4.RL.2

Description: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 2A, 2C

Exemplars

2A: Determining Main Idea

2A: Determining Main Idea

Description: Determining Main Idea and Themes

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: D-5

D-5

Grade level: 4
Word count: 1577 words
Author: Mary Dunn
Synopsis: Things are not going right for Peter--not at all. But it's nothing a few jelly beans can't fix.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: This selection is mainly about
  1. how things sometimes turn out better than you expect them to.
  2. how to make a great pot of soup by adding surprising things.
  3. two people who don't get along but have to spend the day together.
  4. learning how to live without peanut butter for one day.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Write an email to a friend and describe a selection you read.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

2C: Summarizing

2C: Summarizing

Description: Summarizing

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: D-51

D-51

Grade level: 4
Word count: 1175 words
Author: Daniel Varnell
Synopsis: When a family gets stuck on a faraway planet, they must ask aliens for help.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: The theme of a story is its message or "big idea." Which of the following phrases best summarizes the theme of this selection.
  1. only the truth matters
  2. always show kindness
  3. use your manners
  4. never talk to strangers

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Use your own words to describe the ending of a selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions