Virginia SOL 10.RI.1.B
The Standard
Compare characteristics of the information from informational, historical, scientific, and technical texts and interpret the use of data and information in maps, charts, graphs, timelines, tables, and diagrams.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Key Ideas and Confirming Details
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare how different kinds of nonfiction organize ideas and present evidence. They interpret maps, charts, graphs, timelines, tables, and diagrams. They connect visual data to claims or conclusions in the text.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how historical accounts, scientific reports, and technical texts present information differently. The student reads visuals accurately and uses specific data to support a comparison or conclusion.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat maps, charts, and diagrams as decoration rather than evidence. They may ignore axes, units, legends, scale, or dates. They may also confuse what the data shows with the author's interpretation.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short paragraph and a related graph. Ask: "State one conclusion supported by both sources, cite one detail from each, and explain how their presentations differ."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups four source cards and matching visuals; students sort them by text type, then annotate the evidence each source emphasizes.
Write: How would a historian, scientist, and technician present the same flood differently, and what evidence would each emphasize?
Run a graph detective relay where teams identify titles, units, trends, and one supported conclusion at each visual data station.
Compare a local weather article, forecast map, data table, and safety instructions to decide which source best answers four practical questions.
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