TEXAS STANDARDIZED CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
Adult Basic Skills - Reading - Level 4.0 - 5.9 Literacy Completion Point F
Student Name: ____________________________ Student ID Number: _______________
Entry Date: _____________ Completion Date: ____________
The student is able to ... |
| Standard 15 - Demonstrate basic understanding of
phonics/structural analysis |
| Date: _______ Instructor: _____________ |
| 15.1 |
Recognizes synonyms, antonyms, and
homonyms |
| 15.2 |
Defines multiple-meaning words |
| 15.3 |
Understands how punctuation affects
text |
| Standard 16 - Demonstrate knowledge of basic vocabulary |
| Date: _______ Instructor: _____________ |
| 16.1 |
Uses phonics, word structure & visual
cues to identify and define words |
| 16.2 |
words with multiple meanings,
antonyms, synonyms, and word
relationships to define words and
build vocabulary |
| 16.3 |
Classifies nouns with similar
characteristics under appropriate
headings (Example: rose and daisy as
flowers) |
| 16.4 |
Uses vocabulary words in the content
areas |
| Standard 17 - Demonstrate literal comprehension skills |
| Date: _______ Instructor: _____________ |
| 17.1 |
Understands the main idea and
supporting details |
| 17.2 |
Identifies cause and effect |
| 17.3 |
Follows written directions |
| 17.4 |
Retells or summarizes a text |
| 17.5 |
Describes sequence of events in context |
| 17.6 |
Answers "Who? What? Where? When?
Why? How?" about
sentences or paragraphs |
| 17.7 |
Finds specific information in a text and
uses it to answer questions |
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| Standard 18 - Demonstrate inferential comprehension skills |
| Date: _______ Instructor: _____________ |
| 18.1 |
Predicts content and purpose of a
selection by previewing table of
contents, index, headings, captions, and
illustrations |
| 18.2 |
UMakes predictions based on prior
knowledge, rereading and selfquestioning |
| 18.3 |
Knows the difference between a
question and a statement |
| 18.4 |
Determines the meanings of unfamiliar
words using context clues including
examples, direct explanations,
synonyms, and /or comparison and
contrast |
| 18.5 |
Identifies the antecedent of a pronoun in
a sentence or paragraph |
| 18.6 |
Identifies stated or implied cause and
effect in a paragraph |
| 18.7 |
Identifies an appropriate conclusion or
generalization for a passage |
| Standard 19 - Demonstrate evaluative comprehension skills |
| Date: _______ Instructor: _____________ |
| 19.1 |
Identifies the author's purpose |
| 19.2 |
Recognizes whether a text is intended to
persuade, inform, or entertain |
| 19.3 |
Knows the difference between fact and
opinion |
| 19.4 |
Knows the basic characteristics of
fables, stories, and legends |
| 19.5 |
Understands comparison and contrast |
| 19.6 |
Uses information from pictures, maps,
signs, diagrams, tables, graphs, or
schedules |
| 19.7 |
Uses reference sources such as a
dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas,
directory, newspaper, or thesaurus |
| 19.8 |
Uses an index and a table of contents |
| 19.9 |
Draws conclusions when reading |
| 19.10 |
Selects an appropriate title for an article |
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TEXAS STANDARDIZED CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
Adult Basic Skills - Reading - Level 4.0 - 5.9 Literacy Completion Point F
Student Name: ____________________________ Student ID Number: _______________
Entry Date: _____________ Completion Date: ____________
The student is able to ... (Cont'd) |
| Standard 20 - Understand how word choice affects meaning |
| Date: _______ Instructor: _____________ |
| 20.1 |
Understands that word choice can shape
reactions, perceptions and beliefs |
| 20.2 |
Recognizes different techniques used in
media and the purpose of each |
| Standard 21 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of
literary forms |
| Date: _______ Instructor: _____________ |
| 21.1 |
Identifies the characteristics of fiction,
drama, poetry, fables, and legends |
| 21.2 |
Identifies the characteristics of creative
non-fiction, such as biography and essay
(Example: fact/opinion) |
| 21.3 |
Explains plot development and conflict
resolution in a story |
| 21.4 |
Identifies the characters, setting, and
events in a passage |
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| Standard 22 - Respond critically to fiction, poetry,
drama & essay |
| Date: _______ Instructor: _____________ |
| 22.1 |
Recognizes cause/effect relationship in a
passage |
| 22.2 |
Recognizes the effects of language such
as sensory words, rhymes, and word
choice |
| 22.3 |
Links literature to his/her life by
explaining how the motives of
characters or the causes of events
compare with his/her own life |
| 22.4 |
Identifies the theme in a story |
| 22.5 |
Forms his/her own ideas about a literary
passage and supports these ideas with
information from the text |
| 22.6 |
Distinguishes between the author's
opinion and facts in an essay |
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