Performance Indicator - ELA.7.R.3.A:
Students evaluate 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 propaganda, with assistance
• identify techniques used to persuade, such as emotional and ethical appeals, with assistance
• identify differing points of view in texts and presentations
• identify cultural and ethnic values and their impact on content
• identify multiple levels of meaning

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.R.3.B:
Students judge a text by using evaluative criteria from a variety of perspectives, such as literary and personal, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.R.3.C:
Students recognize the effect of one's own point of view in evaluating ideas, information, opinions, and issues.