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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
TM
,
EBSR
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MS
,
MC
,
GR
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SHT
,
DDHT
item(s)
- Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to determine a central idea and its development. Central ideas may be explicitly or implicitly stated, but items should not provide the inference for the student. Items should focus on the use of specific details that aid in the development of the central idea. Items may, however, ask the student to select the details. Items may ask the student to summarize the text. - Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate informational 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
Determine a central idea in a text and explain how it is developed throughout the text, including how it is shaped by specific details.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
- Requires the student to select a central idea and then to select the correct explanation of how the central idea develops throughout the text.
- Requires the student to select the central idea and then to select words or phrases from the text that provide explicit support for the central idea.
EBSR
- Requires the student to first select a central idea from the choices and then to select a detail or details that support that central idea.
GRID
- Requires the student to select the central idea of a passage and then to drag into a graphic organizer details or quotations that shape the central idea.
Task Demand
Identify the summary of the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
- Requires the student to select the sentence that accurately summarizes the major events of a paragraph or paragraphs.
Multiple Choice
- Requires the student to select the correct summary of the text.
Multiselect
- Requires the student to select sentences from the text that represent key events that should be addressed in a summary.
Drag-and-Drop Hot Text
- Requires the student to place pieces of a summary in the correct order.
Table Match
- Requires the student to complete a table that provides an objective summary of the text.
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Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12
Learn how to identify the central idea and important details of a text, as well as how to write an effective summary in this interactive tutorial. This tutorial is the second tutorial in a four-part series that examines how scientists are using drones to explore glaciers in Peru.
This tutorial is part two of a four-part series. Click below to open the other tutorials in this series.
- Drones and Glaciers: Eyes in the Sky (Part 1)
- Drones and Glaciers: Eyes in the Sky (Part 2)
- Expository Writing: Eyes in the Sky (Part 3)
- Expository Writing: Eyes in the Sky (Part 4)
Remember the Holocaust and consider the cost of indifference as you read selected excerpts from texts written by the late Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. In this interactive tutorial, you'll look carefully at his words so that you may think critically and deeply about his central ideas. You'll also identify the important supporting details of a central idea and explain how the central idea is refined by specific details.
Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Learn how to identify the central idea and important details of a text, as well as how to write an effective summary in this interactive tutorial. This tutorial is the second tutorial in a four-part series that examines how scientists are using drones to explore glaciers in Peru.
This tutorial is part two of a four-part series. Click below to open the other tutorials in this series.
- Drones and Glaciers: Eyes in the Sky (Part 1)
- Drones and Glaciers: Eyes in the Sky (Part 2)
- Expository Writing: Eyes in the Sky (Part 3)
- Expository Writing: Eyes in the Sky (Part 4)
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Remember the Holocaust and consider the cost of indifference as you read selected excerpts from texts written by the late Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. In this interactive tutorial, you'll look carefully at his words so that you may think critically and deeply about his central ideas. You'll also identify the important supporting details of a central idea and explain how the central idea is refined by specific details.
Type: Original Student Tutorial