8.6.C

ELA8th GradeThe student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

The Standard

use text evidence to support an appropriate response

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students make a clear claim or interpretation about something they read, hear, or view. They select relevant details and explain how those details support their response.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students give a focused response and support it with accurate, relevant details. They clearly explain the link between each detail and their thinking.
Common Misconceptions: Students may copy a sentence without explaining its connection to their response. They may choose an interesting detail that does not support their claim or rely only on personal opinion.
How to Assess It: After reading a one-page article, ask: What is the author's main message? Cite one detail and explain how it proves your answer.

Lesson moves

Give pairs claim cards and evidence cards from a short text, then have them match each claim with the strongest supporting detail.
Play a short audio clip, then ask students to write a claim and explain which spoken detail best supports it.
Run an evidence relay where teams locate, record, and justify the best detail for each posted question.
Show a product advertisement and ask students to judge its main claim using two specific visual or spoken details.

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