CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1
The Standard
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the 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 identify what an informational text states directly and make reasonable inferences from its details. They choose several relevant quotations or paraphrases and explain how each supports their analysis.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students make a clear claim about an informational text and support it with multiple relevant details. They explain how each detail proves the claim and distinguish stated facts from inferences.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy a sentence without explaining how it supports their idea. They may rely on one detail, choose unrelated details, or treat an inference as directly stated.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short article and ask: What can you infer about the author’s viewpoint? Cite two details and explain how each supports your answer.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed article, highlighters, and claim cards, then have them mark two details that support each claim.
Ask students to write one stated fact and one inference, then explain which details led to the inference.
Play Evidence Match by having teams pair claim cards with supporting quotations and reject details that do not fit.
Use a product review and ask students to judge the product’s reliability using three specific details from the review.
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