South Dakota ELA 8.RI.10

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

• 8.RI.10.a

  Demonstrate proficiency in reading and comprehending grade-appropriate texts.

• 8.RI.10.b

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

• 8.RI.10.c

  Read widely to understand diverse perspectives and viewpoints.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students choose and read grade-level memoirs, interviews, articles, and other nonfiction on their own. They work through difficult passages, explain key ideas with evidence, and read writers with different viewpoints.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain a challenging text without someone walking them through it and point to details that support their reading. They can choose a text for interest or a school task and explain how two writers view an issue differently.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may pick only short, familiar texts and mistake finishing a page for understanding it. They may treat one writer's account as the whole story or confuse a writer's viewpoint with the main idea.

04

How to Assess It

Set out three one-page, grade-level excerpts about changing schools: a memoir, an interview, and a news article. Students choose one and write its main idea, two supporting details, the writer's viewpoint, and why they chose it.

1. 01

   Set out printed memoir, interview, and news excerpts; students choose one, highlight its key idea, and flag a sentence they had to reread.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: 'How do two writers describe changing schools differently, and which words show each view?'

3. 03

   Play Evidence Match: teams pair viewpoint cards with lines from three excerpts, then explain each match.

4. 04

   Bring in two local reports on a community issue; students choose one, summarize its claim, and name a voice they would seek next.

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• 8.RL.10

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• 7.RL.10

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