6.RL.1
Description:
Analyze what the text says explicitly as well as inferentially; cite textual evidence to support the analysis.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1B, 2B, 7C
Exemplars
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
F-7
F-7
Grade level: 6
Word count: 1795 words
Author: Adapted from a story by O. Henry
Synopsis: A wise couple gives each other the greatest gift.
Excerpt:
There was clearly nothing to do but throw herself down on the shabby little couch and howl, so Della did. Her cries echoed off the bare walls of the tiny apartment, which was a furnished flat at $8 per week. "Furnished" is a questionable word here, since the apartment was nearly empty, holding only the shabby couch, a sagging bed, and a small dining table with two chairs, all equally worn down with age and use.
Question:
From what you have read, you can tell that Della and Jim lived in
- a small, worn-down apartment.
- a comfortable country cottage.
- a large townhouse in the city.
- a small room in Della's parents' house.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe how you arrived at conclusions about a selection's main idea and characters if information about these text elements was not directly stated.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
Description:
Determining Relative Importance
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
F-8
F-8
Grade level: 6
Word count: 1576 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: Robin Hood's archery skill lands him on the wrong side of the law.
Excerpt:
Now the Sheriff of Nottingham declared that he himself would bring this knave Robin Hood to justice, and for two reasons. First, he wanted the two hundred pounds. And second, the forester that Robin Hood had killed was of kin to him.
Question:
The Sheriff of Nottingham planned to capture Robin because he wanted the
- reward.
- honor.
- power.
- deer.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Develop a survey that asks readers to rate different elements (characters, actions, events, motivations, etc.) in a selection according to their importance to the plot.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
7C: Interpreting Images
7C: Interpreting Images
Description:
Intepreting Images and Maps
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
F-18
F-18
Grade level: 6
Word count: 1774 words
Author: Mary R. Dunn
Synopsis: There is a lot of action going on inside Earth.
Image:
Question:
How would this image have looked different 250 million years ago?
- Earth would have only one big landform.
- The continents would be tiny islands.
- There would be more than seven continents.
- Earth's surface would be covered in lava.
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