CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2b

ELA7th GradeText Types and Purposes

The Standard

Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students develop an informative explanation with specific, accurate support. They choose facts, examples, definitions, details, or quotations that fit the focus and help readers understand it.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students choose accurate details that directly support the focus of an explanation. They introduce evidence clearly and explain how each fact, example, or quotation helps the reader understand the topic.
Common Misconceptions: Students may include facts that sound interesting but do not explain the topic. They may drop in a quotation without explaining its meaning or rely on broad opinions instead of precise evidence.
How to Assess It: Give students three source notes about erosion. Ask them to choose the strongest note, add it to a four-sentence explanation, and explain why it fits.

Lesson moves

Give groups evidence cards to sort into strong, weak, and unrelated support for a short explanation about renewable energy.
Ask students to write which detail best explains a topic and defend their choice with one specific reason.
Play Evidence Match, where teams pair topic sentences with the most useful fact, definition, example, or quotation.
Have students create a fact sheet explaining one school rule, using survey results, examples, and a quotation from a staff member.

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