South Dakota ELA 7.RI.10.b

ELA7th GradeReading Informational Text

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.

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

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students choose texts for enjoyment, personal interests, and school tasks. They use summaries, contents pages, and sample pages to decide whether a text fits their purpose.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can pick a book to read for fun and a different text that helps answer a research question. They can explain each choice using a detail from the text.
Common Misconceptions: Students may pick the shortest text even when it cannot answer their question. They may assume a book they enjoy will also work for a school task.
How to Assess It: Ask students to choose one text from the classroom shelf for fun and one for a report on drought. Have them write each title and one detail that explains the choice.

Lesson moves

Set out books and magazines; students check back covers and sample pages, then place titles on 'read for fun' or 'drought report' mats.
Ask partners, 'Which would help our drought report more, a storm story or a drought fact book, and why?'
Give pairs six summary cards, call out a reading purpose, and have them choose and defend a match.
Have students search the school library catalog for a book about their hobby and read its summary before saving the title.

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