CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2
The Standard
Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students gather ideas and details from spoken words, images, videos, charts, and numbers. They connect information across formats to build one clear understanding. They also decide which details are relevant, supported, or conflicting.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain what each source adds to a topic. The student can combine matching details, point out conflicts, and identify the source for each conclusion. The student can explain why one presentation is more useful or convincing than another.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may describe each source separately without combining the information. They may treat every source as equally reliable or assume a graph proves a claim without checking labels and scales. They may focus on eye-catching images instead of relevant evidence.
How to Assess It
- Play a 60-second news clip and show a simple chart on the same topic. Ask, "What conclusion is supported by both sources, what unique detail does each add, and is there any conflict?"
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups a transcript, photo, and graph, then have them place detail cards under supported, unsupported, or conflicting claims.
Ask, "Which source changes your understanding most, and what exact detail caused the change?"
Play Source Match: students pair claim cards with evidence from an audio clip, infographic, or paragraph, earning points for accurate explanations.
Compare a weather map, forecast table, and radio report, then choose outdoor plans and justify the choice with two formats.
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