RI.LCS.11.2
Description:
Analyze and critique how the author uses structures in print and multimedia texts to craft informational and argument writing.
Analyze and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
6A
Exemplars
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
Description:
Recognizing Author's Purpose
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-19
J-19
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2200 words
Author: Beth Renaud
Synopsis: Electronic waste, or e-waste, is the fastest-growing trash in the United States and it is quickly becoming a worldwide problem.
Excerpt:
Carroll writes: "Choking, I pull my shirt over my nose and approach a boy of about 15, his thin frame wreathed in smoke. Karim says he has been tending such fires for two years. He pokes at one meditatively, and then his top half disappears as he bends into the billowing soot. He hoists a tangle of copper wire off the old tire he's using for fuel and douses the hissing mass into a puddle. With the flame retardant insulation burned away -- a process that has released a bouquet of carcinogens and other toxins -- the wire may fetch a dollar from a scrap-metal buyer."
Question:
In this excerpt, the author includes the quote from Carroll's "High-Tech Trash" article most likely to
- illustrate how recyclers are taking advantage of desperate conditions.
- describe model recycling practices used in foreign countries.
- criticize a young recycler's lack of concern for his health.
- highlight an effective process of reclaiming scrap metal.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe how the author of an argument tries to prove that he or she is right.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions