CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.2
The Standard
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Speaking and Listening Standards
What This Standard Means
Students need to pull meaning from videos, charts, podcasts, slides, speeches, images, and infographics. They should identify the main idea, name the details that support it, and explain how the format helps them understand the topic better.
Mastery looks like a student saying, “The chart shows the trend, the speaker explains the cause, and together they make the issue clearer.” Students often list facts without deciding what matters most. They may also describe the media instead of explaining how it adds understanding.
Ways to Teach It
- Give pairs a short article and related infographic, then have them label the main idea and three details from each source.
- Ask students to write: How did the video, chart, or image change what you understood about the topic?
- Play a one-minute audio clip and show a related graph, then ask students to write the shared main idea on an exit ticket.
- Use a news weather map or sports statistic graphic to discuss how visuals can explain information faster than words alone.
Plan a Lesson for CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.2
Generate a complete lesson plan aligned to this standard, with objectives, activities, and materials. Free, no account needed.
Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.7
Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topi...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.2
Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue ...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.2
Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, comme...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.2
Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, ...