South Dakota ELA 11-12.RI.10.c

ELAGrades 11–12Reading Informational Text

The Standard

11-12.RI.10: By the end of the year, independently read and comprehend literary nonfiction and informational texts representing a variety of genres, cultures, and perspectives that exhibit complexity appropriate for at least grade 11 and 12.

Read widely to understand diverse perspectives and viewpoints.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read accounts of the same issue by people with different roles and experiences. They identify each writer's claim and concerns, then explain how the accounts add to or challenge one another.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can name each writer's viewpoint and point to words that support it. They can explain what a less familiar viewpoint adds without treating one writer as the voice of a whole group.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse a writer's viewpoint with a fact, or assume every member of a group agrees. They may label a source biased and stop reading instead of checking its claims and evidence.
How to Assess It: Give students short excerpts from a student op-ed, a teacher letter, and a parent comment about school phone rules. Ask them to name each viewpoint, cite one detail for each, and explain how two differ.

Lesson moves

Give groups printed excerpts about phone rules from a student, teacher, and parent; have them sort claim cards under each writer's name.
Ask, 'Which writer raises a concern the others miss?' Have students cite a sentence from two excerpts before discussing.
Play viewpoint match: pairs match six claim cards with evidence cards from the excerpts and explain each match.
Read the school's phone policy alongside the three excerpts, then mark which concerns the policy addresses and which it leaves out.

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