Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details
Standards
Focus Skills
Description
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.3
Analyze cause-and-effect interactions in a text
Analyze the cause-and-effect interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in an informational text (e.g., analyze how ideas influence an individual)
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.2
Provide an objective summary of a text
Provide an objective summary of an informational text that includes central ideas, supporting details, and retains overall meaning
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.1
Draw conclusions based on analysis of details
Draw conclusions based on analysis of multiple details in an informational text
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.3
Analyze how events influence subsequent events
Analyze how events, ideas, or individuals' actions influence subsequent events or ideas in an informational text (e.g., how Jefferson's Louisiana purchase influenced the development of the United States; how movement of tectonic plates leads to earthquakes)
Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.4
Explain connotations of words in nonfiction
Explain the differences between words and phrases with similar denotative meanings that carry different connotations (e.g., sulk/brood; ally/comrade/best friend) in an informational text
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.4
Explain impact of author's word choice on reader
Analyze the tone of an informational text, explaining the impact of the author's word choice on the reader (e.g., a letter to the editor with a reasonable tone compared to one with an angry tone)
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.6
Explain purpose and how author fulfills purpose
Explain the author's purpose or intent and how the author fulfills that purpose in an informational text (e.g., language use, evidence)
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.6
Describe when author's opinions bias a text
Describe instances in which an author's opinions, beliefs, or attitude bias the text
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.6
Compare authors' purpose in texts of like topics
Compare and contrast authors' purposes or positions in informational texts on similar topics
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.8
Trace and analyze the evolution of an argument
Trace the development of an author's argument, and identify and evaluate supporting evidence for adequacy, accuracy, and appropriateness
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.8
Describe where author's opinions bias a text
Describe instances in which an author's opinions, beliefs, or attitude bias the text
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.8
Note where argument's credibility is weakened
Recognize instances in which the credibility of an argument is negatively affected (e.g., it contains misleading information or outdated information, fallacious reasoning, unsupported inferences, or bias)
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.9
Compare interpretations in texts on same topic
Analyze similarities and differences in emphasis and interpretation in informational texts on the same topic
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.7.10
Read independently in grade appropriate texts
Read regularly and independently in seventh-grade-appropriate texts for sustained periods of time, increasing speed, stamina, and comprehension
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.10
Analyze characteristics of informational texts
Analyze and explain the characteristics and devices employed by types of informational texts including literary nonfiction (e.g., essay, biography) and argument to begin to establish an interpretive framework for understanding different works