Reading
Eighth Grade
Core Content for Assessment Crosswalk
Eighth Grade
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Forming a Foundation
RD-M-x.0.2
Use of knowledge of synonyms, antonyms and
homonyms to comprehend a passage.
RD-O8-1.1
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RD-O8-1.0.1
Students will apply knowledge of synonyms or
antonyms to comprehend a passage.
RD-M-x.0.3
Identify words that have multiple meanings and
select the appropriate meaning for the context.
RD-O8-1.2
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RD-M-x.0.4
Know the meanings of common prefixes and
suffixes to comprehend unfamiliar words.
RD-M-x.0.5
Formulate questions to guide reading.
RD-O8-1.3
Students will apply the meanings of word
parts (prefixes, suffixes, roots) to
comprehend unfamiliar words in a passage.
DOK 2
RD-O8-1.4
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RD-O8-1.0.2
Students will select, based on context, the
appropriate meaning for a word that has
multiple meanings. DOK 2
RD-O8-1.0.3
Students will apply the meanings of word parts
(prefixes, suffixes, roots) to comprehend
unfamiliar words in a passage.
RD-M-x.0.6
Scan to find key information.
RD-M-x.0.7
Skim to get the general meaning of a passage.
RD-O8-1.5
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RD-O8-1.6
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RD-O8-1.7
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RD-M-4.0.14
Interpret the meaning of specialized
vocabulary.
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RD-O8-1.8
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RD-O8-10.4
Students will formulate questions to guide
reading.
RD-O8-1.0.5
Students will scan to find key information.
RD-O8-1.0.6
Students will skim to get the general meaning
of a passage.
RD-O8-1.0.7
Students will interpret literal and non-literal
meanings of words or phrases based on
context. DOK 2
RD-O8-1.0.8 Students will interpret the
meaning of jargon, dialect or specialized
vocabulary used in a passage. DOK 2
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Eighth Grade
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RD-M-1.0.11 Explain the meaning of a
passage taken from texts appropriate for
middle-level students.
RD-M-1.0.12
Identify characteristics of short stories, novels,
poetry, and plays.
Version 4.0
RD-O8-2.1
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RD-O8-2.0.1
Students will identify or explain the main
idea of a passage. DOK 3
RD-O8-2.2
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RD-O8-2.0.2
Students will identify and explain the
characteristics of short stories, novels,
poetry or plays. DOK 2
RD-O8-2.4
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RD-O8-2.0.4
Students will locate key ideas or
information in a passage. DOK 1
RD-O8-2.0.5
Students will paraphrase information from
a paragraph, a section of a passage or an
entire passage. DOK 2
RD-O8-2.0.6
Students will apply the information contained in
a passage to accomplish a task/procedure or
answer questions about a passage.
RD-O8-2.0.7
Students will make predictions, draw
conclusions, make generalizations or make
inferences based on what is read. DOK 3
RD-O8-2.0.8
Students will interpret the meaning of
concrete and abstract terms, based on the
context from a passage (e.g., “loaded”
words, connotation, and denotation). DOK
2
RD-M-2.0.14
Summarize information from a passage.
RD-O8-2.5
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RD-M-4.0.11
Locate and apply information for a specific
purpose (e.g., following directions, completing
a task).
RD-M-x.0.8
Make predictions, draw conclusions, and make
generalizations about what is read.
RD-O8-2.6
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RD-O8-2.7
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RD-O8-2.8
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Developing an Initial Understanding
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Eighth Grade
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Interpreting Text
RD-M-1.0.14
Analyze the relationship between events in a
story and character’s behavior.
RD-O8-3.1
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RD-M-x.0.1
Identify an author’s purpose in literary,
informational, persuasive, and
practical/workplace materials.
RD-M-1.0.15
Explain how a conflict in a passage is
resolved.
RD-O8-3.2
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RD-M-2.0.13
Identify supporting details and explain their
importance in a passage.
RD-O8-3.4
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RD-M-3.0.12
Identify an author’s opinion.
RD-M-3.0.17
Identify bias and/or misinformation.
RD-M-3.0.15
Identify the argument and supporting evidence.
RD-O8-3.7
Students will identify or explain an author’s
opinion about a subject. DOK 2
RD-M-3.0.16
Identify commonly used persuasive techniques
(e.g., expert opinion, statistics, testimonial,
bandwagon).
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RD-O8-3.3
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RD-O8-3.8
Students will identify an author’s argument
or identify evidence from the passage to
support the author’s argument.
DOK 2
RD-O8-3.9
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RD-O8-3.0.1
Students will analyze the relationship
between a speaker’s or character’s
motivation and behavior in a passage, as
revealed by the dilemmas. DOK 3
RD-O8-3.0.2
Students will identify or explain an author’s
purpose in a passage. DOK 2
RD-O8-3.0.3
Students will explain or analyze how a
conflict in a passage is resolved.
DOK 3
RD-O8-3.0.4
Students will analyze the use of details that
support the main idea or explain their
importance in a passage. DOK 3
RD-O8-3.0.7
Students will identify or explain an author’s
position based on evidence in a passage.
RD-O8-3.0.8
Students will explain an author’s argument
or identify evidence from the passage to
support the author’s argument.
DOK 3
RD-O8-3.0.9
Students will identify persuasive
techniques (e.g., expert opinion,
logical/emotional/ethical appeal, repetition,
rhetorical question, allusion) or
propaganda techniques (e.g., testimonial,
bandwagon, personal attack) or explain
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how each is used. DOK 2
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Reading
Eighth Grade
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RD-M-x.10
Connect information from a passage to
students’ lives and/or real world issues.
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Reflecting and Responding to Text
RD-O8-4.1
RD-O8-4.0.1
Students will connect information from a
Students will connect information from a
passage to students’ lives (text-to-text),
passage to students’ lives (text-to-text), real
real world issues (text-to-world), and other
world issues (text-to-world), and other texts
texts (text-to-text- e.g., novel, short story,
(text-to-text- e.g., novel, short story, song, film,
song, film, website, etc). DOK 3
website, etc).
RD-O8-4.0.2
RD-O8-4.2
Students will use evidence from a passage to
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formulate opinions in response to a question
about a reading passage.
Reading
Eighth Grade
Core Content for Assessment Crosswalk
Version 3.0
RD-M-1.0.13
Describe literary elements (e.g.,
characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of
view) in a passage.
RD-M-1.0.16
Identify literary devices such as
foreshadowing, imagery, and figurative
language (e.g., similes, metaphors,
personification, hyperbole).
RD-M-x.0.9
Reflect on and evaluate what is read.
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Demonstrating a Critical Stance
RD-O8-5.1
RD-O8-5.0.1
Students will identify the interrelationships
Students will explain the interrelationships
(themes, ideas, concepts) that are
(themes, ideas, concepts) that are developed
developed in more than one literary work.
in more than one literary work.
DOK 4
RD-O8-5.0.2
RD-O8-5.2
Students will interpret the use of literary
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elements (e.g., characterization, setting,
plot, theme, point of view) in a passage.
DOK 3
RD-O8-5.3
RD-O8-5.0.3
Students will identify and explain literary
Students will identify and explain the use of
devices such as foreshadowing, imagery,
literary devices (e.g., symbolism, irony,
or figurative language (e.g., similes,
analogies, imagery, foreshadowing,
metaphors, personification, hyperbole).
figurative language). DOK 3
DOK 2
RD-O8-5.4
RD-O8-5.0.4
Students will identify or explain an author’s use Students will analyze the author’s use of
of literary devices in a passage (e.g.
literary devices in a passage (e.g. symbolism,
symbolism, irony, analogies, imagery,
irony, analogies, imagery, figurative language).
figurative language). DOK 2
RD-O8-5.5
RD-O8-5.0.5
Students will interpret how meaning is
Students will evaluate author’s word
influenced by the author’s word choice,
choice, style, content or use of literary
style content or use of literary elements.
elements. DOK 3
DOK 3
RD-O8-5.6
RD-O8-5.0.6
Students will compare and contrast
Students will compare and contrast elements,
elements, views, ideas or events presented views, ideas or events presented in one or
in one or more passages. DOK 4
more passages.
RD-O8-5.0.7
RD-O8-5.7
Students will evaluate the effectiveness of
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organization or format in fulfilling the purpose
Reading
Eighth Grade
Core Content for Assessment Crosswalk
RD-M-2.0.11
Use text features (e.g., lists, charts graphs,
table of contents, indexes, glossaries,
captions, diagrams, headings) to understand a
passage.
RD-M-4.0.13
Explain how organizational patterns and/or text
features (e.g., pictures, charts, graphs, format)
relate to the content of a practical/workplace
passage.
RD-M-2.0.12 and RD-M-3.0.13
Apply knowledge of organizational patterns
(e.g., cause and effect, comparison, contrast,
sequence) to understand a passage.
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RD-08-5.8
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RD-08-5.9
Students will analyze the organizational
patterns (cause and effect, comparison or
contrast, sequence, generalizations) in a
passage. DOK 3
of a passage.
RD-O8-5.0.8
Students will explain or analyze how the
use of text features, (e.g., subheadings,
bullets, fonts, white space, layout, charts,
diagrams, labels, pictures, and captions)
enhances the reader’s understanding of a
passage. DOK 3
RD-O8-5.0.9
Students will analyze the organizational
patterns (cause and effect, comparison,
contrast, sequence, generalizations)) to
understand a passage.