CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1c
The Standard
Pose questions that connect the ideas of several speakers and respond to others' questions and comments with relevant evidence, observations, and ideas.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
What This Standard Means
Students need to listen across a whole discussion, not just wait for their turn. They should ask questions that link one classmate’s idea to another’s, and they should answer with proof from the text, notes, observations, or clear reasoning.
Mastery looks like a student saying, “How does Maya’s point about the narrator connect to Jamal’s point about the ending?” Then they respond with a page number or example. Students often get stuck giving opinions only, asking random questions, or replying to just the last speaker instead of tracking the group conversation.
Ways to Teach It
- Give groups sticky notes labeled Connect, Evidence, and Question, then have them place one during a four-minute text discussion.
- Use the prompt, “Which two speakers made ideas that fit together, and what question could push that connection further?”
- During discussion, tally each student once for a connected question and once for an evidence-based response.
- Play a short school board or podcast clip, then have students identify one question that connects two speakers’ points.
Before This Standard
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What This Unlocks
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