Standard #: LAFS.3.RI.2.6 (Archived Standard)


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Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.


General Information

Subject Area: English Language Arts
Grade: 3
Strand: Reading Standards for Informational Text
Date Adopted or Revised: 12/10
Date of Last Rating: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes

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 evaluate the point of view of the author of the text. Items should not ask the student to identify first and third person point of view
    Text Types :
    The items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate informational texts. 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

    Identify and evaluate the author’s point of view in the text.

    Sample Response Mechanisms

    Multiple Choice 

    • Requires the student to identify and evaluate the author’s point of view in a text.
     Selectable Text 
    • Requires the student to identify and evaluate the author’s point of view in the text and then select evidence from the text that illustrates the author’s point of view.

    Table Match 

    • Requires the student to complete a table by matching explanations of an author’s point of view with related evidence or analyses.


Related Courses

Course Number1111 Course Title222
5008050: Health - Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5010010: English for Speakers of Other Languages-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022 (course terminated))
5010020: Basic Skills in Reading-K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
5021050: Social Studies Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
5010044: Language Arts - Grade Three (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7710014: Access Language Arts - Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7721014: Access Social Studies - Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
7708030: Access Health Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2020 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
5010103: Introduction to Debate Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2020 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))


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Lesson Plan

Name Description
What is Tourette Syndrome?

This lesson is about a nine-year-old boy s personal experiences living with Tourette syndrome and how he gains the courage to tell his classmates about it. The author is 9-year old Dylan Peters. He provides clear information about Tourette Syndrome in a way that students can easily understand. This lesson plan addresses the following literacy skills: asking and answering questions to demonstrate understanding of a story, referring explicitly to the story as the basis for the answers; distinguishing their own point of view from that of the author of a text; and writing an opinion piece in response to a text-based question.

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