Grow your skills in reading and writing to tackle the Colorado Measures of Academic Success! This Test Preparation Customizable Lesson helps students to prepare for excellence on the Research Simulation Task. Students will participate in a variety of activities to scaffold their understanding of 3 texts and write a constructed response. Students will receive immediate feedback on their writing to help them grow to the next level of achievement!


🦸 Learning Objective: 
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to analyze short texts and create a short research-based response using evidence to support their claims.

⏳ Estimated time: 
40 minutes

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📍Standards:


Standards Assessed:

- - W.6.1b: Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
- RI.6.1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
W.6.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
- W.6.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.


- W.7.1b: Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
- RI.7.1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
-W.7.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
- W.7.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.


- W.8.1b: Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
-W.8.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
- RI.8.1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- W.8.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.




Standards Addressed: 

- W.6.1a: Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
- W.6.1c: Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
- W.6.1d: Establish and maintain a formal style.
- RI.6.2: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
- RI.6.9: Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).

- W.7.1a: Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
- W.7.1c: Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
- W.7.1d: Establish and maintain a formal style.
- RI.7.2: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
- RI.7.9: Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).



- W.8.1a: Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
- W.8.1c: Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
- W.8.1d: Establish and maintain a formal style.
- RI.8.2: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
- RI.8.9: Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).




Tags: Test Prep, Analysis, Feedback, Colorado, Analytic Writing, Prose


CMAS Research Simulation Task - Analytic Prose Constructed Response

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