South Dakota ELA 11-12.RST.6
The Standard
Analyze how the author’s purpose or point of view shapes the style and content when providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025) · Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify why a writer explains a process or reports an experiment. They use word choice, included details, and missing results to explain how the writer’s goal or viewpoint shapes the text.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can compare a lab report with a company summary of the same test. They can point to specific measurements and phrases, then explain why each writer chose them.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume a text is neutral because it uses numbers and scientific terms. They may name the writer’s goal without showing how a phrase or omitted result supports it.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Compare “Battery life: 7, 8, and 9 hours across three trials” with “Our battery keeps you going all day.” Name each writer’s goal and explain how one wording choice serves it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed notes from a battery test and a battery ad; have them mark measurements in blue and claims in red.
Ask students to write why a battery maker might call an eight-hour result “all-day power” while a lab report lists every trial time.
Play Purpose Match: students sort cards with lab steps, results, and sales claims by writer’s goal, then defend one choice.
Show a phone review’s battery test chart beside the manufacturer’s product page; students circle runtime details each includes or leaves out.
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