Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RI.6.9: Compare and contrast how two texts describe the same event.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RI.6.9 - Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

The student can identify actions that are associated with familiar routines (e.g., routines observed, participated in).

Distal Precursor

The student can identify events that occur in a familiar informational text.

Proximal Precursor

The student can identify temporal information or events using clues in the context (e.g., first, next, then, last, night, day) in an informational text.

Target

After reading two informational texts, the student is able to identify that the texts may have two different perspectives on the same event and can identify the similarities and differences between the two.

Successor

The student can demonstrate understanding that two informational texts on the same topic can present information differently and can identify how these similarities and differences affect the details of the text.