Virginia SOL 3.DSR.C
The Standard
When responding to texts through discussions and/or writing, draw several pieces of evidence from read alouds and 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 and listening to a range of challenging, content-rich texts. This includes fluently reading and gathering evidence from grade-level complex texts and 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 answer questions or make claims about a text, then support their thinking with several relevant details. They quote or paraphrase accurately and identify where each detail appears.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student makes a clear claim, conclusion, or inference and supports it with two or more relevant details. The student quotes or paraphrases accurately, explains how each detail supports the response, and names each location.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may give an opinion without text support or choose details that do not match the claim. They may copy whole sentences instead of quoting key words or paraphrasing. Some forget to name the page, paragraph, or section where evidence appears.
How to Assess It
- Give students a one-page passage and ask, "What can you infer about the main character? Support your answer with two details and label their locations."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs claim cards and evidence strips, then have them match each claim to two details and record the paragraph numbers.
Read a short passage aloud, then ask, "What does the character value, and which two details best support your answer?"
Play Evidence Detective by awarding points for finding, paraphrasing, and locating two details that support a given inference.
Read two school lunch proposals, then write a recommendation to the principal using evidence from both proposals.
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