ELA21.8.1

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 8

ELA21.8.1
Analyze how informational and graphic text elements, including allusions, point of view, purpose, comparisons, categories, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings, develop central and supporting ideas.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

Informational and graphic text elements develop central and supporting ideas.
Allusions, point of view, purpose, comparisons, categories, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings are types of informational text elements that develop central and supporting ideas.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify informational and graphic text elements, including allusions, point of view, purpose, comparisons, categories, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings.
Analyze how specific informational and graphic text elements develop the central and supporting ideas in a text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Authors choose to use particular informational and graphic text elements to support the development of the central and supporting ideas of a text.

Vocabulary

Informational text elements
Graphic text elements
Allusions
Point of view
Purpose
Comparisons
Categories
Figurative word meanings
Connotative word meanings
Technical word meanings
Central idea
Supporting ideas

Aligned Learning Resources

Twenty-First Century Informational Literacy: Integrating Research Techniques and Technology

Design by Adaptive Theme