AS.R.3
Description:
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4B, 8B, 8B
Exemplars
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-1
D-1
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1420 words
Author: Mary Dunn
Synopsis: Frogs sing to other frogs, but they also have a lot to say to people.
Excerpt:
For a small animal, the frog can make a lot of noise. Some frogs make a sound you can hear from more than a mile away. These super-loud frogs puff up with air when they call. They look as if they have swallowed a large balloon. When a frog takes in a lot of air, it can make a very big sound.
Question:
This selection describes a frog that puffs up with air to make a very loud sound. The selection says this kind of frog looks like a
- balloon.
- bird.
- soap bubble.
- beach ball.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
List five words in a selection that helped you form a picture in your mind. Do additional research to find a synonym and antonym for each word, and use the word in a sentence.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
8B: Reasoning
8B: Reasoning
Description:
Reasoning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiD-20
HiD-20
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1576 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: Mattie Stepanek lived a lifetime in just 14 years.
Excerpt:
Jeni wrote how Mattie knew, and accepted, the fact that he would have a very short life. But he also knew his memory would live on through his writings and his works. "I want people to remember me some day," he wrote, "and say, 'Oh yes! Mattie! He was a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.'"
Question:
A philosopher is someone who offers thoughts on very deep and important matters. Mattie wanted to be remembered as a "philosopher who played." Based on what you have read, what is the most likely meaning of this phrase?
- a person who has serious views of the world but still remembers to enjoy life
- a person who does no work and thinks only about how to make other people laugh
- a person who plans his or her life around money
- a person who measures success by how popular he or she is
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
What makes people or characters do the things they do? Use details from a selection you have read, as well as your reasoning skills, to support your answer.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
8B: Reasoning
8B: Reasoning
Description:
Reasoning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-23
D-23
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1390 words
Author: Henry Johnstone
Synopsis: His fate rests in her hands. Will she dare to do the right thing?
Excerpt:
When they hunt, they use something that strikes from a long way off. Suddenly I saw a white puff, like a tiny cloud. There was a strange, sharp noise.
Question:
The strange, sharp noise Keneu's mother heard was made by
- a gun.
- a rocket.
- a drum.
- thunder.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
What makes people or characters do the things they do? Use details from a selection you have read, as well as your reasoning skills, to support your answer.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions