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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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MC
,
OR
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SHT
item(s)
- Assessment Limits :
Items should focus on specific dialogue or actions that contribute significantly to plot or character development rather than general and overarching questions about a character or plot point. Items may ask the student to identify specific dialogue or actions in the text. - Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate literary texts. 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
Analyze how specific line(s) of dialogue or incidents from the text propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Multiple Choice
- Requires the student to select a correct analysis of how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story propel an action, reveal an aspect of a character, or provoke a decision.
- Requires the student to select an action, aspect of a character, or decision that has been affected by a line of dialogue or incident in the story.
Multiselect
- Requires the student to select actions, aspects of a character, or decisions that have been affected by a line of dialogue or incident in the story.
Open Response
- Requires the student to explain in one or two sentences the impact a particular detail has on character or plot development.
Task Demand
Analyze how specific line(s) of dialogue or incidents from the text propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
- Requires the student to select particular lines of dialogue or descriptions of an incident from the text that provide support for an inference about the text.
- Requires the student to select an analysis about the text and then to select particular lines of dialogue or descriptions of an incident from the text as support.
EBSR
- Requires the student to select an analysis about the text and then to select particular lines of dialogue or descriptions of an incident from the text as support.
Table Match
- Requires the student to complete a table by matching particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story with statements explaining how they propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
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Lesson Plans
Original Student Tutorials
Tutorial
Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12
Explore excerpts from the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie. In this interactive tutorial, you'll learn about how a character is developed through a novel written as a diary. You'll examine how the author carefully reveals the history, thoughts, feelings, and perspective of the main character.
Learn how dialogue, a character’s thoughts, and key events can reveal aspects of a character as you read excerpts from the exciting science fiction novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. As you learn more about Ender, the main character, you’ll piece together information about the world in which he lives and his unique situation given the demands of his environment.
This interactive tutorial is Part One of a two-part series. Make sure to complete both parts! Click HERE to launch Part Two.
Learn more about how dialogue, a character’s thoughts, and key events can reveal aspects of a character as you read excerpts from the exciting science fiction novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. As you learn more about Ender, the main character, you’ll piece together information about the world in which he lives and his unique situation given the demands of his environment.
This interactive tutorial is Part Two of a two-part series. Make sure to complete Part One first! Click HERE to launch Part One.
Analyze the interaction between characters and specific events to help reveal aspects of the infamous Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. In this interactive tutorial, you’ll examine how specific character interactions and plot events help provoke Scrooge to make a decision about the way he lives his life.
Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Learn more about how dialogue, a character’s thoughts, and key events can reveal aspects of a character as you read excerpts from the exciting science fiction novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. As you learn more about Ender, the main character, you’ll piece together information about the world in which he lives and his unique situation given the demands of his environment.
This interactive tutorial is Part Two of a two-part series. Make sure to complete Part One first! Click HERE to launch Part One.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how dialogue, a character’s thoughts, and key events can reveal aspects of a character as you read excerpts from the exciting science fiction novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. As you learn more about Ender, the main character, you’ll piece together information about the world in which he lives and his unique situation given the demands of his environment.
This interactive tutorial is Part One of a two-part series. Make sure to complete both parts! Click HERE to launch Part Two.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore excerpts from the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie. In this interactive tutorial, you'll learn about how a character is developed through a novel written as a diary. You'll examine how the author carefully reveals the history, thoughts, feelings, and perspective of the main character.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Analyze the interaction between characters and specific events to help reveal aspects of the infamous Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. In this interactive tutorial, you’ll examine how specific character interactions and plot events help provoke Scrooge to make a decision about the way he lives his life.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
