Acquire academic and polysemic vocabulary, analyze Greek and Latin roots, evaluate connotation, and utilize reference tools.

Interpret complex oral discourse and multimedia content by identifying main ideas, following multi-step directions, and inferring speaker intent.

Apply advanced phonics, Greek and Latin roots, and orthographic patterns to decode and pronounce complex polysyllabic and academic words.

Analyze how authors introduce, illustrate, and elaborate on key individuals, scientific procedures, and historical events through various organizational structures.

Determine an author's stance and purpose in informational texts, identifying bias, loaded words, subjective phrasing, and selective omission.

Cite explicit and inferential textual evidence from informational, scientific, and historical texts to support conclusions and write objective summaries without bias.