ELAR 2.7

Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:

• (1) describe personal connections to a variety of sources;
  • (A) write brief comments on literary or informational texts that demonstrate an understanding of the text;
  • (B) use text evidence to support an appropriate response;
  • (C) retell and paraphrase texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;
  • (D) interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing; and
  • (E) respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.