Virginia SOL 6.DSR.C
The Standard
When responding to text through discussion 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 claim, conclusion, or inference about a challenging text and support it with several relevant details. They quote or paraphrase accurately and identify each detail’s page, paragraph, or section.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student selects at least two strong details from different parts of a text. The response preserves the text’s meaning, gives accurate locations, and explains how each detail supports the claim or inference.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose details that mention the topic but do not support their claim. They may copy too much, change the meaning when paraphrasing, or omit paragraph and page locations. Some list evidence without explaining how it supports the inference.
How to Assess It
- Give this exit ticket after a short passage: “Make one inference, quote one supporting detail, paraphrase another, label both paragraph numbers, and explain each choice.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs claim cards and evidence strips from one passage; have them sort strong, weak, and irrelevant evidence, then defend one choice.
Have students respond to the prompt “What can we infer about the character’s motive?” with two located details and an explanation for each.
Play Evidence Relay: teams race to locate two details for a claim, record paragraph numbers, and earn points only after explaining relevance.
Use two school lunch reviews; students recommend one option, quote or paraphrase three details, and label which review supplied each detail.
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