RL.3
Description:
Key Ideas and Details
Analyze how particular elements, such as foreshadowing, point of view, plot development, protagonist, antagonist, theme, etc., of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
3A, 3A
Exemplars
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
G-12
G-12
Grade level: 7
Word count: 1893 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: A plan has been made to trick the Frost King to return the hammer, but will it work?
Excerpt:
The hammer was safe once more in Asgard, and you and I know how it came to be there, so someone must have told. I wonder if Loki whispered the tale to some outsider after all.
Question:
From this last paragraph, you can conclude that
- Loki probably told this story to someone else.
- Thor and Loki became best friends.
- Loki never played another trick in Asgard.
- Thor was sorry he had followed Loki's plan.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe three things that happened in a selection and how they foreshadowed subsequent events.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
G-16
G-16
Grade level: 7
Word count: 1578 words
Author: Nancy McCloskey
Synopsis: A former slave gives his master something to think about.
Excerpt:
Sir: I got your letter, and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you again, promising to do better for me than anybody else can. I have often felt uneasy about you. I thought the Yankees would have hung you long before this, for harboring Rebs they found at your house. I suppose they never heard about your going to Colonel Martin's to kill the Union soldier that was left by his company in their stable. Although you shot at me twice before I left you, I did not want to hear of your being hurt, and am glad you are still living.
Question:
Read this excerpt. When the former slave master read Jourdan's letter, he probably was
- outraged.
- appreciative.
- proud.
- hopeful.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe three things that happened in a selection and how they foreshadowed subsequent events.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions