SL.7.2
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
How this standard develops across Grades 6–8
The ELA strands share anchor standards, so the same skill appears at each grade with rising demand. Here is the full arc.
- SL.6.2Grade 6: Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
- SL.7.2Grade 7: Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
- SL.8.2Grade 8: Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
Where this sits in the school year
Our Grade 7 English Language Arts scope and sequence teaches SL.7.2 in Unit 8: Discussion, Presentation, and Conventions, weeks 30–32.
Decision-focused collaborative discussion; presenting salient findings with visuals; modifier repair, concision, and the coordinate-adjective comma. Conventions reinforced all year. See the full pacing guide →
Teaching Kits for this standard
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