Thinking Skills. Utah Core Standards.
Utah Core Education Standards. What are Thinking Skills? Thinking skills are reading tools used to better comprehend the text. Examples: Analysis-separating the text into its parts; Classifying-arranging information into categories; Comparing and Contrasting-finding likenesses and differences between items; Drawing Conclusions-coming to a decision based on the text. Read More...
◂English Language Arts Worksheets and Study Guides Eighth Grade. Thinking Skills
Study Guide
Thinking SkillsWorksheet/Answer key
Thinking SkillsWorksheet/Answer key
Thinking SkillsWorksheet/Answer key
Thinking Skills
The resources above correspond to the standards listed below:
Utah Core Standards
UT.CC.RL.8. Reading Standards for Literature
KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS
RL.8.1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RANGE OF READING AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY
RL.8.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
UT.CC.RI.8. Reading Standards for Informational Text
KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS
RI.8.1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.8.3. Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS
RI.8.9. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic, and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
UT.CC.W.8. Writing Standards
RESEARCH TO BUILD AND PRESENT KNOWLEDGE
W.8.7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
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