5.7.B

ELA5th GradeThe student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

The Standard

write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students write about ideas presented in texts, audio, images, or video. They compare what different sources say and use specific details to explain similarities and differences.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students identify meaningful similarities and differences between ideas in two or more sources. They organize a clear response and support each comparison with accurate details from the sources.
Common Misconceptions: Students may summarize each source separately without making a clear comparison. They may compare minor details, confuse the authors’ ideas with their own opinions, or cite only one source.
How to Assess It: Give students a short article and infographic about recycling. Ask them to write one paragraph naming one shared idea, one difference, and evidence from both sources.

Lesson moves

Give pairs an article and infographic on bees, then have them sort details into a paper Venn diagram.
Ask students, "How do the two sources explain the problem differently?" Require a claim and one detail from each source.
Play Source Match by having teams pair claim cards with evidence cards from two short texts, then explain each match.
Compare a weather report with a weather app forecast, then write which details agree, differ, and help someone plan the day.

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