LA 3.1.6.i
Description:
Construct and/or answer literal and inferential questions and support answers with specific evidence from the text or additional sources.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1B, 3C, 3C, 8B, 8B
Exemplars
8B: Reasoning
8B: Reasoning
Description:
Reasoning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-51
C-51
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1436 words
Author: Jay Shabat
Synopsis: What is a great job for someone who loves to travel and experience new things? Teaching Chinese college students!
Excerpt:
Being a teacher in China is different from teaching in the United States. For example, Chinese students usually do not talk to teachers when they are in the classroom. A teacher stands in front of the class and teaches a lesson. The students sit silently. They listen and take notes.
China is one of the most polluted countries in the world. In the city where I teach, pollution makes the skies gray and foggy. Many people have a hard time breathing with all the pollution in the air.
China is one of the most polluted countries in the world. In the city where I teach, pollution makes the skies gray and foggy. Many people have a hard time breathing with all the pollution in the air.
Question:
Based on what you read in this selection, which two of the following statements are correct?
- The classrooms in China are quieter than the classrooms in America.
- Air pollution causes health problems for many people in China.
- It is easy to find an empty seat on a bus in China.
- American fast food restaurants are the only places to buy a meal in China.
- People in China are healthier than people from other places due to clean, fresh air.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write three "why" questions about a selection and provide evidence from the text on how those questions should be answered.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
Description:
Analyzing Cause and Effect
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-20
C-20
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1338 words
Author: Manny Ruiz
Synopsis: The crocodile is one of the most ancient creatures on Earth. Will it go the way of the dinosaur?
Excerpt:
If you do see a crocodile in the water, you may not know what it is. When it floats in a river, it looks just like a log. No one is afraid of a log. By the time you (or some other animal or fish) find out the log isn't a log, it's too late. The crocodile opens its big wide mouth and snap!
Question:
A crocodile looks as if it is a log in the water. How is this helpful?
- The crocodile can surprise its prey.
- The crocodile can float like a piece of wood.
- Other animals can ride on the crocodile's back.
- Humans will not hurt the crocodile.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write three "why" questions about things that happened in a selection and then answer those questions.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
8B: Reasoning
8B: Reasoning
Description:
Reasoning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-5
C-5
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1270 words
Author: Madeline Arroyo
Synopsis: Fires can help the forest, but more often they destroy it.
Excerpt:
Although we usually hear only about the harm a forest fire does, it is a part of the cycle of life on Earth. Some kinds of plants depend on fire to help their growth. During a fire, burned plants release nutrients into the ground. These make the soil rich and help new plants grow. This new growth is good for the forest and the animals that live there.
Question:
Which statement from the selection supports the author's claim that sometimes a wildfire can be helpful?
- Burned plants release nutrients into the ground.
- The sun's heat can set off a fire.
- A fire team may battle a wildfire from the air.
- A soft wood tree, like a fir tree, will burn fast.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write three "why" questions about a selection and provide evidence from the text on how those questions should be answered.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-48
C-48
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1339 words
Author: Charles Reade
Synopsis: Is there a hidden treasure on an old man's farm? The old man searches even while his neighbors laugh and his wife doubts him.
Excerpt:
"What difference does it make if I cut all the roots?" the old man shouted. "These old trees aren't worth a penny a piece. They are all in such poor condition! All together the do not give us enough good apples to make a living. These trees will make us into beggars! During my father's time, these trees used to produce wagon loads of the very finest fruit. How I wish these trees were all dead!"
Summer passed. Autumn followed. The old man's old trees had more apples than they had ever had before. In fact, the branches of the old trees staggered under their weight of fruit. The old man and his wife sold the apples and made more money than they could ever use.
Summer passed. Autumn followed. The old man's old trees had more apples than they had ever had before. In fact, the branches of the old trees staggered under their weight of fruit. The old man and his wife sold the apples and made more money than they could ever use.
Question:
Which character changes the most, and in what way does the character change?
- The old man changes the most because at first he thinks the trees are worthless, but then he learns they are the treasure.
- The wife changes the most because at first she is looking for the treasure, but then she doubts that it really exists.
- The neighbors change the most because at first they help the old man dig holes, but then they start to laugh at him.
- The stranger changes the most because at first he makes a lot of noise, but later he sneaks away from the old man.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Did the title of this selection provide you with clues about the selection's main idea? Why or why not?
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
Description:
Analyzing Cause and Effect
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-30
C-30
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1325 words
Author: Nancy Joline
Synopsis: Who is that mysterious stranger?
Excerpt:
"We may as well anchor here," I told Emily. "We can't row in the dark. We'll just sit here in the boat and wait for our parents to find us."
Question:
Why did Emily and Tarij stop rowing and wait in the boat?
- It was too dark to see where they were going.
- They heard their parents coming.
- They thought the boat's motor would start working.
- It was late and they wanted to go to sleep.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write three "why" questions about things that happened in a selection and then answer those questions.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions