Academic Expectation 2
Students will read and comprehend varied materials and be able to interpret and apply what they have read.
Levels of Performance
Criteria		Exemplary		Proficient		Developing		Beginning
		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting highest level of performance.		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting movement and development towards mastering performance.		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.
Literal Comprehension	▪	Identifies and restates the facts	▪	Identifies and restates the facts	▪	Identifies and restates some of the facts	▪	Recalls information with difficulty
	▪	Thoroughly distinguishes among significant and extraneous details	▪	Generally distinguishes among significant and extraneous details	▪	Distinguishes among significant and extraneous details with difficulty	▪	Cannot distinguish among significant and extraneous details
	▪	Understands vocabulary independent of context and applies appropriate meaning	▪	Understands vocabulary in context and may know additional meanings	▪	Depends on context for meaning	▪	Has limited word recognition
Inferential  Comprehension	▪	Recognizes and makes explicit connotation including tone, purpose, and historical/social context through language	▪	Recognizes connotation including tone, purpose, and historical/social context through language	▪	Recognizes some connotation through language	▪	Has difficulty recognizing connotation through language without support
	▪	Abstracts figurative meaning from symbolic language	▪	Abstracts figurative meaning from symbolic language	▪	Distinguishes between symbolic language and literal language without extracting meaning	▪	Begins to distinguish between  figurative and literal language
	▪	Makes subtle connections between figurative language to themes and major ideas of text	▪	Connects figurative language to themes and major ideas of text	▪	Requires guided identification of figurative language throughout a text with minimal application
Application	▪	Synthesizes complex language and content	▪	Analyzes complex language and content	▪	Summarizes language and content	▪	Summarizes basic content
	▪	Evaluates content, draws conclusions, and makes connections to other texts and/or universal themes	▪	Evaluates content, draws conclusions, and makes connections to other texts and/or universal themes	▪	Draws conclusions with guidance and makes few connections to other texts