8th Grade ELA Targeted Standards (RI) Reading Information Strand Cluster: Key Ideas and Details
ELA-08.RI.01 Read closely to comprehend text
a. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly.
b. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports inferences drawn from the text.
c. Provide an objective summary of the text.
(Textual evidence may include graphs, chart, diagrams, maps, pictures as well as text.
Student Learning Targets for 8th Grade ELA:
Knowledge Targets
I can recall terms such as textual evidence, analyze, inference, explicit.
Reasoning Targets
I can analyze an author’s words and determine the textual evidence that most strongly supports both explicit and inferential questions.
I can explain how a reader uses textual evidence to reach a logical conclusion (“based on what I’ve read, it’s most likely true that …”)
Skills (Performance) Targets
I can read closely and find answers explicitly stated in text as well as answers that require an inference.
Product Targets
I can produce a writing or a speech that demonstrates my mastery of citing textual evidence to support a conclusion that I have drawn about the text.
Proficiency Scale
Score
RI.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Sample Activity
4.0
In addition to Score 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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3.5
In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0
“The Standard.” The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
The student:
reads closely and finds answers explicitly stated in text as well as answers that require an inference.
analyzes an author’s words and determines the textual evidence that most strongly supports both explicit and inferential questions.
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2.5
The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0
The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
The student:
recognizes or recalls specific terminology, such as: textual evidence, analyze, inference, explicit.
defines textual evidence (“word for word” support).
defines inference and explains how a reader uses textual evidence to reach a logical conclusion (“based on what I’ve read, it’s most likely true that …”).
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1.5
The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0
With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
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0.5
With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but not the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
