Standard #: LAFS.7.RL.3.9 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , EBSR , MS , MC , OR , SHT item(s)
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Assessment Limits :
Items should focus on the time, place, or character of both pieces rather than more general or overarching ideas. Items should focus on the similarities or differences between the two pieces. Items may ask about author’s intent with regard to the use or alteration of history.
Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with two or more grade-appropriate fictional portrayals and historical accounts of the same period. Texts may vary in complexity.
Response Mechanisms :
The Technology-Enhanced Item Descriptions section on pages 3 and 4 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice and Editing Task item types). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

Task Demand
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
• Requires the student to select words or phrases from the text to support an analysis of the texts. 
• Requires the student to select a conclusion about how the fiction text uses or alters history and then select supporting details from both texts. 
EBSR
• Requires the student to select an analysis and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the analysis. 
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to select an analysis of the texts. 
Multiselect
• Requires the student to select multiple explicit or implicit details that support an analysis of the texts. 
Open Response
• Requires the student to explain how an element of the historical account impacts the piece of fiction. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table that compares and contrasts aspects of the fictional portrayal and the historical account.