CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.4

Description: Craft and Structure Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 4A, 4B, 4C

Exemplars

4B: Interpreting Analogies

4B: Interpreting Analogies

Description: Interpreting Analogies

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-38

A-38

Grade level: 1
Word count: 790 words
Author: Kerry Mescallado
Synopsis: Who knew something with just one wheel could be so much fun?
Excerpt: There are different kinds of unicycles. One kind is called a "giraffe." It has a very tall frame. It can be as high as ten feet!

Question: Read this part from the selection. What is the most likely reason this kind of unicycle is called a "giraffe"?
  1. It has a long frame, and a giraffe has a long neck.
  2. It has very small handlebars, and a giraffe has small ears.
  3. It has marks on its frame that look like the marks on a giraffe's coat.
  4. It can go very fast, and a giraffe can run very fast.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Find examples in five selections of words that describe things you can hear, see, or touch.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

4C: Visualizing

4C: Visualizing

Description: Visualizing

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-54

A-54

Grade level: 1
Word count: 721 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: Max learns an important -- and nutty! -- lesson about greed.
Excerpt: It was made of clear glass.

Question: Read this sentence from the selection. What does this sentence tell you about the jar?
  1. The contents of the jar could be easily seen.
  2. The jar was very difficult to fill.
  3. The jar was very heavy and hard to move.
  4. The contents of the jar could not be eaten.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Give an example of how an author helps you form a picture in your mind about what you are reading.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

Description: Interpreting Word Meaning

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-43

A-43

Grade level: 1
Word count: 717 words
Author: Marco Delgado
Synopsis: When best friends find a bag of money, their friendship is tested.
Excerpt: Tom did not like this. His friend had become greedy.

Question: What does the word "greedy" mean in this part of the selection?
  1. wants to keep everything
  2. wants to share something
  3. says mean things
  4. spends too much money

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe how the knowledge of another language can help you understand a new word or phrase you read in English.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions