| 1. | recognize the antecedents for pronouns |
| 2. | figure out the meaning of unknown words from context clues |
| 3. | figure out the grammatical function of an unknown word |
| 4. | understand intonation of characters’ words |
| 5. | identify characters’ beliefs, personalities, and motivations |
| 6. | understand characters’ relationships to one another |
| 7. | provide details about the setting |
| 8. | provide explanations for events or ideas that are presented in the text |
| 9. | offer details for events or their own explanations of the events presented in the text |
| 10. | understand the author’s view of the world |
| 11. | recognize the author’s biases |
| 12. | relate what is happening in the text to their own knowledge of the world (Text to World Connection) |
| 13. | offer conclusions from facts presented in the text |