EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT Reading
To enhance their skills in each reading-related strand, students who score in the 1–12 score range may benefit from activities that encourage them to do the following:
| Score Range 1–12 |
| Main Ideas and Author's Approach |
- locate details in a literary text that suggest the author's or narrator's intent
- speculate about an author's or narrator's beliefs, motives, or thinking
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| Supporting Details |
- write, exchange, and answer a series of questions that examine significant details presented in a text
- locate and discuss details presented in a text (e.g., who, what, where)
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| Sequential, Comparative, and Cause-Effect Relationships |
- use various strategies (e.g., timelines, event chains, discussion) to determine whether an event occurred and, if so, when it occurred
- discuss an issue of interest, determining how past events affected the present
- locate evidence in a text that explicitly states why an event or a series of events occurred
- search for patterns or clues (e.g., signal words) that indicate cause-effect relationships
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| Meanings of Words |
- use various resources (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus) to explore connotations of familiar words or descriptive language
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| Generalizations and Conclusions |
- recognize generalizations about the main character in a literary text
- combine several pieces of information to make a reasonable generalization about a specific character
- make predictions about characters and events presented in a literary text, verifying or rejecting those predictions and making new ones as they read
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