# Comprehending and Responding to Texts (ELA 30-1)

Central concept: **Comprehend and respond to texts**

## Connections

- Comprehend and respond to texts (requires) -> Construct meaning from text
- Comprehend and respond to texts (requires) -> Connect self, text, culture
- Construct meaning from text and context (requires) -> Understand and interpret content
- Construct meaning from text (depends on) -> Discern and analyze context
- Construct meaning from text (uses) -> Engage prior knowledge
- Construct meaning from text (includes) -> Analyze narrative elements
- Construct meaning from text (supported by) -> Use reference strategies
- Understand textual forms (includes) -> Relate devices to effects
- Connect self, text, culture (leads to) -> Evaluate texts critically
- Connect self, text, culture (leads to) -> Appreciate artistry
- Evaluate texts critically (supports) -> Form conclusions
- Appreciate artistry (supports) -> Form conclusions

## Notes

- **Comprehend and respond to texts**: Core outcome: comprehend literature and texts in multiple forms and respond personally, critically and creatively [Topic](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46694)
- **Construct meaning from text**: Use strategies to understand texts; analyze relationships among ideas; understand contextual elements and subtext [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46697), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46697)
- **Discern and analyze context**: Explain text creator's purpose; analyze communication situation; understand text and context interplay; identify personal context impact [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46696), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46696)
- **Engage prior knowledge**: Reflect on comprehension strategies; assess prior knowledge of contexts and forms; identify variations from conventional devices [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46698)
- **Understand textual forms**: Relate form and structure to purpose and audience; analyze organizational patterns; assess text structure effectiveness [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46701)
- **Relate devices to effects**: Assess rhetorical devices, stylistic techniques, figurative language, symbol and imagery; analyze irony and satire [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46702)
- **Analyze narrative elements**: Assess setting, plot, character and atmosphere; analyze character traits and motivations; relate tone to moral stance [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46697), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46697)
- **Connect self, text, culture**: Identify personal and cultural perspectives; form positions on issues; assess character choices; respond to cultural influences [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46704)
- **Evaluate texts critically**: Identify evaluation criteria; assess interpretation appropriateness; analyze authenticity of settings and characters; assess theme significance [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46705)
- **Appreciate artistry**: Use appropriate terminology; appreciate text creator's craft; recognize shape and substance of literature [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46706)
- **Use reference strategies**: Use reference strategies and technologies; formulate questions; explore sources; create personalized reference materials [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46699)
- **Form conclusions**: Synthesize ideas by integrating information with prior knowledge; draw appropriate conclusions; support with relevant detail [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46714)

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### Sources

- node:n1: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Construct meaning from text and context (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46697)
- node:n2: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Construct meaning from text and context (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46696)
- node:n3: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Construct meaning from text and context (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46697)
- node:n4: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.3 Respond to a variety of print and nonprint texts (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46704)
- node:n5: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.3 Respond to a variety of print and nonprint texts (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46706)
- node:n6: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Construct meaning from text and context (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46696)
- node:n7: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.3 Respond to a variety of print and nonprint texts (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46705)
- node:n8: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Construct meaning from text and context (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46698)
- node:n9: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46694)
- node:n10: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.2 Understand and appreciate textual forms, elements and techniques (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46701)
- node:n11: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 1 › 1.1 Discover possibilities (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46688)
- node:n12: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.2 Understand and appreciate textual forms, elements and techniques (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46702)
- node:n13: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Construct meaning from text and context (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46699)
- node:n14: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (10–12) › English Lang Arts 30-1 › ELA 30-1 › General Outcome 3 › 3.2 Follow a plan of inquiry (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/46714)