South Dakota ELA 9-10.W.9

ELAGrades 9–10Writing

The Standard

Draw relevant evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, narrative and creative texts, and research, applying one or more grade 9-10 standards for Reading Literature or Reading Informational Text as needed.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What This Standard Means

What Students Need to Do

Students choose details from stories or nonfiction that support what they want to say. They explain how those details fit an interpretation, reflection, story, or research claim.

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can make a claim about a character or an article, choose a detail that fits, and explain the link. In a story or research response based on a source, they use accurate details without changing their meaning.

Common Misconceptions

Students may pick a quote because it mentions the topic, even when it does not support their point. They may drop in a quote without explaining it or change a source's meaning to fit their writing.

How to Assess It

Put this on an exit ticket: “Mara read the rejection letter twice, then placed it beside the draft she had started that morning.” Ask: “What do Mara's actions suggest about her? Use words from the passage to support your answer.”

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Give pairs a printed article about school start times; have them highlight the author's claim and underline one fact that supports it.

  2. After a class story, ask students to write what the main character might do next, using two earlier actions to guide their scene.

  3. Play evidence match: give groups four lines from an article and one claim; have them choose the strongest line and explain why.

  4. Compare two grocery ads and write a buying recommendation that cites a price and package size from each ad.

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