South Dakota ELA 6.RI.10

6.RI.10 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 6.RI.10.a

  Demonstrate proficiency in reading and comprehending grade-appropriate texts.

• 6.RI.10.b

  Self-select texts for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks.

• 6.RI.10.c

  Read widely to understand diverse perspectives and viewpoints.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students read grade-level nonfiction on their own, including articles and personal accounts from different communities. They work out the main ideas and viewpoints. They choose texts that fit a question or their own interests.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can read an unfamiliar nonfiction text without help, explain its main point, and point to details that support it. They can choose a text for a purpose and explain how its viewpoint differs from another text.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat a first-person account as the whole story or assume a news report has no viewpoint. Some pick only easy texts on familiar topics. Others understand individual sentences but miss the main point.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a one-page, grade-level article about town water restrictions. Ask them to write its main point, cite one supporting detail, and identify whose viewpoint it presents.

1. 01

   Print two short pieces about river use, one from a tribal newsletter and one from a local newspaper; students flag each viewpoint with sticky notes.

2. 02

   Read a news report and a personal essay about moving to a new city, then write whose experiences each text includes or leaves out.

3. 03

   Set out a biography, an interview, and a news article; students draw purpose cards, choose a fitting text, and explain their choice.

4. 04

   At the library, choose an article about a local issue, then find a second source with another view and compare their claims.

• 6.RL.10

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• 8.RL.10

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• 7.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 ap...

• 8.RI.10

  By the end of the year, independently read and comprehend literary nonfiction and informational texts representing a variety of genres, cultures, and perspectiv...