6.RL.3

Description: Describe how a particular literary text’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 3C

Exemplars

3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect

3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect

Description: Analyzing Cause and Effect

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-12

F-12

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1756 words
Author: Mike Buchanan and Diane Lang
Synopsis: A lost pet uses every ounce of his energy to find his way home.
Excerpt: The vet pulled the dog's mouth open to examine his teeth and looked at me. "You don't really think this is your dog?" He frowned at me, stepped away from the table and said, "Those stories you read are seldom, if ever, accurate, but certainly misleading."

Question: Why is Dr. Jacobs skeptical that the dying dog is Jeff?
  1. The vet felt stories on returning dogs are misleading.
  2. The dog tried to bite the vet with his teeth.
  3. The dog would not open his mouth for the vet.
  4. The vet thought the dog had more spots than Jeff.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Give an example of how recognizing cause and effect helped you better understand the plot development of a selection.

Evaluator

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