South Dakota ELA 11-12.RL.1
The Standard
Accurately cite strong, relevant, and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and inferentially, including determining where the text is open for interpretation.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain what a story states outright and what it only suggests. They choose relevant passages, cite them accurately, and identify questions the text leaves open.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can support a claim with lines from different parts of a story and explain how each line helps. They can separate an inference from a fact and consider evidence for another reading.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat a character's guess as a fact or choose a quote that does not support their claim. They may ignore a later detail that challenges their reading or treat an unclear ending as settled.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: In “The Story of an Hour,” are the doctors right about why Louise dies? Cite two passages, explain what each supports, and name one thing the story leaves uncertain.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed copies of “The Story of an Hour” and have them sort marked passages into states, suggests, and leaves open.
Ask, “Are the doctors right about Louise’s death?” Have students discuss two passages that support different answers.
Play Evidence Auction: pairs rank four numbered passages by how well they support the claim that Louise welcomes freedom, then defend their picks.
Write a 60-word book-club post about the doctors’ explanation, citing two passages and naming one uncertainty.
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