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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
TM
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EBSR
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MS
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ST
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MC
item(s)
- Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to explain the reasons and evidence the author uses to support particular points in a text. Items should not exclusively ask the student to identify the points made by the author. - 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 the author uses reasons and evidence to support a point in the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Text
- Requires the student to select words or phrases from the text that are used to support a particular point.
- Requires the student to select multiple details that support an author’s point in the text.
- Requires the student to select a correct explanation of how the author uses evidence to support a particular point in the text and then to select words or phrases from the text that are used to support that point.
- Requires the student to select a correct explanation of how the author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
- Requires the student to complete a table to match particular points from a text with reasons and evidence that support each point.
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Lesson Plans
STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity
In this model eliciting activity (MEA), students will learn a common version of the scientific method by making them the judges of a science fair. In order to judge the science fair projects they have to evaluate the importance of each step of the scientific method and assign a value to it.
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