Domain 1: Gathering and Organizing Information
Skills and knowledge pertaining to the extraction, categorization, and analysis of information from a body of text.
Students will:
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- Identify and differentiate between simple statements (who, what, when, or where) and complex statements (how, why) in an informational text.
- Identify various categories of claims that can be made within an informational text (e.g., cause and effect, problem and solution, value judgments).
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Domain 2: Interpreting and Evaluating Information
Skills and knowledge pertaining to the continued analysis, processing, and interpretation of an informational text, as well as a subsequent evaluation of its internal consistency and trustworthiness.
Students will:
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- Draw inferences (e.g., interpret or draw a conclusion) based on information in a passage of text.
- Evaluate internal logic of informational text by:
- analyzing the consistency of information within the text and with one’s own background knowledge, and
- identifying conflicting information within the text.
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Domain 3: Integrating and Communicating Information
Skills and knowledge pertaining to the student’s generation, formation, and communication of a position or personal statement, as well as the development of an original work product crafted to have impact with an intended audience.
Students will:
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- Synthesize information, as well as claims and their supporting evidence, across multiple passages of texts, and integrate it with one’s own understanding (i.e., mental model).
- Develop a formal thesis or position statement or generate a line of argument, consisting of their own claims that are based on trustworthy evidence.
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