South Dakota ELA 7.RI.10.a
The Standard
- 7.RI.10
- By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction and informational text representing a variety of genres, cultures, and perspectives that exhibit complexity appropriate for at least grade 7.
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 grade-level informational article on their own. They explain its main idea, identify supporting details, and use the text to back up an inference.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can state the article’s main idea without just naming its topic. They can choose two details that support it and point to a sentence that backs up an inference.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name the topic, such as city temperatures, instead of explaining what the article says about it. They may pick an interesting fact that does not support the main idea or make a guess without checking the text.
How to Assess It
- Give students a one-page, grade-level article about urban heat islands. Ask: “What is the main idea? Give two supporting details and one inference backed by a sentence from the article.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Print five sentences from the article on separate strips; have pairs sort the main idea from its supporting details.
Ask students: “Why might two neighborhoods feel different temperatures? Use one sentence from the article in your answer.”
Play an evidence hunt: read a claim about paved surfaces, then have students underline the sentence that supports it.
Show photos of the school parking lot and a nearby park; students predict which feels hotter and explain using the article.
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Related Standards
- 6.RL.10.a
Demonstrate proficiency in reading and comprehending grade-appropriate texts.
- 6.RI.10.a
The 6th Grade version of this standard.
- 7.RL.10.a
Demonstrate proficiency in reading and comprehending grade-appropriate texts.
- 8.RL.10.a
Demonstrate proficiency in reading and comprehending grade-appropriate texts.
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