8th Grade ELA Targeted Standards (RI) Reading Information Strand Cluster: Craft and Structure
ELA-08.RI.06 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.
Student Learning Targets for 8th Grade ELA:
Knowledge Targets
I can define point of view as it relates to informational texts.
I can define counterargument.
I can define claim.
I can identify conflicting evidence within a text.
Reasoning Targets
I can determine the author’s point of view in a text.
I can determine an author's purpose in a text.
I can explain how an author responds to others’ points of view.
Proficiency Scale
Score
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.
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 students can
determine point of view in a text.
analyze how an author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
determine author’s purpose or objective (to inform, instruct, entertain, etc.).
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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 students can
define point of view as how the author views the situation/topic of a text.
identify conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
understand author’s purpose or objective (to inform, instruct, entertain, etc.).
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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).