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NJSLSA.R6

Description: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 6A, 6A

Exemplars

6A: Recognizing Author's Intent

6A: Recognizing Author's Intent

Description: Recognizing Author's Purpose

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: H-26

H-26

Grade level: 8
Word count: 1706 words
Author: Guinevere Tobias
Synopsis: The tomato was once thought to be poisonous.
Excerpt: A crowd of thousands gathered to watch Johnson eat himself to death. He didn't die, of course, and his feat gave many people the courage to try the fruit. This story may or may not be true; in some versions, President Thomas Jefferson was the one who ate the tomatoes. Whether or not anybody actually ate a basket of tomatoes in public, we do know for sure that more and more people started eating tomatoes in the 1800s.

Question: The author's purpose in writing this selection was
  1. to entertain readers with tales and truths about the tomato.
  2. to provide readers with scientific research on the tomato.
  3. to encourage readers to consume more tomato products.
  4. to substantiate health claims made by the tomato industry.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: How does the author progress a selection to its conclusion? Provide three examples.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

6A: Recognizing Author's Intent

6A: Recognizing Author's Intent

Description: Recognizing Author's Purpose

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: H-4

H-4

Grade level: 8
Word count: 1968 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: Things go wrong when Cupid wounds himself with his own arrow.
Excerpt: Cupid, beholding her as she lay in the dust, stopped his flight for an instant, saying, "Oh foolish Psyche, is it thus you repay my love? After I disobeyed my mother's commands and made you my wife, will you think me a monster and cut off my head? Go, and return to your sisters, whose advice you seem to think preferable to mine. I inflict no other punishment on you than to leave you forever. Love cannot dwell with suspicion."

Question: The author uses Psyche's decision to see her husband's face to show
  1. a betrayal of trust.
  2. an act of kindness.
  3. a declaration of love.
  4. a sign of strength.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Choose a fictional selection you read and rewrite it from the antagonist's point of view.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions