South Dakota ELA 11-12.RI.2

11-12.RI.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 11-12.RI.2.a

  Analyze and evaluate their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another within a complex text.

• 11-12.RI.2.b

  Provide an objective summary of the text to support analysis.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students find at least two main ideas or claims in a complex article. They track how each develops, explain how the ideas connect, and write a neutral summary before judging how well the text supports them.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can point to where each claim appears and identify later details that strengthen or complicate it. They can explain how one claim builds on another, then judge the support without inserting their own opinion into the summary.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may choose two details instead of two main claims. They may list evidence without explaining how the claims connect, or slip their own opinion into the summary.

04

How to Assess It

On an exit ticket, ask students to name two claims from today's article, cite a paragraph that develops each, and explain how they connect. Have them add a two-sentence neutral summary and judge which claim has stronger support.

1. 01

   Give pairs a printed article on later school start times; have them mark support for two claims in different colors and draw arrows between related details.

2. 02

   Ask students to discuss: Which claim depends on the other, and which paragraph makes that connection clear?

3. 03

   Give groups shuffled cards with paragraph summaries; have them order the cards, match each to a claim, and explain one link.

4. 04

   Have students read a school board editorial on start times and write a neutral three-sentence briefing that connects its two main claims.

• 6.RI.2

  Determine the central idea(s) of a text.

• 7.RI.2

  Determine two or more central ideas in a text.

• 11-12.RL.2

  Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text.

• 11-12.RST.2

  Determine the central ideas of a text.