7th Gr. WASL Reading Strands and Learning Targets

Informational and Task-Oriented TextComprehends important ideas and details

11. Demonstrate understanding of major ideas and supportive details.

12. Summarize .

13. Make inferences or predictions based on the reading.

14. Interpret general and specialized vocabulary critical to the meaning of the text.

Informational andTask-Oriented TextAnalyzes, interprets, and synthesizes

15. Apply understanding of text features (titles, headings, and other information divisions, table of contents, indexes, glossaries, prefaces, appendices, captions) & graphic features.

16. Compare/contrast elements of the text or make connections within the text.

17. Compare and contrast or make connections within the texts, or synthesize from a variety of resources.

Informational and Task-Oriented TextThinks critically

18. Analyze author’s purpose and evaluate effectiveness for different audiences (includes fact/opinion, author’s point of view, tone, and use of persuasive devices) .

19. Evaluate reasoning and ideas/themes related to the text.

20. Extend information beyond text (make generalizations beyond the text to a broader idea or concept, or apply the facts to other texts or situations, or give a response to reading).