La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XI-9346

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XI-9346 - Reading Literature

A. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly.

B. Use two or more pieces of evidence to support inferences, conclusions, or summaries or text.

C. Determine which piece(s) of evidence provide the strongest support for inferences, conclusions, or summaries or text.

D. Determine the theme or central idea of a text.

E. Analyze the development of the theme or central idea over the course of the text including its relationship to the characters, setting and plot.

F. Create an objective summary of a text.

G. Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character or provoke a decision.

H. Identify the use of literary techniques within a text.

I. Explain how the use of literary techniques within a text advances the plot or reveal aspects of a character.

J. Identify and interpret an analogy within a text.

K. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text including figurative (i.e., metaphors, similes, and idioms) and connotative meanings.

L. Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts.

M. Explain how language use contributes to the meaning of a poem or drama.

N. Compare and contrast the points of view of different characters in the same text.

O. Analyze how differences in points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) creates such effects as suspense or humor.

P. Compare and contrast content presented in text, media, and live performance.

Q. Compare modern works of literature to the texts from which they draw ideas.

R. Read or be read to a variety of literary texts or adapted texts including historical novels, dramas or plays, poetry (including soliloquies and sonnets), and fiction.

S. Use a variety of strategies to derive meaning from a variety of print and non-print literary texts.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XI-9346

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 43908 (5/1/2017).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4.