RL.2

Description: Key Ideas and Details Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures to determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 2A

Exemplars

2A: Determining Main Idea

2A: Determining Main Idea

Description: Determining Main Idea and Themes

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-60

C-60

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1197 words
Author: Jacque Summers
Synopsis: This story tells how one Native American girl found a special way to use the basket she made.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: This selection is mainly about a
  1. shy girl who discovers a way to communicate comfortably with others.
  2. grandmother who teachers her granddaughter to speak in a loud, strong voice.
  3. chief who entertains children with stories about animals.
  4. new way to make baskets so they are colorful and useful.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe three clues in a selection that helped you determine the main idea of the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions