Grade 7 - Reading Literature and Reading Information Evidence Statements - ELA

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Grade 7 ELA evidence statements define assessment targets for two reading claims: Reading Literature and Reading Information. The document lists specific standards-aligned skills students must demonstrate, including citing textual evidence for explicit statements and inferences, identifying themes or central ideas, analyzing story and drama elements, evaluating form and structure, and examining authorial point of view. For information texts, it also specifies evidence citation across science/technical and history/sources, analysis of multiple central ideas, objective summarization, and evaluating text organization and procedures.

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Reading Time20 min

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Reading Literature

RL 1 Cite textual evidence

RL 2 Theme and central idea analysis

RL 3 Story/drama elements interaction

RL 5 Form and structure contribution

RL 6 Author point of view contrast

RL 7 Medium comparison

RL 9 Fiction vs historical account comparison

Reading Information

RI 1 Evidence for explicit meaning and inferences

RI 2 Central ideas and objective summaries

RI 3 Interactions among individuals, events, and ideas

RI 5 Text structure organization

| Grade: 7 | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Claim: Reading Literature: Students read and demonstrate comprehension of grade-level complex literary text. | | | | Items designed to measure this claim may address the standards and evidences listed below: | | | | Standards: | Evidences to be measured on the Assessment The student’s response: | | | RL 1 : Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. | • Provides citation of several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and/or inferences drawn from the text. (1) | | | RL 2 : Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. | • Provides a statement of a theme or central idea of a text. (1)
• Provides an analysis of the development of the theme or central idea over the course of the text. (2)
• Provides an objective summary of the text. (3) | | | RL 3 : Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot) . | • Provides an analysis of how particular elements of a story or drama interact. (1) | | | RL 5 : Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning. | • Provides an analysis of how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure contributes to meaning. (1) | | | RL 6 : Analyze how an author developsand contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. | • Provides an analysis of how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. (1) | | | RL 7 : Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film) . | • Provides a comparison and contrast of a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, including an analysis of the effects of techniques unique to each medium. (1) | | | RL 9 : 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. | • Provides a comparison and contrast of a fictional portrayal of a time and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. (1)
• Provides a comparison and contrast of a fictional portrayal of a place and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. (2)
• Provides a comparison and contrast of a fictional portrayal of a character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. (3) | | | Grade: 7 | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Claim: Reading Information: Students read and demonstrate comprehension of grade-level complex informational texts. | | | | Items designed to measure this claim may address the standards and evidences listed below: | | | | Standards: | Evidences to be measured on the Assessment The student’s response: | | | RI 1 : Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RST 1 : Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
RH 1 : Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. | • For RI 1, provides several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and/or inferences drawn from the text. (1)2
• For RST 1 and RH 1, provides textual evidence to support an analysis of science and/or technical texts or historical primary and/or secondary sources. (3) | | | RI 2: Determ

FAQs

What does the Grade 7 Reading Literature claim measure?

It measures students’ ability to read and demonstrate comprehension of grade-level complex literary text through evidence-based analysis and interpretation.

How do students demonstrate RI 1 for Reading Information?

Students provide several pieces of textual evidence supporting analysis of what the text says explicitly and/or the inferences drawn, including specific evidence for science/technical texts and primary/secondary sources.

What types of evidence are required for analyzing themes and central ideas?

Students state the theme or central idea(s), analyze how those ideas develop across the text, and provide an objective summary distinct from opinions or prior knowledge.

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