Comprehension A - Recall
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Key Ideas and Details:
- Can I identify information explicitly stated in the passage?
- Do I know where to find specific information in the text?

Goal
- Explain the main idea of the passage.
- Recall specific details in the text.

Comprehension B - Inferring
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Craft and Structure:
​-Can I examine the sentence, paragraph or section to see how it relates to the main idea?

Goal
- Figure out what the word means by using contextual cues.

Critical Thinking

Integration of Knowledge
- Can I summarize the information to explain the main idea?
- Can I figure out what the author's tone/purpose is about the subject based on how they've written the passage?

Goal
- Stop. Think. Identify the big picture the author is trying to communicate.
- Compare and contrast the author's presentation of the topic to that of another source.