Curriculum Standards (Common Core State Standards):

SL.7.2 - Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.

RI. 7.2 / RI. 8.2 - Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

RI. 7.3 / RI. 8.2 - Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

W.7.9 / W.8.9 - Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

SL. 9-10.4 - Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

RI.9-10.2 - Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide and objective summary of the text.

RI.9-10.3 - . Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.

RI.9-10.8 - Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.

SL.11-12.6 - Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating a command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

RI.11-12.3 - Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.