W.8.b
Description:
Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources.
Assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
7C
Exemplars
7C: Interpreting Images
7C: Interpreting Images
Description:
Intepreting Images and Maps
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
L-32
L-32
Grade level: 12
Word count: 2481 words
Author: Jake Gibson
Synopsis: Auroras are a vibrant display of fluorescent green, red, and blue lights shimmering across the night sky.
Image:
Question:
The International Space Station captured this image of the aurora australis streaming over the Antarctic. Due to the predominance of green light, which type of emission generated the aurora seen in this image?
- oxygen emission
- nitrogen emission
- hydrogen emission
- helium emission
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Choose an image from a nonfiction selection you have read. Use the image as inspiration to write a new fictional piece on the same topic.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions