ELA-09.RI.08

9th Grade ELA Targeted Standards
(RI) Reading Information Strand
Cluster: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA-09.RI.08 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can 

Reasoning Targets

  • I can 

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can
  • I can

Product Targets

  • I can
  • I can
Rubric - Resources

Proficiency Scale

Measurement of Progress

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

  • RI.9-10.7 -- Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.    

  • RI.9-10.8 -- Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.

  • RI.9-10.9  -- Analyze how authors draw on other texts in a specific work (e.g., through allusion, direct reference), including how they address related themes and/or concepts.

Sample Activity
Advanced 

In addition to expectations of proficiency, student provides consistent evidence of in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught and expected. 

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Proficient

The student can

  • analyze various accounts of the same subject and determine which details are emphasized in each medium.     

  • evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of presenting a subject in different mediums.

  • identify the side of an argument, its claims and relevant evidence.

  • determine the credibility of the author and his/her purpose.

  • recognize when an author introduces irrelevant evidence, false statements, and/or fallacious reasoning.

  • analyze the power and purpose of allusions and direct references.

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Progressing 

There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes as the student:

  • identifies various accounts of the same subject that are presented in different mediums (e.g., audio, video, multimedia).

  • identifies the side of an argument and supporting evidence.

  • Identifies what constitutes credibility.

  • distinguishes between fact and opinion.

  • recognizes or recalls specific terminology that relates to literature.

However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes. 

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Novice With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes. -

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