Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RI.8.6: Determine an author's purpose or point of view and identify examples from text that describe or support it.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RI.8.6 - Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

The student is able to identify the person who participates in a familiar routine with them.

Distal Precursor

After hearing or reading a beginner-level informational text, the student can identify a concrete detail in the text.

Proximal Precursor

After reading an informational text, the student can identify the author's point of view and the reason they wrote it.

Target

The student is able to understand that the author uses specific language, details, and ideas to convey a point of view on a topic and can identify those details.

Successor

After reading an informational text, the student is able to identify examples from the text that show the author's purpose for writing the text.