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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
TM
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EBSR
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MS
,
MC
,
OR
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SHT
,
DDHT
item(s)
- Assessment Limits :
Items may ask for evidence that is directly stated in the text or implied. Items may ask for specific and exact quotations, or a summary/description of evidence. Items may require the student to draw inferences from the text. Items should emphasize the importance of citing evidence that provides the strongest support possible. - Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with one or more gradeappropriate 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
Select textual evidence to support explicit information or an inference drawn from the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Multiple Choice
- Requires the student to select direct quotes from the text to support explicit or implicit information.
Multiselect
- Requires the student to select multiple direct quotations to support explicit or implicit information from the text.
EBSR
- Requires the student to select a correct inference from multiple choice options and then to select a textual detail or details that support the inference.
Selectable Hot Text
- Requires the student to select words or phrases from the text to answer questions about explicit or implicit information in the text.
- Requires the student to select an inference and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the inference.
Open Response
- Requires the student to identify and then explain in one or two sentences a piece of the text that supports explicit or implicit information.
Drag-and-Drop Hot Text
- Requires the student to match pieces of textual support with explicit or implicit information from the text.
Table Match
- Requires the student to complete a table by matching pieces of textual support with explicit statements or inferences from the text.
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Original Student Tutorials
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Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12
Learn how to make inferences using the novel Hoot in this interactive tutorial. You'll learn how to identify both explicit and implicit information in the story to make inferences about characters and events.
Learn how authors create mood in a story through this interactive tutorial. You'll read a science fiction short story by author Ray Bradbury and analyze how he uses images, sound, dialogue, setting, and characters' actions to create different moods. This tutorial is Part One in a two-part series. In Part Two, you'll use Bradbury's story to help you create a Found Poem that conveys multiple moods.
When you've completed Part One, click HERE to launch Part Two.
Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Learn how authors create mood in a story through this interactive tutorial. You'll read a science fiction short story by author Ray Bradbury and analyze how he uses images, sound, dialogue, setting, and characters' actions to create different moods. This tutorial is Part One in a two-part series. In Part Two, you'll use Bradbury's story to help you create a Found Poem that conveys multiple moods.
When you've completed Part One, click HERE to launch Part Two.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to make inferences using the novel Hoot in this interactive tutorial. You'll learn how to identify both explicit and implicit information in the story to make inferences about characters and events.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
