OH.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2b
Description:
Key Ideas and Details
Analyze informational text development.
Provide a summary of the text that includes the main idea and key details, as well as other important information.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-6
D-6
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1328 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: Tough and tougher: that describes the plants and animals that make their home in the desert.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
What is the main idea of this selection?
- Plants and animals have adapted to life in the dry desert.
- People cannot survive in the desert but animals can do so.
- Cold deserts have more plant life and animals than hot deserts.
- Deserts are disappearing from all parts of the Earth.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write an email to a friend and describe a selection you read.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions