Theme, Central Idea, and Textual Evidence

Theme, Central Idea, and Textual Evidence

Standards/Learning Targets:

• 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

• RL.8.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an accurate summary of the text based upon this analysis.