Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RI.11-12.8: Determine whether the claims and reasoning enhance the author's argument in an informational text.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RI.11-12.8 - Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy (e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses).

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

During a shared reading activity, the student can recognize that another person can have a perspective that is different.

Distal Precursor

The student is able to see that the author presented certain details in order to support a claim made by the text.

Proximal Precursor

After reading an informational text, the student can identify the argument in the text, as well as identify evidence which supports the claims that form the argument.

Target

The student can evaluate claims and an author's reasoning and can recognize that some claims and reasonings enhance the author's argument better than others.

Successor

When reading two different texts on the same topic, the student is able to identify the similarities and differences in the arguments and the supporting claims, reasons, and evidence presented by the two texts.