Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claim or a recommendation for solving a scientific or technical problem.
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account.
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Analyze how the text structures information or ideas into categories or hierarchies, demonstrating understanding of the information or ideas.
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information.
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible.
Subject Area: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (NYS 6-12 Common Core)
Grades: Commencement, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.
