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RL.3.7

Description: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 6C, 7C

Exemplars

6C: Recognizing Mood/Tone

6C: Recognizing Mood/Tone

Description: Recognizing Mood and Tone

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: HiC-23

HiC-23

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1364 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: What happens when a young teen boy joins an all-girl roller derby team?
Excerpt: After school on Friday, Jake asked his mom if she could drive him to tryouts on Saturday morning. Jake's mom gave him a puzzled look. "For what, honey?" she asked.

"I'm trying out for a position on the Roller Derby. I want to surprise Dad."

"He'll be surprised, alright," she sighed.

Question: In this excerpt, Jake's mom says his dad will "be surprised, alright." What does she mean?
  1. He's not going to like what Jake tells him.
  2. He's going to be nervous and lonely.
  3. He's not going to let Jake see his fear.
  4. He's going to be confused and sad.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Give examples of selections you have read that create a mood through the setting, feelings of characters, and choice of words.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

7C: Interpreting Images

7C: Interpreting Images

Description: Intepreting Images and Maps

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-34

C-34

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1078 words
Author: Unknown
Synopsis: Nothing stops Tabby from getting around the farm. Well, almost nothing.
Image:
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Question: Look at this image. How is this object connected to the selection?
  1. Boys would pretend this was a train and give Tabby a ride.
  2. Ponto used this to rescue Tabby after the heavy rain.
  3. Mary used this to bring food to the barn animals each night.
  4. Baby Harry let Tabby sleep under this during a heavy rain storm.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Can an image help you understand a selection's main idea or theme? Choose two selections you read and explain how the image did or did not help you understand the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions