Virginia SOL 10.DSR.C
The Standard
When responding to text through discussions and/or writing, draw several pieces of evidence from grade-level complex texts to support claims, conclusions, and inferences, including quoting or paraphrasing from texts accurately and tracing where relevant evidence is located (Textual Evidence, K-12).
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · The student will build knowledge and comprehension skills from reading a range of challenging, content-rich texts. This includes fluently reading and gathering evidence from grade-level complex texts, reading widely on topics to gain purposeful knowledge and vocabulary, and using reading strategies when comprehension breaks down.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students make a clear claim or inference about a challenging text. They select multiple relevant details, quote or paraphrase them accurately, and identify where each detail appears.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student supports each point with evidence that directly fits the reasoning. Quotations preserve the author’s wording, paraphrases preserve the meaning, and citations help readers find each passage.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose details that mention the topic but do not prove the claim. They may drop in quotes without explaining the connection, alter meaning while paraphrasing, or rely on one example. Some cite the whole text instead of a page, paragraph, or line.
How to Assess It
- Give students a one-page excerpt and ask, “What does the speaker’s final choice reveal about their values?” Require a claim, two cited details, and an explanation for each detail.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed excerpts and colored tabs. Students mark a claim, two supporting passages, and the page or paragraph for each.
Ask, “Which detail best supports the author’s view of ambition, and why?” Students cite one passage before responding to a classmate.
Run an evidence sort. Teams match claim cards to quotation and paraphrase cards, then reject one tempting but irrelevant detail.
Compare two product reviews, then write a recommendation using three cited details about price, reliability, and ease of use.
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