NY Next Generation ELA 4SL3
The Standard
Identify and evaluate the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify and evaluate reasons and evidence a speaker provides for particular points. They judge whether the support is relevant and convincing.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The student states the speaker’s point and matches reasons and evidence accurately. The student explains which support is strong, weak, or unrelated.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may judge the speaker’s confidence instead of support. They may confuse examples with reasons or accept any fact as evidence.
How to Assess It
- Play a short argument with two reasons and one unrelated detail. Ask students to identify the point and evaluate each support.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Map a recorded claim with reason, evidence, and irrelevant-detail cards.
Ask students which support best strengthens the point.
Play Spoken Evidence Sort with short audio examples.
Evaluate reasons in a spoken proposal for a school change.
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Related Standards
- 5SL3
The 5th Grade version of this standard.
- 7SL3
Delineate a speaker's argument and specific claims, evaluating for sound reasoning, and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
- 8SL3
Delineate a speaker's argument and specific claims, evaluating for sound reasoning, and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence; identify when irrelevant ...
- 9-10SL3
Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric; identify any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
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