Writing Anchor Standard 9 Level C/D

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outlined by Standard 10.)

Leveled Standard C
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

• Apply Reading standards from this level to literature (e.g., “Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text”).
• Apply Reading standards from this level to literature (e.g., “Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text”).

Leveled Standard D
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

• Apply Reading standards from this level to literature (e.g., “Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distince from personal opinions or judgments”).
• Apply Reading standards from this level to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals’ ideas or events”). (W/WHST.6-8.9)

GED® Assessment Targets (RLA)
See Reading standards 1-10 and related GED® RLA assessment targets.
R.3.5 Analyze the roles that details play in complex literary or informational texts.
W.2 Produce an extended analytic response in which the writer introduces the idea(s) or claim(s) clearly; creates an organization that logically sequences information; develops the idea(s) or claim(s) thoroughly with well-chosen examples, facts, or details from the text; and maintains a coherent focus.
W.3 Write clearly and demonstrate sufficient command of standard English conventions.