8.3.R.7
Description:
Students will make connections (e.g., thematic links, literary analysis) between and across multiple texts and provide textual evidence to support their inferences.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
3B
Exemplars
3B: Analyzing Plot/Character
3B: Analyzing Plot/Character
Description:
Analyzing setting, plot, and character
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
H-16
H-16
Grade level: 8
Word count: 1759 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: A Mexican American author draws on her heritage for inspiration.
Excerpt:
Like Cisneros when she was growing up, Esperanza wants to leave her street to pursue a better life. She feels discontented and confined in her family home and notices other women in the same situation. She yearns for a room of her own and a house of which she can be proud.
Question:
Esperanza and Cisneros are alike in that they both
- want to be in control of their own lives.
- take well-paid jobs to support themselves.
- felt contentment during their childhoods.
- can live happily in their family homes.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe a character with whom you empathize, and explain why you feel this way.
Evaluator
Organization:
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