LA 8.1.6.i
Description:
Construct and/or answer literal, inferential, critical, and interpretive questions and support answers with explicit evidence from the text or additional sources.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1A, 1B
Exemplars
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Description:
Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
H-8
H-8
Grade level: 8
Word count: 1818 words
Author: Tamara Ellis Smith
Synopsis: Roselind Franklin was a scientist whose contributions were ignored.
Excerpt:
Fascinated by mathematics and numbers, she spent her free time studying mathematical concepts for enjoyment. In addition, she possessed an impressive memory, excelling not only in mathematics and science in school but also in athletics. Her friends described her as being the best at everything she attempted with her hand, her brain, and her foot. This early, repetitive, and intense training of both her mind and body probably shaped her subsequent steadfast determination and dedicated work ethic.
Question:
Based on this excerpt, which two factors laid the foundation for Franklin's work ethic?
- athletic training for her body
- mathematical studies for her mind
- artistic endeavors for her creativity
- research success for her reputation
- learning from failure for her confidence
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
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
H-10
H-10
Grade level: 8
Word count: 1799 words
Author: Mike Buchanan and Diane Lang
Synopsis: Vaccinations are a way to protect the population from devastating diseases.
Excerpt:
During the 1940s and 1950s, when the virus was at its height in the United States, Salk developed a vaccine to halt the spread of the disease.
So, what exactly is polio? Many people today are unaware of the disease and its devastating effects but, at one time, everyone dreaded this disease.
So, what exactly is polio? Many people today are unaware of the disease and its devastating effects but, at one time, everyone dreaded this disease.
Question:
Why are many people unaware of polio today?
- It reached its height 60 years ago and is no longer a threat.
- The government wants to keep it a secret.
- Research is no longer being done on polio.
- The media do not want to scare people with stories about it.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Create a diagram that shows what you already know about a topic, what you want to learn about the topic, and sources where you will find that information.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions