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6R3

Description: Key Ideas and Details In literary texts, describe how events unfold, as well as how characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. In informational texts, analyze how individuals, events, and ideas are introduced, relate to each other, and are developed.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 3A, 3B, 3C

Exemplars

3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect

3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect

Description: Analyzing Cause and Effect

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Selection: F-12

F-12

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1756 words
Author: Mike Buchanan and Diane Lang
Synopsis: A lost pet uses every ounce of his energy to find his way home.
Excerpt: The vet pulled the dog's mouth open to examine his teeth and looked at me. "You don't really think this is your dog?" He frowned at me, stepped away from the table and said, "Those stories you read are seldom, if ever, accurate, but certainly misleading."

Question: Why is Dr. Jacobs skeptical that the dying dog is Jeff?
  1. The vet felt stories on returning dogs are misleading.
  2. The dog tried to bite the vet with his teeth.
  3. The dog would not open his mouth for the vet.
  4. The vet thought the dog had more spots than Jeff.

Writing
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Writing prompt: Give an example of how recognizing cause and effect helped you better understand the plot development of a selection.

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3A: Predicting Outcomes

3A: Predicting Outcomes

Description: Predicting Outcomes

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Selection: F-4

F-4

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1740 words
Author: Kelley Sachs
Synopsis: Some scientists believe life could exist on planets outside our solar system.
Excerpt: There are many, many more exoplanets than the eight planets in our solar system. There are 760 so far, and scientists have only just begun to find them. It makes sense to assume that some of these far away planets might be very much like Earth. Some rocky planets probably have plenty of water on their surface, and stay at a temperature between freezing and boiling most of the time. These two conditions could make it possible for Earth-like life to exist.

Question: From what you have read, which of the following is most likely?
  1. Some exoplanets could resemble Earth in their composition and climate.
  2. There are not many more exoplanets than the eight planets in our solar system.
  3. Astronauts are now training for missions to the farthest exoplanet.
  4. We will never know whether exoplanets really exist in our solar system.

Writing
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Writing prompt: Describe three things that happened in a selection and how they foreshadowed subsequent events.

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3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

Description: Analyzing setting, plot, and character

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Selection: F-5

F-5

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1658 words
Author: Ben Robinson
Synopsis: Fencing is an Olympic sport that offers athletes an opportunity to learn the skills of the gladiators.
Excerpt: Times were anything but easy for Keeth. With all the odds stacked against him and so much sadness in his life, he could have very well quit the sport of fencing, but he was not to be defeated. For Keeth, neither quitting nor failure was an option. He devoted himself to the sport of fencing more intensely than ever. He used the training and competitions to distract himself from his grief, and to prove that his parents were right to get him into the sport in the first place.

Question: Which two details contribute to the reader's understanding of Keeth Smart's character?
  1. He never considered quitting or failing.
  2. He put a lot of effort into his training.
  3. He took a break from competitions.
  4. He never was confident in his skills.
  5. He was slow to recognize his potential.

Writing
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Writing prompt: Describe a character with whom you empathize, and explain why you feel this way.

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Organization: Certica Solutions