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reads a wide variety of increasingly complex or difficult texts from diverse cultures, including literary texts, graphic texts, and informational texts
identifies a variety of purposes for reading & chooses reading materials appropriate for those purposes
identifies a variety of reading comprehension strategies & uses them appropriately before, during, and after reading to understand increasingly complex texts
demonstrates understanding of increasingly complex texts by summarizing important ideas & citing a variety of details that support the main idea
develops & explains interpretations of increasingly complex texts using stated and implied ideas from the texts to support their interpretations
extends understanding of texts, including increasingly complex texts by connecting the ideas in them to their own knowledge, experience, and insights, to other familiar texts, & to the world around them
evaluates the effesctiveness of both simple & complex texts based on evidence from the texts
identifies the point of view presented in texts, including increasingly complex texts; gives evidence of any biases they may contain; and suggest other possible perspesctives
analyses a variety of texts, both simple & complex, & explains how the different elements in them contribute to meaning & influence the reader's reaction