RI.1.a
Description:
Key Ideas and Details
Read closely to comprehend texts of grade-level appropriate complexity:
Determine what the text says explicitly and implicitly.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1A, 2C, 5B, 8B
Exemplars
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Description:
Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-34
J-34
Grade level: 10
Word count: 1806 words
Author: Peter Brassai
Synopsis: Hitchcock made dozens of thrillers that demonstrated his mastery of suspense, shock, and menace.
Excerpt:
Hitchcock had a distinctive and decidedly visual style, always emphasizing imagery over dialogue. Critics praised his ability to generate suspense through innovative visual effects, such as montage, oblique camera angles, and cross-cutting between objective shots of a scene and subjective views from an actor's perspective.
Question:
According to the selection, Hitchcock's filmmaking style could be considered "distinctive and decidedly visual" due to his use of which two of the following visual effects?
- montage
- cross-cutting
- fish-eye
- perspective
- zoom
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Create a website for a non-fiction selection you read. Include the main idea and supporting details. Include images that would help viewers of your website better understand the topic.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
2C: Summarizing
2C: Summarizing
Description:
Summarizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-14
J-14
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2066 words
Author: Suzanne Schmaeling
Synopsis: The search for alternative fuels heats up as sources of fossil fuels dwindle.
Excerpt:
Americans were greatly affected by the oil embargo of the 1970s, when a group of oil-exporting countries agreed to curtail oil production and shipment. Prices at American gas pumps jumped, which had a dramatically negative effect on the U.S. economy.
Question:
America's dependence on foreign energy sources
- is potentially devastating to the U.S. economy.
- helps foster positive diplomatic relations between nations.
- was a problem, but no longer threatens U.S. industries.
- has insignificant implications for growing businesses.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Create a news report based on a selection you have read. Report facts from the selection as well as additional facts you researched from reputable sources.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5B: Examining Sequence
5B: Examining Sequence
Description:
Examining Sequence of Ideas and Events
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-38
J-38
Grade level: 10
Word count: 1999 words
Author: Adapted from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
Synopsis: If you're someone who loves numbers and equations, consider pursuing one of these mathematics-related vocations.
Excerpt:
If you pursued a career as a mathematician you would need to have at least a bachelor's degree, although a master's degree or doctorate are almost always essential for more advanced positions. The median salary for this career is just above $100,000 per year.
The typical statistician can expect to earn about $75,000 per year.
The median yearly salary for this career is about $95,000, and the U.S. Department of Labor predicts employment of actuaries will grow much faster than the average for all occupations.
If you are interested in pursuing electrical engineering, you will need to take courses in physics and mathematics, including algebra, trigonometry, and calculus. Entry-level jobs in this field require a bachelor's degree, and median salaries for this vocation are about $88,000.
The typical statistician can expect to earn about $75,000 per year.
The median yearly salary for this career is about $95,000, and the U.S. Department of Labor predicts employment of actuaries will grow much faster than the average for all occupations.
If you are interested in pursuing electrical engineering, you will need to take courses in physics and mathematics, including algebra, trigonometry, and calculus. Entry-level jobs in this field require a bachelor's degree, and median salaries for this vocation are about $88,000.
Question:
Place the following careers in order according to their salaries, with the highest-paying career first.
- mathematician
- actuary
- electrical engineer
- statistician
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Think about the selections you have read that explain how something happens or is done. Explain the process in complete detail in your own words, so that people reading your instructions are able to understand or perform the entire process successfully on their own.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
8B: Reasoning
8B: Reasoning
Description:
Reasoning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-24
J-24
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2056 words
Author: Erica Cirino
Synopsis: This and many other urban legends are believable because they contain partial truths and scrambled facts.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
Why do many people feel compelled to tell cautionary types of urban legends like that of "Pop Rocks and Soda Pop"?
- to inform others about a potentially dangerous condition
- to show their knowledge of common facts of life
- to demonstrate that they have a good sense of humor
- to describe something surprising that happened to a friend
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Do people learn by studying the past? Use details from a selection you have read, as well as your reasoning skills, to support your answer.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions