# Reading and Responding to Texts

Central concept: **Reading and Responding to Texts**

## Connections

- Reading and Responding to Texts (uses) -> Prior Knowledge
- Reading and Responding to Texts (uses) -> Comprehension Strategies
- Reading and Responding to Texts (leads to) -> Construct Meaning
- Reading and Responding to Texts (leads to) -> Appreciate Artistry
- Reading and Responding to Texts (analyzes) -> Forms and Genres
- Prior Knowledge (shapes) -> Multiple Interpretations
- Comprehension Strategies (enables) -> Construct Meaning
- Construct Meaning (includes) -> Character Analysis
- Construct Meaning (includes) -> Theme and Point of View
- Appreciate Artistry (examines) -> Literary Techniques
- Appreciate Artistry (examines) -> Plot, Setting and Mood
- Forms and Genres (includes) -> Media Texts
- Multiple Interpretations (deepens) -> Construct Meaning

## Notes

- **Reading and Responding to Texts**: Grade 9 ELA: using strategies, constructing meaning, and appreciating artistry in texts [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15574), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15575), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15581), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15582)
- **Prior Knowledge**: Personal experiences and previous reading shape interpretation of texts [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15574), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15574)
- **Comprehension Strategies**: Identifying explicit and implicit ideas; selecting reading rate and previewing complex texts [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15575), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15575)
- **Construct Meaning**: Analyze character choices, identify theme and point of view, relate to personal experience [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15581)
- **Appreciate Artistry**: Discuss techniques like irony, symbolism and perspective that enhance effect [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15582)
- **Character Analysis**: Examine choices, motives, development and consistency across texts [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15581), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15582), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15585)
- **Theme and Point of View**: Identify and discuss how narrator perspective affects meaning [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15581), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15585)
- **Literary Techniques**: Irony, symbolism, figurative language, imagery that create mood and tone [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15582), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15586)
- **Plot, Setting and Mood**: Interrelated elements developed through language choices and structure [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15582)
- **Forms and Genres**: Relationships between purposes and characteristics of different text types [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15584)
- **Media Texts**: Oral, print and other media including advertisements and digital content [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15586), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15584)
- **Multiple Interpretations**: Discuss and integrate various readings of the same text with peers [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15574), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15569)

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### Sources

- node:n1: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Use Strategies and Cues (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15574)
- node:n2: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Use Strategies and Cues (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15575)
- node:n3: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.2 Respond to Texts (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15581)
- node:n4: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.2 Respond to Texts (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15582)
- node:n5: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Use Strategies and Cues (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15575)
- node:n6: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 1 › 1.2 Clarify and Extend (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15569)
- node:n7: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.3 Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15585)
- node:n8: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.1 Use Strategies and Cues (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15574)
- node:n9: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.3 Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15586)
- node:n10: Language Arts – English › English Language Arts (7–9) › Grade 9 › General Outcome 2 › 2.3 Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/15584)