Standard #: LAFS.3.RL.3.9 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , ST , MC item(s)
N/A


Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to compare and/or contrast themes, settings, and plots from two or more texts. Items may require the student to use key details from texts to determine how these are similar or different. The themes and settings may be explicitly or implicitly stated. Items should not ask about one literary text and should be used with text sets written by the same author
Text Types :
The items assessing this standard may be used with two or more grade-appropriate literary texts by the same author about the same or similar characters. Texts may vary in complexity.
Response Mechanisms :
The Enhanced Item Descriptions section on page 3 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice item type). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

Task Demand
Compare and/or contrast the themes, settings, and plots of texts written by the same author about the same or similar characters.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Text 
• Requires the student to select words and phrases from different texts that demonstrate how the author treats themes and patterns of events in the texts. 
Multiple Choice 
• Requires the student to identify similarities or differences in the author’s depiction of themes, settings, and plot in the texts.
Table Match 
• Requires the student to complete a table that compares and/or contrasts themes, settings, or plots of two texts written by the same author.