Performance Indicator - ELA.6.R.3.A:
Students evaluate information, ideas, opinions, and themes by identifying:

• a central idea and supporting details
• precise and vague language
• statements of fact, opinion, and exaggeration
• missing or unclear information

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.R.3.B:
Students use established and personal criteria to analyze and evaluate the quality of ideas and information in text.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.R.3.C:
Students identify different perspectives, such as social, cultural, ethnic, and historical, on an issue presented in one or more than one text.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.R.3.D:
Students recognize how one's own point of view contributes to forming an opinion about information and ideas.

Performance Indicator - ELA.6.R.3.E:
Students evaluate, with assistance, the validity and accuracy of information, ideas, themes, opinions, and experiences in text to:

• identify conflicting information
• consider the background and qualifications of the writer
• evaluate examples, details, or reasons used to support ideas
• identify differing points of view in texts and presentations
• identify cultural and ethnic values and their impact on content, with assistance
• identify multiple levels of meaning