Comprehension skills and strategies

Students comprehend and evaluate information, ideas, and opinions presented in texts.

For example, they:

• comprehend and evaluate information, ideas, and opinions in a range of texts of increasing complexity
• distinguish between and evaluate facts and opinions
• compare and contrast the different purposes, forms, and mediums of texts
• reflect on and evaluate how language choices and rhetorical devices are designed to influence personal interpretations and those of others
• integrate ideas and information from texts.