CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.7
The Standard
Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Informational Text
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read a short informational text and study its photos, captions, maps, charts, or diagrams. They explain what each image adds and how it helps clarify the written information.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students point to a specific label, part, or detail in an image and connect it to the text. They clearly explain what the image adds or makes easier to understand.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat pictures as decoration or say only that they make the page interesting. They may name what an image shows without connecting it to information in the text.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short paragraph with a labeled diagram. Ask, “What does the diagram help you understand that the paragraph alone does not show clearly?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a short article and separate image cards, then have them match each image to the paragraph it best explains.
Show a diagram and ask, “Which part of the text becomes clearer because of this image, and why?”
Play Image Detective by having students earn a point for naming one useful image detail and its matching text detail.
Examine directions for a classroom tool and discuss how each picture helps someone use the tool correctly.
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