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STAR Reading Grade 3 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 3, CSAP CO 1 - Students read and understand a variety of materials. CO 1.a - What students know and a full range of strategies to comprehend materials (for example, directions, nonfiction material, rhymes and poems, and stories). CO 1.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize text passages. CO 1.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify main idea, and find information to support particular ideas. CO 1.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Draw inferences using contextual clues. CO 1.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Find the sequence of steps. CO 1.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Fit materials into an organization pattern (for example, chronological order). STAR Reading Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext CO 1.g - What students know and Skill Area 1 - Overall Product word (OP) recognition skills and resources (for example, phonics, context clues, picture clues, reference guides, roots, prefixes and suffixes of words) for. Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for Skill 5 - C05 Drawing conclusions for Skill 6 - C06 Making connections with prior knowledge Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill 2 - V02 Making inferences for vocabulary Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in context Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill 3 - V03 Making connections with prior knowledge Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for Page 1 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 4 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 4, CSAP CO 1 - Students read and understand a variety of materials CO 1.a - What students know and Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for a full range of strategies to comprehend a variety of texts, such as non-fiction, rhymes, poems, and stories (for example, skim and scan, self-monitor for understanding). CO 1.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize long text passages. CO 1.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify supporting details and main idea. CO 1.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Draw inferences using contextual clues. STAR Reading Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext CO 1.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify sequential order in expository text. CO 1.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Set a purpose for reading. CO 1.g - What students know and bold print, italics, titles, sub-titles, quotations, and underlined words to comprehend text. CO 1.h - What students know and Skill Area 1 - Overall Product word (OP) recognition skills and resources (for example, phonics, context clues, picture clues, reference guide, roots, prefixes, suffixes of words) for. Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for Skill 5 - C05 Drawing conclusions for Skill 6 - C06 Making connections with prior knowledge Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill 2 - V02 Making inferences for vocabulary Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in context Skill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from text Page 2 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 4 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 4, CSAP STAR Reading CO 4 - Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. CO 4.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Determine author's purpose. CO 4.b - What students know and reading to define and solve problems. CO 4.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Differentiate fact from opinion. CO 4.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Make predictions and draw conclusions about stories. CO 4.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify sequential order in expository text. CO 4.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Recognize the author's point of view. CO 5 - Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, references, and technological sources. CO 5.a - What students know and organizational features of printed text (for example, page numbering, alphabetizing, glossaries, chapter heading, table of contents, indexes, captions) to locate information. CO 5.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Recognize organizational features of electronic information (for example, pull-down menus, keyword searches, and icons) to locate information. Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill 3 - V03 Making connections with prior knowledge Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for Page 3 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 4 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 4, CSAP STAR Reading CO 5.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Take notes, outline, and identify main ideas in resource materials. CO 5.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Sort information as it relates to a specific topic or purpose. CO 5.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Give credit for borrowed information by listing sources. CO 5.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Select appropriate definitions from the dictionary, glossaries, and other sources. CO 6 - Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. CO 6.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Read and respond to a variety of literature (for example, folks tales, legends, myths, fiction, rhymes and poems, nonfiction). CO 6.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify setting, plot, character, problem, and solution. CO 6.c - What students know and new vocabulary from literature in another context. CO 6.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Read and respond to literature as a way to explore the similarities and differences among stories and the ways in which those stories reflect the ethnic background of the author and the culture in which they were written. Page 4 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 5 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 5, CSAP CO 1 - Students read and understand a variety of materials CO 1.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Compare and contrast different texts with similar themes or ideas. CO 1.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize fiction and non-fiction (for example, tall tales, historical fiction, adventure, procedural text, and informational text). CO 1.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate and paraphrase the key/main ideas and supporting details in fiction and non- fiction. CO 1.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Infer using contextual clues. CO 1.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify sequential order in fiction and nonfiction. CO 1.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate and recall information in text with different structures (for example, cause and effect, enumeration, and time order). STAR Reading Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill 2 - V02 Making inferences for vocabulary Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for CO 1.g - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify the meaning of unfamiliar words in context using word recognition skills and context clues. CO 4 - Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP) Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in context Skill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from text Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for Page 5 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 5 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 5, CSAP STAR Reading CO 4.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Determine author's purpose. CO 4.b - What students know and reading to define and solve problems and answer questions. CO 4.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Differentiate fact from opinion. CO 4.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Make predictions and draw conclusions from text in various genre. CO 4.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Recognize the text's main idea. CO 5 - Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, references, and technological sources. CO 5.a - What students know and organizational features of printed text (for example, page numbering, alphabetizing, glossaries, chapter heading, changes in print, table of contents, indexes, captions) to locate information. CO 5.b - What students know and organizational features of electronic information (for example, keyword searches and icons) to locate information. CO 5.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize and organize information about a topic in a variety of ways (for example, graphic organizer, Venn diagram, outline, time line) from references, technical sources, and media. CO 5.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Select information to support ideas and justify the selection. Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for Skill 5 - C05 Drawing conclusions for Page 6 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 5 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 5, CSAP STAR Reading CO 5.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate others' ideas, images, or information in a bibliography, works cited page, or text features (for example, quotations, italics, parentheses, and footnotes). CO 5.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Select appropriate definitions from the dictionary, glossaries, and other sources. CO 5.g - What students know and are able to do includes: Give credit for borrowed information by listing sources. CO 6 - Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. CO 6.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Read and respond to a variety of literature (for example, novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction and plays) that represents perspectives from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar. CO 6.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify characters, setting, problem/conflict, action/plot/events, resolution/solution, theme, and sequence in literature. CO 6.c - What students know and knowledge of literary techniques and terminology (for example, foreshadowing and figurative language) to understand text. CO 6.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Read and respond to literature as a way to explore the similarities and differences among stories and the ways in which those stories reflect the ethnic background of the author and the culture in which they were written. Page 7 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 6 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 6, CSAP CO 1 - Students read and understand a variety of materials CO 1.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Compare and contrast a variety of texts with similar themes and ideas. CO 1.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize and synthesize fiction and non-fiction (for example, stories, magazine articles, and informational text) CO 1.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate and paraphrase the key/main ideas and supporting details in fiction and nonfiction. CO 1.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Infer using information in a variety of texts and genre. Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext CO 1.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify sequential order in fiction and nonfiction. CO 1.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate and recall information in text with different structures (for example, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem/solution). CO 1.g - What students know and Skill Area 1 - Overall Product are able to do includes: Identify the (OP) meaning of unfamiliar words in context using word recognition skills and context clues. CO 4 - Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing CO 4.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Determine author's purpose. STAR Reading Skill 2 - V02 Making inferences for vocabulary Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in context Skill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from text Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for Page 8 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 6 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 6, CSAP STAR Reading CO 4.b - What students know and reading to solve a variety of problems and answer questions. CO 4.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Differentiate fact from opinion in a variety of texts. CO 4.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Make predictions and draw conclusions from text in various genre. CO 4.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Explain the text's main point and use relevant details to support the explanation. Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for Skill 5 - C05 Drawing conclusions for CO 5 - Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources CO 5.a - What students know and organizational features of printed text (for example, captions, chapter preview, summaries, prefaces, annotations, changes in print, and appendices) to locate information. CO 5.b - What students know and organizational features of electronic information (for example, keyword searches and icons) to locate information. CO 5.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize and organize information about a topic in a variety of ways (for example, graphic organizer, Venn diagram, outline, time line) from references, technical sources, and media. CO 5.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Select information to support ideas and justify the selection. Page 9 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 6 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 6, CSAP STAR Reading CO 5.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate others' ideas, images, or information in a bibliography, works cited page, or text features (for example, quotations, italics, parenthesis, and footnotes). CO 5.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate meanings and pronunciations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources. CO 5.g - What students know and are able to do includes: Give credit for borrowed information by listing sources. CO 6 - Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience CO 6.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Read and respond to a variety of literature (for example, novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, and plays) that represents perspectives from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar. CO 6.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify characters, setting, problem/conflict, action/plot/events, resolution/solution, theme, and sequence in literature. CO 6.c - What students know and knowledge of literary techniques and literary terminology (for example, dialogue, scene, flashback, and figurative language) to understand text. CO 6.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Read and respond to literature as a way to explore the similarities and differences among stories and the ways in which those stories reflect the ethnic background of the author and the culture in which they were written. Page 10 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 7 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 7, CSAP CO 1 - Students read and understand a variety of materials. CO 1.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Compare and contrast texts with similar characters, plots and/or themes. CO 1.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize text read (for example, newspaper and magazine articles, technical writing, stories, and poetry). CO 1.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Determine the main idea or essential message in a text. CO 1.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Make reasonable inferences from information that is implied but not directly stated. CO 1.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Infer by making connections between separated sections of a text. CO 1.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Find support in the text for main ideas. CO 1.g - What students know and Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext word recognition skills (for example, roots, prefixes, and suffixes) to comprehend text. CO 1.h - What students know and are able to do includes: Find the sequence of steps in a technical publication. CO 1.i - What students know and are able to do includes: Use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. CO 4 - Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. Page 11 of 22 STAR Reading Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for Skill 3 - V03 Making connections with prior knowledge Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 6 - C06 Making connections with prior knowledge Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP) Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in context Skill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from text Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for
STAR Reading Grade 7 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 7, CSAP STAR Reading CO 4.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Recognize an author's or speaker's point of view and purpose. CO 4.b - What students know and reading to solve problems and answer questions. CO 4.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Distinguish between fact and opinion. CO 4.d - What students know and Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for are able to do includes: Make predictions, draw conclusions, and analyze what they read, hear, and view. Skill 5 - C05 Drawing conclusions for CO 4.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Explain text's main point and use relevant details to support the explanation. CO 5 - Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technology sources. CO 5.a - What students know and organizational features of printed text (for example, chapter preview and summaries, prefaces, annotations, bold face print, or appendices) to locate information. CO 5.b - What students know and library and interlibrary catalog databases and organizational features of electronic information (for example, Internet, electronic mail, CD-ROM, or laser disc) to locate information. CO 5.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Paraphrase, summarize, organize, and synthesize information about a topic in a variety of ways (for example, graphic organizer, Venn diagram, outline, or time line). CO 5.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate and select relevant information and justify the information selection. Page 12 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 7 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 7, CSAP STAR Reading CO 5.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate others' ideas, images, or information in a bibliography, works cited page, or text features (for example, quotations, italics, parenthesis, or footnotes). CO 5.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate meanings and pronunciations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries, glossaries, or other sources. CO 5.g - What students know and are able to do includes: Give credit for borrowed information by listing sources. CO 6 - Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. CO 6.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Read, respond to, and discuss a variety of novels, poetry, short stories, nonfiction, and plays. CO 6.b - What students know and literary terminology accurately (for example, setting, character, conflict, plot resolution, dialect, and point of view). CO 6.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Apply knowledge of literary techniques (for example, foreshadowing, metaphor, simile, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and flashback) to understand text. CO 6.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Read, respond to, and discuss literature that represents points of view from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar. Page 13 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 8 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 8, CSAP CO 1 - Students read and understand a variety of materials CO 1.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Compare and contrast a variety of texts with similar themes and ideas. CO 1.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize, synthesize, and evaluate information from a variety of text and genre (for example, Internet, technical text, letters, diaries, biographies, email, and lyrics). CO 1.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Analyze main idea and supporting details in a variety of text and genre. CO 1.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Infer using information from a variety of text and genre. CO 1.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Sequence events and procedures. CO 1.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate and recall information in different text structures (for example, cause and effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast). STAR Reading Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext Skill 2 - V02 Making inferences for vocabulary Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for CO 1.g - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify the meaning of unfamiliar words in context using word recognition skills and context clues. CO 4 - Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing CO 4.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify an author's point of view and purpose. Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP) Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in context Skill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from text Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for Page 14 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 8 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 8, CSAP STAR Reading CO 4.b - What students know and reading and writing skills to identify problems, list possible solutions, and answer questions. CO 4.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Differentiate fact from opinion in a variety of texts. CO 4.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Analyze text to make predictions and draw conclusions. CO 4.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Analyze the text's main idea and use relevant details to support the analysis. Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for Skill 5 - C05 Drawing conclusions for CO 5 - Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources CO 5.a - What students know and organizational features of printed text (for example, annotations, citations, and bibliographic references) to locate relevant information. CO 5.b - What students know and organizational features of electronic information (for example, keyword searches and email addresses) to locate relevant information. CO 5.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize and organize information about a topic in a variety of ways (for example, graphic organizer, Venn diagram, outline, timeline) from a variety of references, technical sources, and media. CO 5.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Evaluate information for specific needs and credibility. Page 15 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 8 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 8, CSAP STAR Reading CO 5.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Give credit for others' ideas, images, or information in an appropriate form. CO 5.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate meanings, pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources. CO 6 - Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience CO 6.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Read and respond to a variety of literature (for example, novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction and plays) that represents perspectives from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar. CO 6.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Apply literary terminology and knowledge of literary techniques (including, but not limited to, setting, protagonist, antagonist, point of view, foreshadowing, personification, and flashback) to understand text. CO 6.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Read a given text and identify the theme. CO 6.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Understand how figurative language supports meaning in a given context. Page 16 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 9 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 9, CSAP CO 1 - Students read and understand a variety of materials CO 1.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Compare and contrast text with different themes or ideas. CO 1.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize, synthesize, and evaluate information from a variety of text and genre (for example, documents, speeches, technical texts, web pages, and memoirs). CO 1.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Analyze main idea and supporting details in a variety of text and genre. CO 1.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Infer by making connections within and among texts CO 1.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Sequence events, procedures, and ideas. CO 1.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate and recall information in text with different text structures (for example, cause and effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast). STAR Reading Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 4 - C04 Making inferences for CO 1.g - What students know and are able to do includes: Determine meanings of words, including those with multiple meanings, by using context clues (for example, synonyms, comparisons) and structural clues (for example, roots, suffixes, prefixes). CO 4 - Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing CO 4.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify an author's purpose and the text's historical/cultural context from information presented in the text. Page 17 of 22 Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP) Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in context Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for
STAR Reading Grade 9 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 9, CSAP STAR Reading CO 4.b - What students know and reading and writing skills to solve problems, list possible solutions, and provide support for the solutions. CO 4.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Differentiate fact from opinion in a variety of text. CO 4.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Analyze a variety of text in order to make predictions and draw conclusions. CO 4.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Analyze the text's main idea and use relevant details to support the analysis. CO 5 - Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources CO 5.a - What students know and organizational features of printed text (for example, prefaces, afterwards, and appendices) to locate information. CO 5.b - What students know and organizational features of electronic information (for example, keyword searches and email addresses) and library and interlibrary catalog databases to locate relevant information. CO 5.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize and organize information about a topic in a variety of ways (for example, graphic organizer, Venn diagram, outline, timeline) from references, technical sources, and media. CO 5.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Evaluate information for specific needs, validity, credibility, and bias. Page 18 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 9 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 9, CSAP STAR Reading CO 5.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Give credit for others' ideas, images, or information in an appropriate form (for example, bibliography, works cited page, endnotes, or footnotes). CO 5.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate meanings, pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources. CO 6 - Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience CO 6.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Read and respond to a variety of literature (for example, novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction and plays) that represents perspectives from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar. CO 6.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Apply literary terminology and knowledge of literary techniques (including, but not limited to, rising action, style, mood, setting, protagonist, antagonist, point of view, foreshadowing, personification, or flashback) to understand text. CO 6.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Read a given text, identify the theme, and provide support from the text. CO 6.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Develop a thesis statement about a particular text and provide support from the text. CO 6.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Understand how figurative language supports meaning in a given text. Page 19 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 10 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 10, CSAP Assessment Frameworks, State CO 1 - Students read and understand a variety of materials CO 1.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Compare and contrast text with different themes or ideas. CO 1.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Interpret and critically read a variety of text (for example, essays, speeches, biography, literary, informative and technical text). CO 1.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Analyze main ideas, supporting details, sequence of events or procedures, facts and opinions in literary, expository, and technical texts. CO 1.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Infer by making connections within and among texts. CO 1.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Summarize, synthesize, and evaluate literary, expository, and technical texts. CO 1.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Determine meanings of words, including those with multiple meanings, by using context clues (for example, synonyms, comparisons) and structural clues (for example, roots, suffixes, prefixes). CO 1.g - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate and recall information in text with different text structures (for example, cause and effect, problems/solution, or compare/contrast). CO 4 - Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing STAR Reading Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP) Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in context Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-incontext Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for Page 20 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 10 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 10, STAR Reading CSAP Assessment Frameworks, State CO 4.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Identify author's viewpoint, purpose, and historical/cultural context from information presented in the text. CO 4.b - What students know and reading and writing to define a problem, evaluate options, and propose a solution. CO 4.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Evaluate the reliability, accuracy, and relevance of various texts (for example, literature, nonfiction, film, and speeches). CO 4.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Analyze a variety of text (for example, editorials, political cartoons, advertisements, and essays) in order to make predictions and draw conclusions. CO 4.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Evaluate the quality of ideas in a text by applying criteria and supporting the conclusion. CO 4.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Differentiate fact from opinion in a variety of text. CO 5 - Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources CO 5.a - What students know and organizational features of printed text (for example, prefaces, appendices, annotations, citations, and bibliographic references) to locate relevant information. CO 5.b - What students know and organizational features of electronic text (for example, database keyword searches, Internet search engines and e-mail addresses) to locate relevant information. Page 21 of 22
STAR Reading Grade 10 Colorado, ELA, 2004, Grade 10, STAR Reading CSAP Assessment Frameworks, State CO 5.c - What students know and are able to do includes: Paraphrase, summarize, organize and synthesize information from a variety of sources. CO 5.d - What students know and are able to do includes: Evaluate information for specific needs, validity, credibility, and bias CO 5.e - What students know and are able to do includes: Give credit for others' ideas, images, or information in an appropriate form. CO 5.f - What students know and are able to do includes: Locate meanings pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources. CO 6 - Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience CO 6.a - What students know and are able to do includes: Read and respond to classic and contemporary novels, poetry, plays, short stories, non-fiction, essays and speeches, from a variety of cultures and historical periods that are familiar and unfamiliar.. CO 6.b - What students know and are able to do includes: Apply literary terminology and knowledge of literary techniques (including, but not limited to, rising action, style, mood, setting, protagonist, antagonist, point of view, foreshadowing, personification, or flashback) to understand text. Page 22 of 22