5.RI.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text 4.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology 5.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. 3.RI.6 Distinguish reader point of view from that of an author of a text. 4.RI.5 Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, and concepts of information in a text or part of a text. 5.RL.6 Describe how a narrator’s

* Additional ideas for instructional practices can be found in the resource Ideas for Progress in College and Career Readiness on the ACT website. Work with students to build vocabulary and word knowledge, including Tier II vocabulary, through building an understanding of how to use context clues. ● Help students build Tier III vocabulary through word study and reading several texts on the same topic or idea. ● Help students to differentiate between denotative and connotative meanings of words in complex texts. ● Have students explore how an author’s or narrator’s word choice can shape meaning and affect readers’ understanding. ● Have students examine the organization patterns used by the author of a text. ● Provide examples of one event or topic from the perspective of two different narrators or authors. ●

Craft and Structure Questions in this category test students’ ability to determine the meaning of words and phrases; analyze author’s word choice; analyze text structure; and analyze the author’s purpose and perspective.

WME 301 Analyze how the choice of a specific word or phrase shapes meaning or tone in somewhat challenging passages when the effect is simple WME 302 Interpret basic figurative language as it is used in a passage TST 404 Analyze the overall PPV 401 Identify a clear purpose of somewhat challenging passages and how that purpose shapes content and style PPV 402 Understand point of view in somewhat challenging passages structure of somewhat challenging passages

or speaker’s point of view influences how events are

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