3.3.R.2
Description:
Students will infer whether a story is narrated in first or third person point of view in grade-level literary and/or informational text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1B
Exemplars
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-3
C-3
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1141 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: Have you had your rice today? For millions of people around the globe, the answer is yes.
Excerpt:
In China, the word for rice means food. When Chinese people meet friends, they do not say, "How are you?" They say, "Have you had your rice today?" If you are not Chinese, that question might get you some strange looks.
Question:
Why do people in China ask, "Have you had your rice today?"
- They want to make sure their friends are well fed and healthy.
- They think that people should not eat rice every day.
- They want to be invited to a dinner where rice is part of the meal.
- They always prepare extra rice for all of their friends and neighbors.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Did the title of this selection provide you with clues about the selection's main idea? Why or why not?
Evaluator
Organization:
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