AS.R.9
Description:
Analyze and evaluate texts using knowledge of literary forms, elements, and devices through a variety of lenses and perspectives.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4B, 5C
Exemplars
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-9
B-9
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1133 words
Author: Ira Shull
Synopsis: You eat because you're hungry. But food affects a lot more than your stomach.
Excerpt:
If it does not get enough of the food it needs, your system will slow down. Don't let it run out of gas. Or you'll start to feel tired and slow again.
Question:
The author compares your body to a car because your body
- needs enough fuel at the right times.
- has a lot of parts and is hard to fix if it breaks down.
- can move forward and backward.
- should get checked once each year.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write a poem or song that compares two things using the word "as." For example, "she is as tall as a tree," or "he is as quiet as a mouse."
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5C: Examining Genre
5C: Examining Genre
Description:
Examining Genre
SeeReader
~ standard partially met
Selection:
B-24
B-24
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1024 words
Author: Irene and Laurence Swinburne
Synopsis: Meet one of the most famous race car drivers of the 20th century.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
This selection is
- a biography.
- science fiction.
- a news report.
- a fairy tale.
Writing
~ standard partially met
Writing prompt:
Describe the difference between a biography and an autobiography. Tell about selections you read that are examples of each genre, and explain what clues in the text let you identify the genre.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions