9.2.R.1

Description: Students will summarize, paraphrase, and generalize ideas, while maintaining meaning and a logical sequence of events, within and between texts.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 6B

Exemplars

6B: Recognizing Persuasion

6B: Recognizing Persuasion

Description: Recognizing Persuasive Devices

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: I-41

I-41

Grade level: 9
Word count: 1904 words
Author: Luke Cooper
Synopsis: Gustavo Dudamel embodies the power and magic of music.
Excerpt: "Music does more than nourish the human spirit," he adds. "Its very practice instills focus and discipline, respect for others, a spirit of collaboration, and many other positive values that make us better citizens of the world."

Dudamel is convinced that classical music can be a powerful force for social change. "When a little boy or girl, especially from a disadvantaged community, goes to [play in] the orchestra, it can change the life of a family and a community," he explains.

Question: The author of this selection is most likely to agree with which of the following statements?
  1. Music instills values that can be a powerful force for making people and the world a better place.
  2. Classical music is an elite art form that holds no interest for today's young people.
  3. A conductor of an orchestra has a responsibility to follow the musical score as the composer intended.
  4. A more mature conductor usually can generate more excitement than a younger one.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Write a summary of a selection from a perspective that is opposite from the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions