Craft and Structure

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.4
  Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6—8 texts and topics.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.5
  Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.6
  Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.4
  Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9—10 texts and topics.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.5
  Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.6
  Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, defining the question the author seeks to address.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.4
  Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 11—12 texts and topics.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.5
  Analyze how the text structures information or ideas into categories or hierarchies, demonstrating understanding of the information or ideas.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.6
  Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, identifying important issues that remain unresolved.