12.3.R.3
Description:
Students will analyze how authors use key literary elements to contribute to meaning and interpret how themes are connected across texts.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A, 7C
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
L-10
L-10
Grade level: 12
Word count: 2596 words
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Synopsis: Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story gives a whole new meaning to the term "solitary confinement."
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
The events in this tale could best be described by the expression
- "Stuck between a rock and a hard place."
- "Actions speak louder than words."
- "Don't bite the hand that feeds you."
- "The pen is mightier than the sword."
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
(Theme: environment) Describe a selection in which a nature or the environment was represented in either a positive or negative way, and how this positive or negative view affected the characters and events in the selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
7C: Interpreting Images
7C: Interpreting Images
Description:
Intepreting Images and Maps
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
L-27
L-27
Grade level: 12
Word count: 2369 words
Author: Miguel de Cervantes
Synopsis: This selection is the first chapter of a classic work by Miguel de Cervantes.
Image:
Question:
In this selection, de Cervantes used an image to make an analogy. According to de Cervantes, this image represents
- a knight-errant without love.
- an uncontrollable horse.
- an unattainable goal.
- a protective force.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Choose an image from a fictional selection you have read. Use the image as inspiration to write a new nonfiction piece on the same topic.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions