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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
TM
,
EBSR
,
ST
,
MC
item(s)
- Assessment Limits :
Items may require the student to identify the ways an author uses evidence or details to support key points in the text. Items may require the student to describe how or why an author uses evidence or details to support key points in the text.
- 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
Explain how an author uses reasons or evidence to support a particular point from the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Text
- Requires the student to select an explanation of how an author supports a particular point in the text and then to select reasons and evidence from the text used to support that point.
- Requires the student to select a particular point made in the text and then to select reasons and evidence from the text that support that particular point.
- Requires the student to select an explanation of how an author uses reasons and evidence in a text to support a particular point.
- Requires the student to complete a table by matching points or claims with supporting reasons or evidence.
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Lesson Plan
STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity
In this Model-Eliciting Activity (MEA), students will work in groups to develop a procedure to rank which insect would be the best bug to farm for human consumption in the USA. Students will consider factors such as nutritional value, length of insect life cycle, stage of life cycle the insect can be served, notes from chefs, customer tasting notes, level of difficulty to farm, and price. This MEA allows students to apply scientific content, metamorphosis, in a real world application, while developing high-level problem solving skills.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought processes. MEAs follow a problem-based, student-centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEAs visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx
