South Dakota ELA 9-10.RH.2

9-10.RH.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 9-10.RH.2.a

  Analyze how ideas develop over the course of the text.

• 9-10.RH.2.b

  Provide an accurate summary.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify the main points in a historical speech, letter, or account. They track what each section adds, then write a brief summary without opinions.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student states a main point as a full idea, not just a topic. They explain how the idea develops from beginning to end and summarize the source without leaving out a major point.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may name a topic like “the Civil War” instead of stating what the source says about it. They may treat the opening as the whole message or copy striking lines into a summary while leaving out the ending.

04

How to Assess It

Hand out the Gettysburg Address. Ask students to state its main point, explain what the opening and closing each add, and write a two-sentence summary without opinions.

1. 01

   Cut the Gettysburg Address into three paragraphs; pairs put them in order and write what each adds to Lincoln’s main point.

2. 02

   Ask: How does Lincoln move from the nation’s founding to what living Americans must do? Support your answer with two phrases.

3. 03

   Partners write two-sentence summaries of the speech, swap papers, and underline any opinion or detail that crowds out the main point.

4. 04

   Print school board meeting minutes and a local news report on the same vote; students mark where each introduces and develops its main point.

• 11-12.RH.2

  Determine the central ideas or information of primary or secondary sources.

• 11-12.RST.2

  Determine the central ideas of a text.

• 9-10.RST.2

  Determine the central ideas of a text.