6.6.B
The Standard
write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing sources within and across genres
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students write about what a source means, using accurate details as support. They compare ideas, events, or craft across sources from the same or different genres.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student states a clear comparison, supports it with details from both sources, and explains the connection. The response stays accurate and organized.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often summarize each source separately without making a comparison. They may compare only surface features, confuse genre with topic, or cite details without explaining the connection.
How to Assess It
- Give students a poem and a short news paragraph on the same topic. Ask: What idea do both sources share, and how does each genre present it differently?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs evidence cards from a story and article to sort under Similar, Different, and Not Relevant, then write one comparison.
Read a myth and science article about storms, then ask students to write which source explains fear more effectively and why.
Play Comparison Relay: teams match claim cards to evidence from two texts, then earn a point by explaining each match.
Compare a product advertisement with a consumer review, then write how purpose and genre shape the information each source includes.
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Related Standards
- 8.6.B
The 8th Grade version of this standard.
- 7.6.B
write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing sources within and across genres
- 4.7.B
write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources;
- 5.7.B
write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources;
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