Common Core State Standards

Link to Common Core State Standards – ELA 6-12 – College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading:

• Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
• Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
• Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
• Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
• Read and comprehend complex informational texts independently and proficiently.

Link to Common Core State Standards – ELA 6-12 – College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing:

• Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
• Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
• Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

Link to Common Core State Standards – ELA 6-12 – College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language:

• Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.

*Our effort here is to point to some examples of how this intervention topic connects to the Common Core State Standards.  These lists are not necessarily exhaustive.