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English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 9-10
Strand - Reading in History and Social Science
Cluster - Key Ideas and Details
[RCA-H.9-10.2] - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of a text.
- Main/central idea
Concept illustrated or position taken by a text as a whole, whether stated explicitly (as in a how-to guide explaining a process or an essay defending a thesis) or conveyed implicitly (as in a novel or collection of short stories illustrating a theme). - Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
- Source
Text used largely for informational purposes, as in research. - Summary
An account of a text’s main points, disregarding unimportant details and usually employing the same order of events or topics as the source text. Summarizing is a basic reading technique that consolidates and demonstrates understanding of a text’s overall meaning. See Synthesis.
[RCA-H.6-8.2] -
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
[RCA-H.11-12.2] -
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.