NY Next Generation ELA 8R9
The Standard
Choose and develop criteria in order to evaluate the quality of texts. Make connections to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, and personal experiences.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students choose and develop criteria for judging text quality. They apply those criteria while connecting texts to other works, ideas, cultures, eras, and experiences.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The student designs criteria suited to text type, purpose, and audience, then applies them consistently. Evidence and meaningful connections support a nuanced judgment.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose criteria that merely reflect personal taste. They may change criteria after seeing results or use connections unrelated to quality.
How to Assess It
- Ask students to create three criteria for a given text type, apply them to one text, and explain a connection that informs the evaluation.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Draft, test, and revise quality criteria using two contrasting sample texts.
Ask students how purpose and audience should shape evaluation criteria.
Play Criteria Stress Test with text types, proposed measures, and counterexamples.
Develop criteria for choosing reliable information sources for a community project.
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