8.RI.1.C

Description: Text Features Interpret visual elements of a text including those from different media and draw conclusions from them (when applicable).
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 7C, 7C

Exemplars

7C: Interpreting Images

7C: Interpreting Images

Description: Intepreting Images and Maps

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: H-38

H-38

Grade level: 8
Word count: 1787 words
Author: Luke Cooper
Synopsis: After parachuting into the dense jungle, the crew puts its fate into the hands of the natives.
Image:
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Question: Based on the selection, which characteristic of this plane helps to identify it as a B-24 bomber?
  1. long, slender wings
  2. propeller engines
  3. flat, painted tail
  4. wide fuselage

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Can an image help you understand a selection's main idea or theme? Choose two selections you have read and explain how the image did or did not help you understand the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

7C: Interpreting Images

7C: Interpreting Images

Description: Intepreting Images and Maps

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: H-18

H-18

Grade level: 8
Word count: 1736 words
Author: Mira Kadushin
Synopsis: Different cultures have rituals to mark a person's passage from childhood to adulthood.
Image:
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Question: The author uses the structure pictured in this image as a symbol for
  1. a transition to a new life phase.
  2. a celebration of homecoming.
  3. an invitation to join a community.
  4. a separation from society.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Choose an image from a fictional selection you have read. Use the image as inspiration to write a new nonfiction piece on the same topic.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions