Virginia SOL 7.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. They choose several relevant details, quote or paraphrase them accurately, and record where each detail appears.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students independently choose two or more strong details from a challenging text. They quote or paraphrase accurately, identify each location, and explain how every detail supports their reasoning.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose details related to the topic but unrelated to their claim. They may copy long sections without explanation, paraphrase inaccurately, or omit page, paragraph, or line references.
How to Assess It
- Give students a numbered one-page passage and ask for a claim supported by one exact quote and one accurate paraphrase. Require source locations and one sentence explaining each detail.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs claim cards and evidence strips from an article; students sort, select two strong details, and label each source paragraph.
Ask, “Was the narrator justified in leaving?” Students write a claim, cite two passages, then explain each choice to a partner.
Play Evidence Relay: teams find two details for a claim, record line numbers, paraphrase one, and explain why each fits.
Read a school lunch policy and menu data, then write a recommendation supported by two accurately cited facts.
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