12.6.R.3
Description:
Students will evaluate the relevance, reliability, and validity of the information gathered.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
8A
Exemplars
8A: Judging Validity
8A: Judging Validity
Description:
Judge Validity
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
L-13
L-13
Grade level: 12
Word count: 2479 words
Author: Peter Kupfer
Synopsis: Americans are great at producing, marketing, and of course eating junk food.
Excerpt:
Continental had been making sponge cakes for strawberry shortcake, but since strawberries were in season only during the summer, the machinery used to make the cakes sat idle the rest of the year. Dewar, a Chicago bakery manager, came up with the idea for a banana cream-filled cake that could be sold year-round at the price of two for a nickel.
Question:
The author describes junk food makers as innovative. Which sentence supports that claim?
- A Chicago bakery manager came up with the idea for a banana cream-filled cake that could be sold year-round.
- Fans of the treat were happy that the new owners planned to continue producing Twinkies.
- Dewar said he named his creation after an advertisement he saw for the Twinkle Shoe Company.
- After the war, Twinkies became the best-selling snack cake in America.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Think about how an author's bias affects the validity of a claim. Choose a selection you have read and explain whether or not the author's bias has caused him or her to make a false claim.
Evaluator
Organization:
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