CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1

Description: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 1A, 1B

Exemplars

1B: Analyzing Implicit Details

1B: Analyzing Implicit Details

Description: Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-1

F-1

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1577 words
Author: Tamara Ellis Smith
Synopsis: A new idea for sneaker soles was inspired by a household item.
Excerpt: The first shoe fad started in the 14th century in Europe. Both men and women wore slippers with long points at the front of the shoes. These slippers were called poulaines. Over time, poulaines were created with longer and longer points until they became a hazard. The wearers tripped over the points!

Question: Read this excerpt from the selection. This example of a shoe fad shows that
  1. some shoes could cause injuries.
  2. men had no interest in fancy footwear.
  3. most people wore a wide-width shoe.
  4. people preferred boots to slippers.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Explain how prior knowledge helped you infer information from a selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Curriculum Design Institute

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

Description: Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-2

F-2

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1760 words
Author: Karen Berman
Synopsis: When traveling, it's good to know the local customs.
Excerpt: Greetings are universal customs, but they are given in many ways. In most major cities around the world, you would never say hello to strangers on the street. Greeting strangers is common in small towns, where not saying hello to everyone you pass might be considered rude. In Muslim countries, however, men and women do not speak unless they already know each other. To do so would be to commit a major etiquette mistake.

Question: Which of the following would be considered an etiquette mistake?
  1. saying hello to strangers on the street in a Muslim country
  2. accompanying a handshake with a smile in South Africa
  3. shaking hands with everyone in the room in Cameroon
  4. asking questions about a person's health in Kenya

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: List two to four supporting characters in a selection and explain their relationship to the selection's main protagonist.

Evaluator

Organization: Curriculum Design Institute