7TH GRADE READING SKILLS - JANUARY 2007 

1.                  Identify literary devices, including i.e. mood, tone, style, humor, dialogue, and figurative language (i.e. idioms, metaphors, and similes)

2.                  Note sequence of events and clue words

3.                  Determine main idea or essential message, relevant details, and facts within a text

4.                  Draw inferences and conclusions and evaluate the purpose and use of text (i.e. catalogs, handbooks, science fiction passages, textbooks, newspapers, and instructional and technical manuals)

5.                  Understand assumptions

6.                  Understand propaganda techniques, differentiate between fact and opinion,  and recognizes bias and stereotypes in expository text (e.g. newspapers, electronic text)

7.                  Summarize expository and narrative writing