South Dakota ELA 7.RI.2

7.RI.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 7.RI.2.a

  Analyze their development over the course of the text.

• 7.RI.2.b

  Provide an objective summary of the text.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify at least two central ideas in an article. They track how the writer develops each idea and write a summary without personal opinions.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student states two distinct ideas the whole article supports, not just topics like “plastic waste.” They point to early and later details for each idea and summarize both without adding an opinion.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may name a topic instead of saying what the text shows about it. They may rely only on the opening paragraph or add their own judgment to a summary.

04

How to Assess It

Hand out a one-page article on school lunch waste. Ask students to state two central ideas, cite an early and a later detail for each, and write a three-sentence neutral summary.

1. 01

   Give pairs a printed article and two colors of sticky notes; mark early and late details for each of two central ideas.

2. 02

   Ask, “How does the writer develop each idea by the final paragraph?” Students answer using two details for each idea.

3. 03

   Give teams six detail cards from an article; have them sort the cards by central idea, then place them in text order.

4. 04

   Read a local news story about a new park and its cost; write a neutral summary for a class bulletin that covers both ideas.

• 6.RI.2

  Determine the central idea(s) of a text.

• 8.RI.2

  Determine a central idea(s) of a text.

• 7.RL.2

  Determine a theme or central idea(s) of a text.

• 6.RL.2

  Determine a theme or central idea(s) of a text.