Virginia SOL 11.DSR.B
The Standard
Proficiently read and comprehend a variety of literary and informational texts that exhibit complexity at the lower range of the grades 11-12 band to generate and respond logically to literal, inferential, evaluative, synthesizing, and critical thinking questions (See the Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis charts for determining complexity in the Appendix.) (Text Complexity, 2-12).
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 read challenging literary and informational texts with accuracy and understanding. They generate and answer literal, inferential, evaluative, synthesis, and critical questions using evidence and sound reasoning.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students answer direct and implied questions accurately, using relevant details or quotations. They connect ideas across a text, evaluate the writer's choices, and explain their reasoning clearly.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat an inference as a guess instead of supporting it with textual evidence. They may confuse synthesis with summary or judge a text only by whether they agree with it.
How to Assess It
- Give students a one-page complex excerpt. Ask them to write one literal, inferential, and evaluative question, then answer each using specific evidence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Print a complex paragraph and question cards, then have pairs sort each card by thinking level and highlight evidence for answers.
After reading an editorial, write which claim is strongest, then explain how the evidence and reasoning support that judgment.
Play Question Ladder, where teams earn points by writing and answering increasingly complex questions about the same passage.
Compare a news report and company statement about one product recall, then identify facts, inferences, bias, and missing information.
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