Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RI.7.9: Compare and contrast how different texts on the same topic present the details.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RI.7.9 - Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

The student can use their knowledge of a category to draw conclusions about the characteristics of objects that are part of that category.

Distal Precursor

The student can identify that two different informational texts can make common points and statements, or share common facts, and can identify these connections.

Proximal Precursor

After reading two informational texts, the student can recognize similarities and differences between them (facts, points, claims) and how these differences alter the purpose and information in the text.

Target

The student can demonstrate understanding that two informational texts on the same topic can present details differently and that this affects how they relate to each other, including how they relate details on the theme, arguments, or central ideas.

Successor

After reading two informational texts on the same topic, the student is able to see how the central ideas, themes, arguments, and supporting details relate to each other.