Iowa State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 7

IA.1. Literacy: Students can comprehend what they read in a variety of literary and informational texts.

1.1. Students can understand stated information they have read.

1.1.1. Understand stated information

1.2. Students can determine the meaning of new words from their context.

1.2.1. Determine the meaning of new words from their context

1.3. Students can draw conclusions, make inferences, and deduce meaning.

1.3.1. Draw conclusions, make inferences, and deduce meaning

1.4. Students can infer traits, feelings, and motives of characters.

1.4.1. Infer traits, feelings, and motives of characters

1.5. Students can interpret information in new contexts.

1.5.1. Interpret information in new contexts

1.6. Students can interpret non-literal language used in a text.

1.6.1. Interpret non-literal language

1.7. Students can determine the main idea of a text.

1.7.1. Determine the main idea of a text

1.8. Students can identify the writer's views or purpose.

1.8.1. Identify the author's views or purpose

1.9. Students can analyze style or structure.

1.9.1. Analyze the style or structure of a text