NY Next Generation ELA 6R7

ELA6th GradeIntegration of Knowledge and Ideas

The Standard

Compare and contrast how different formats, including print and digital media, contribute to the understanding of a subject.

New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students compare how print and digital or other media formats help readers understand a subject. They analyze what each format makes clearer, more vivid, or harder to notice.
What Mastery Looks Like: The student cites specific features from both formats and explains their effects on understanding. The comparison addresses strengths and limits rather than preference alone.
Common Misconceptions: Students may summarize content without comparing format contributions. They may call video better because it is entertaining or print better because it has more words.
How to Assess It: Give a printed explanation and a short video clip, audio segment, or digital infographic about the same subject. Ask students to compare one contribution and one limitation of each format.

Lesson moves

Annotate the same subject in print and digital formats with notes about what each adds.
Ask students which format best explains one difficult idea and why.
Play Format Contribution Sort with print, audio, video, graphic, and interactive features.
Compare a printed transit guide with its digital map for completing a real route task.

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