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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
TM
,
EBSR
,
GR
,
SHT
,
DDHT
item(s)
- Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to determine a theme or central idea from a section of the passage or from the entire passage and how it is developed over the course of the text. Items may refer to themes and central ideas that are explicit or implicit in the text. Items may ask the student to summarize all or part of the text. - Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate literary texts. Texts may vary in complexity - Response Mechanisms :
The Technology-Enhanced Item Descriptions section on pages 3 and 4 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice and Editing Task item types). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below. - Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :
Task Demand
Determine a theme or central idea and analyze its development over the course of the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
- Requires the student to determine a theme or central idea and then select how that theme or central idea was developed.
Drag-and-Drop Hot Text
- Requires the student to drag words or phrases into a graphic organizer to demonstrate the development of a theme or central idea throughout a text.
EBSR
- Requires the student to select the theme or central idea and then select words or phrases from the text that contribute to its development.
GRID
- Requires the student to move words or phrases into a graphic organizer to show the development of a theme.
Table Match
- Requires the student to complete a table with words or phrases that show the development of a theme or central idea throughout the text.
Task Demand
Provide an objective summary of the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Multiple Choice
- Requires the student to select the best summary of the text.
Multiselect
- Requires the student to select multiple sentences that could be used to create an accurate summary of the text.
Drag-and-Drop Hot Text
- Requires the student to place pieces of a summary in the correct order.
GRID
- Requires the student to move pieces of a summary into a graphic organizer.
Table Match
- Requires the student to complete a table that reflects an accurate summary of the text.
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Lesson Plans
Original Student Tutorials
Teaching Ideas
Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12
Learn to distinguish the theme of the story from its summary. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read several short pirate tales to practice summarizing a story, identifying its theme, and analyzing how the theme is expressed.
Learn how poems are organized to express and develop themes. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read "My Pretty Rose Tree" by William Blake and "'Hope' is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson. Using these classic poems, you'll examine the structure of poetry and review several relevant terms including stanzas, diction, and mood.
Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Learn how poems are organized to express and develop themes. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read "My Pretty Rose Tree" by William Blake and "'Hope' is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson. Using these classic poems, you'll examine the structure of poetry and review several relevant terms including stanzas, diction, and mood.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn to distinguish the theme of the story from its summary. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read several short pirate tales to practice summarizing a story, identifying its theme, and analyzing how the theme is expressed.
Type: Original Student Tutorial