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[-] Chunk@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I had to look this up because I was thinking the same thing.

Sixth grade reading entails understanding plot structures, narrative voices, character developments, and the use of language. Students also compare and contrast themes in articles and stories. In the process, your child’s vocabulary should grow by leaps and bounds.

From https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/sixth-grade-reading

I can't find any definition for 8, 9, or 10th grade reading.

I found this, where the definition comes from, it the definition is based on a score on a test and doesn't always seem to have a set of criteria we can look at. https://www.justrightreads.com/reading-levels-explained

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

I can’t find any definition for 8, 9, or 10th grade reading.

Check common core standards. For example, grades 9-10 should be able to

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

and also

Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).

[-] Chunk@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It makes sense. It makes so much sense.

How can you follow an evolving political situation if you struggle to understand and track how stories develop over time?

If Fauci says one thing about COVID and then, 1 year's worth of research later, he said something different that is going to completely confuse these people. They are literally incapable of understanding how stories evolve.

That's hard for me to empathize with because that seems like something fundamental to the human mind. It seems like something that everyone should be able to do. But apparently that's not true.

[-] theuberwalrus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I even see it a lot here in comment threads. People can't connect ideas and context in things that they're responding to, and totally miss the entire point. I used to think they were just trolls but now I think it's truly poor reading comprehension.

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