BHS American Sign Language Guide

• Have students search for clues in a text that convey the author’s or narrator’s point of view.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Questions in this category test students’ ability to evaluate authors’ claims, differentiate between facts and opinions, and use evidence to make connections between different texts that are related by topic.

ARG 501 Analyze how one or more sentences in more challenging passages offer reasons for or support a claim ARG 502 Infer a central claim in somewhat challenging passages SYN 401 Draw logical conclusions using information from two literary narratives SYN 501 Draw logical conclusions using information from two informational texts

6.RI.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. 6.RL.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics. 7.RI.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims. 7.RI.9 Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts. 8.RI.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a

• Use text in science and social studies instruction. • Have students defend or challenge an author’s assertions by locating several key pieces of evidence in a text. • Build student knowledge through reading multiple texts on the same topic and asking students to synthesize information across the texts. • Use selections from literary nonfiction to supplement informational units; for instance, when studying the Great Depression, read an excerpt of a memoir from the same time period.

text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the

evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

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