TEXAS STANDARDIZED CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK

Adult Secondary Education (G.E.D.)   -    Language Arts: Reading     LCP  Q  

Student Name: ____________________________ Student ID Number: _______________
Entry Date: _____________ Completion Date: ____________
The student is able to ...
Standard 4.01 - Identify the main idea and supporting details of a reading selection
Date: _______ Instructor: _____________
4.01.1 Determines the main idea (stated and implied) and identifies relevant materials
4.01.2 Applies a variety of response strategies, including rereading, notetaking, summarizing, outlining, and writing formal reports
4.01.3 Identifies literary techniques, including mood, characterization, theme, style, purpose, tone, and point of view
4.01.4 Identifies supporting details in a reading selection
 
Standard 4.02 - Make inferences and logical conclusions from reading passages
Date: _______ Instructor: _____________
4.02.1 Selects and uses strategies to understand words and text, and to make and confirm inferences from what is read, including interpreting diagrams, graphs, and statistical illustrations
4.02.2 Identifies appropriate word choice
4.02.3 Makes inferences based on reading selections; determines meaning through context clues; interprets meanings
4.02.4 Uses inferential comprehension skills to examine works of genre
4.02.5 Uses inferential skills to determine various literary elements
4.02.6 Makes inferences about attitudes and values existing in a time period
4.02.7 Determines how attitudes and values affect the written works
4.02.8 Identifies the characteristics that distinguish literary form

TEXAS STANDARDIZED CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK

Adult Secondary Education (G.E.D.)   -    Language Arts: Reading     LCP  Q  

Student Name: ____________________________ Student ID Number: _______________
Entry Date: _____________ Completion Date: ____________
The student is able to ... (Cont'd)
Standard 4.03 - Apply reading comprehension skills, using a wide range of literature and art materials
Date: _______ Instructor: _____________
4.03.1 Selects and uses pre-reading strategies that are appropriate to the text, such as discussion, making predictions, brainstorming, generating questions, and previewing to anticipate content, purpose, and organization of a reading selection
4.03.2 Determines the author’s purpose, tone, and theme
4.03.3 Understands the subtleties of literary devices and techniques in the comprehension and creation of communication, including cause and effect and implications
4.03.4 Identifies devices of persuasion and methods of appeal and their effectiveness
4.03.5 Understands relationships among elements of literature, such as character, plot, point of view, setting, tone, and theme
4.03.6 Recognizes and explains elements in text
4.03.7 Identifies common themes in literature
4.03.8 Identifies defining characteristics in classical literature, such as timelessness; deals with universal themes and experiences; and communicates across cultures
4.03.9 Locates, gathers, analyzes, and evaluates written information for a variety of purposes, including research projects, real-world task, and selfimprovement
4.03.10 Analyzes poetry for the ways in which poets inspire the reader to share emotions, such as the use of imagery, personification, and figures of speech, including simile and metaphor; and the use of sound, such as rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and alliteration
4.03.11 Refines vocabulary for interpersonal, academic, and workplace situations, including figurative, idiomatic, and technical meanings
4.03.12 Applies ideas to new concepts
4.03.13 Selects and uses strategies to understand words and text, and to make and confirm inferences from what is read, including interpreting diagrams, graphs, and statistical illustrations
 
Standard 4.04 - Critique and analyze a variety of reading passages and uses that analysis to explore relationships among ideas
Date: _______ Instructor: _____________
4.04.1 Synthesizes information from multiple sources to draw conclusions
4.04.2 Locates, gathers, analyzes, and evaluates written information for a variety of purposes, including research projects, real-world tasks, and selfimprovement
4.04.3 Identifies and interprets symbolism
4.04.4 Examines and analyzes literary selections using critical perspectives
4.04.5 Responds critically to works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama
4.04.6 Examines a literary selection from several critical perspectives