CCSS for reading lit & informational texts and NES

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From reading through the Common Core Standards for Reading Literature, I felt pretty comfortable with most of them. I mainly looked through 6th-9th grade, but overall I think they are essentially similar except for they get a little more in depth and difficult the older the student is. A lot of what they consist of is analyzing a text and being able to understand what the author's message is and how the different aspects of a text affect the meaning behind it. For example, "CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2:
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text." I think this is something that is essential in an English class and will probably be expected by the students. When taking an English class I always expected to write a summary of something at least once. However, I think it can get difficult if the student is not motivated to even read the text to begin with. In addition to that, the standard "CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.9:
Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new" is probably the most difficult one for me. I have always struggled with not being motivated enough to dive deeper into mythical or traditional stories as much as modern work because it is simply not my favorite, so I think getting my students motivated to read things like Shakespeare will be difficult for me.


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