9-10.RI.1.B

Description: Word Meanings Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative, connotative, and content-specific meanings using context, affixes, or reference materials.

Maps to Reading Plus skills: 4A, 4A, 5A

Exemplars

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

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Selection: I-25

Excerpt: I was naturally drawn to working at a summer camp for the disabled, to befriending a classmate who was often the object of ridicule, and to identifying elderly customers who needed additional assistance when I worked part-time jobs.

Do you notice when your parents are not feeling their best, when your friends are not getting along, or when your teachers seem to have something on their minds? If so, you have empathy, the ability to identify with and understand another's situation, feelings, and motives.

Question: Which sentence helps to explain the meaning of the word "empathy"?

I was naturally drawn to befriending a classmate who was often the object of ridicule.
I worked for the Department of Health, where I set up programs for providing care.
During my teenage years I babysat for a family with a boy, named Derrick.
I would arrange transportation for residents to local shopping areas.

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Writing prompt: Explain how the context of a selection helped you to understand a word or phrase you did not know.

Evaluator

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4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

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Selection: I-9

Excerpt: Wangari devoted much of her time to the progression of democracy, human rights (particularly women's rights), and environmental issues. She served on many boards, contributing her expertise and perceptive genius about the intersection of poverty reduction and environmentalism. She spoke at the United Nations a number of times, addressing women's issues within the specific context of environmentalism at special sessions of the U.N.'s General Assembly.

Question: In this excerpt, the word "intersection" refers to

the connection between two seemingly unrelated issues.
the social gathering place where two or more village roads meet.
the group of scientific elements that two or more sets have in common.
the points at which two or more rivers cross one another.

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Writing prompt: Explain how the context of a selection helped you to understand a word or phrase you did not know.

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5A: Examining Text Structure

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Selection: I-11

Excerpt: Our planet Earth is not a perfect sphere but rather an "oblate spheroid." This is because the Earth's rotation causes it to stretch out around the equator, flattening slightly at the poles like a short, fat tomato. A similar effect of rotation happens when a baker spins a ball of pizza dough into the air so it widens around the edges, eventually flattening into a disc.

Question: Choose the sentence in this excerpt that contains the figure of speech called a simile.

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Writing prompt: Choose an informational text that presents information in a cause-and-effect or problem-and-solution manner. Describe why the organization of information did (or did not) help you understand the main idea of the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

9-10.RI.1.B

Exemplars

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

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I-25

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4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

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I-9

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5A: Examining Text Structure

5A: Examining Text Structure

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I-11

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