Georgia 3.T.RA.2.a
The Standard
Refer to specific passages from a text to support an idea, answer, or opinion. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Research & Analysis
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find a sentence or short section that supports an answer, idea, or opinion. They identify where it appears and explain how it proves their point.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student gives a clear answer, selects a relevant sentence or section, and explains how it supports the answer. The student can reject details that are related but do not prove the point.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may retell the whole text or give an opinion without evidence. They may copy an unrelated sentence or cite a detail without explaining how it supports the answer.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short passage and ask, “Which character made the better choice?” Have them answer, copy one supporting sentence, and explain the connection.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips from a passage to sort under “supports the claim” or “does not support the claim.”
Ask, “Was the main character fair?” and have students write an answer using one specific detail from the story.
Play Evidence Hunt, where teams locate the strongest supporting sentence for each question and explain their choice.
Use a weather report to decide whether recess should be indoors, citing one forecast detail as evidence.
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