GRADE SIX-EIGHT COMMON CORE GEORGIA PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR LITERACY
IN HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS
MATCHING LITERACY STANDARDS TO FRAMEWORK BALANCED ASSESSMENT TASKS
Below are sample tasks from the content frameworks for each grade level. Read the task and take a moment to consider the activities and skills necessary
for students to produce the desired result. The relevant content standard defined for the task/assessment is listed in the box below. Referring to the attached
CCGPS Literacy Standards for Reading, identify the standard covered by the task. This exercise serves to identify the literacy tasks already embedded in
the existing frameworks, and illustrates the ease with which the literacy standards may be matched and integrated.
GRADE SIX SCIENCE:
Use the websites listed in the resources and/or other text sources to: 1. Show students diagrams of the phases of the moon.
GRADE SIX SCIENCE STANDARD
GRADE SIX CCGPS LITEARCY STANDARDS
S6E2
GRADE SEVEN SCIENCE:
Students will be given a completed pedigree that shows a specific trait as it is passed from one generation to another. The sex-linked trait of hemophilia as it
affects the European Royal Family is a good example. Students will analyze the chart and determine the possible genotypes of the parents represented in
the chart.
GRADE SEVEN SCIENCE STANDARD
GRADE SEVEN CCGPS LITERACY STANDARDS
S7L3
GRADE EIGHT SCIENCE:
Students will locate and share three recipes that use varying cooking methods (grilled, microwaved, baked, etc.). The student will experimentally determine
what method of cooking food will provide the best cooked product and relate the cooking method to the types of heat transfer.
GRADE EIGHT SCIENCE STANDARD
S8P2
GRADE EIGHT CCGPS LITERACY STANDARDS
LITERACY STANDARDS FOR READING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS (RST) GRADES 6-8
 Key Ideas and Details
L6-8RST1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
L6-8RST2: Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or
opinions.
L6-8RST3: Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
 Craft and Structure
L6-8RST4: Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific
scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics.
L6-8RST5: Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an
understanding of the topic.
L6-8RST6: Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.
 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
L6-8RST7: Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually
(e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
L6-8RST8: Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text.
L6-8RST9: Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video or multimedia sources with that gained
from reading a text on the same topic.
 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
L6-8RST10: By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and
proficiently.