Georgia 10.T.T.2.b
The Standard
Analyze texts with conflicting information or opposing viewpoints and determine where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretations. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Techniques
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare two texts about the same subject and locate claims that do not match. They decide whether each disagreement concerns a checkable fact or the author’s explanation of the facts.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can pinpoint the claims that conflict and explain the exact difference. They can classify each conflict as factual or interpretive and support the classification with evidence from both texts.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat any difference in details as a contradiction. They may confuse a factual claim with an author’s interpretation. They may choose the source they agree with instead of comparing evidence.
How to Assess It
- Give students two short excerpts about the same event. Ask: “Name one disagreement, label it fact or interpretation, and cite one line from each excerpt.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed claim cards from two articles to sort into factual conflicts, interpretive conflicts, or differences that do not conflict.
Ask students to write: “Which disagreement could be checked with outside evidence, and which depends on how the authors interpret events?”
Run a contradiction hunt where teams highlight opposing claims in paired passages and earn points for accurate labels and supporting lines.
Compare two news reports about a local issue, then list shared facts, disputed facts, and differing explanations in a three-column chart.
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