Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RI.8.2: Provide a summary of a familiar informational text.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RI.8.2 - Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

When presented with an assortment of objects that may be needed to complete a task, the student can select when an object is not needed to complete the task.

Distal Precursor

After hearing or reading an informational text, the student can identify explicit details that are key to the information in the text.

Proximal Precursor

After reading or hearing an informational text, the student can identify more than one main idea in the text.

Target

After reading or hearing an informational text, the student can demonstrate an understanding of the summary of the text by identifying an accurate summary or expressing the main ideas of the text.

Successor

After reading or hearing an informational text, the student can identify an accurate summary of the text, including relevant details and descriptive information.