English Language Arts and Reading.8.8.D.ii

The student is expected to

analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including:

 

features such as footnotes, endnotes, and citations; and

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.

Share a text that contains footnotes or endnotes and citations. Have students read a text and identify features, such as footnotes, endnotes, and citations, and explain the information provided with each.
 

Further Explanation

Students should be able to analyze text features common to informational texts, such as footnotes, endnotes, and citations, and determine how the features in a particular text help the reader to better understand the text.

Students should understand that informational texts have distinguishing characteristics, such as the use of a controlling idea or thesis to guide the focus of the writing, and that these texts can be structured in various ways to serve specific purposes. Students in this grade should be familiar enough with these characteristics and structures to be able to examine the intent and effect of their use in texts.
formal reference to a research source acknowledging a person/author or work as a source of information
Students are expected to analyze various text features common to informational texts and determine how these features help the reader better understand what the author is saying. For example, subheadings in an article might highlight the topic of each section, and a sidebar might provide more information. These common text features can help students see the most important information that will help support comprehension.
a text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate

Research

1. Composition Writing Studio. Research and Citation. University of Purdue’s Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/05/ 

Summary: This online resource offers a complete overview of the writing processes and the components involved in each. The overview includes definition of terms, examples, graphs and charts as appropriate, and additional resources. 

2. Driscoll, D. L., & Brizee, A. (2010). Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/05/ 

Summary: This handout is intended to help writers become more comfortable with the uses of and distinctions among quotations, paraphrases, and summaries. This handout compares and contrasts the three terms, gives some pointers, and includes a short excerpt that can be used to practice these skills.

3. Composition Writing Studio. Argumentative essay/commentary. University of Purdue’s Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/05/ 

Summary: This online resource offers a complete overview of the writing processes and the components involved in each. The overview includes definition of terms, examples, graphs and charts as appropriate, and additional resources.