South Dakota ELA 11-12.RL.10.a
The Standard
- 11-12.RL.10
- By the end of the year, independently read and comprehend literary texts representing a variety of genres, cultures, and perspectives that exhibit complexity appropriate for at least grade 11 and 12.
Demonstrate proficiency in reading and comprehending grade-appropriate texts.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read a challenging story on their own and keep track of what happens, what characters believe, and what the text suggests. They use specific details to explain an ending or a shift in meaning.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain both the reported events and the clues that complicate them. In a story with an ambiguous ending, they can support an interpretation with details from earlier scenes.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat a character's explanation as the narrator's final word. They may also miss a detail that changes an earlier assumption, or assume a character can feel only one emotion at a time.
How to Assess It
- After reading "The Story of an Hour," ask: What do the doctors think caused Louise's death, and what does the story suggest instead? Cite two earlier details.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed passages from "The Story of an Hour" to put in order, then have them mark details that change their view of Louise.
Ask students to write: Does Louise love her husband? Defend an answer using two details that seem to conflict.
Play a claim-and-evidence match game with cards showing claims about Louise and short quotations from the story.
Show a sample news alert and its correction, then ask students how the corrected report changes their understanding of the story's opening.
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- 6.RL.10.a
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- 7.RI.10.a
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- 11-12.RI.10.a
Demonstrate proficiency in reading and comprehending grade-appropriate texts.
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