NJSLSA.R6
Description:
Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
5A, 6A, 8A
Exemplars
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
K-4
K-4
Grade level: 11
Word count: 2496 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: A skilled snowboarder takes a big chance when he cruises the slopes in avalanche territory.
Excerpt:
"Hey! Over there, about 30 degrees to the left of the snowslide -- footprints!" The helicopter glided westward and sure enough there were footprints leading to a rough structure tucked in between a stand of evergreens.
Question:
In the last part of the selection, which sentence signals a major change in the action?
- About 30 degrees to the left of the snowslide -- footprints!
- Over there; he shouldn't die, he saved me.
- The two men were taken out by stretchers.
- That's a good omen for us, young lady.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Explain an author's use of description in a selection, and how the description shaped the way you viewed and understood the person, object, or event described.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
Description:
Recognizing Author's Purpose
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
K-6
K-6
Grade level: 11
Word count: 2418 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: After a serious football injury, Sam gets a highly trained monkey that not only assists him physically but helps him emotionally.
Excerpt:
Sam gazed up at the full moon, and then back at Avery and Gretchen. "I'm coming back, Avery, I know it, like a work in progress."
Sam continued to hold Avery's hand as he sang "Dancing in the Moonlight," with Avery wheeling his chair side to side and Gretchen shrieking and clapping her hands.
Sam continued to hold Avery's hand as he sang "Dancing in the Moonlight," with Avery wheeling his chair side to side and Gretchen shrieking and clapping her hands.
Question:
Why does the author use the images of "dancing" and "moonlight" in the selection?
- to emphasize her theme of miracles and hope
- to demonstrate how Gretchen liked to imitate Sam.
- to highlight the importance of Sam's football game
- to reinforce Gretchen's ability to brighten Sam's life
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Assess the value or importance of an author's choice of prose, setting, or characterization in a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
8A: Judging Validity
8A: Judging Validity
Description:
Judge Validity
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
K-4
K-4
Grade level: 11
Word count: 2496 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: A skilled snowboarder takes a big chance when he cruises the slopes in avalanche territory.
Excerpt:
Soon I'll be going off to a university in the Midwest, experiencing a much different climate from the harsh and rugged landscape of the Rockies. My goal is to live as seamlessly with nature as possible under any conditions. Jake predicts I'll be back, and he's probably right. But for now, I choose to live free of avalanches and high walls, unclogged and uncomplicated by a softer terrain.
Question:
Which sentence supports the implication that Morgan has been affected deeply by Jake's harrowing experience in the Maroon Bowl?
- But for now, I choose to live free of avalanches and high walls, unclogged and uncomplicated by a softer terrain.
- We all misjudged my brother: my parents, his friends, teachers, and even me, his younger sister
- Soon I'll be going off to a university in the Midwest and experiencing a much different climate.
- What perplexed me most was that he didn't wear a tracking device or carry his cell phone.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Did the author of the selection have first-hand knowledge about the subject presented? If yes, explain how you can tell. If no, explain how first-hand knowledge might change the author's perspective.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions