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R.3

Description: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 1A, 1A, 3A, 3B, 3B

Exemplars

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

Description: Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-6

F-6

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1783 words
Author: Mary R. Dunn
Synopsis: Flying high over the countryside, spies in hot air balloons could spot enemy troops.
Excerpt: "My husband has built at least five balloons of different sizes to use as observation posts," explained Mrs. Lowe. "Realizing the need to refuel the balloons frequently, he also invented and operated a portable gas generator that could be transported to positions near the battlefields."

The driver nodded and said, "What did I hear about your sending valuable intelligence reports about Falls Church?"

"That was an exciting encounter. I was in Arlington, Virginia, high above the countryside, and I was able to telegraph intelligence on the Confederate troops so that the Union soldiers could take aim at the enemy and maintain fire on them without even seeing them."

Question: Which two major contributions did Mr. Lowe make to the war effort?
  1. He sent valuable information on enemy troop positions.
  2. He invented a portable gas generator to fuel balloons.
  3. He wounded his arm in a hot air balloon accident.
  4. He fired on the enemy without even seeing them.
  5. He spent most of his time on a barge in the river.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Create a new graphic organizer that indicates a selection's main idea, characters, and supporting details, and how these three areas intersect.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

Description: Analyzing setting, plot, and character

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-11

F-11

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1680 words
Author: Adapted from a story by Lewis Carroll
Synopsis: Alice lets her curiosity get the better of her, as she tumbles into a world of fantasy.
Excerpt: In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how she could possibly get out. The rabbit-hole went straight like a tunnel for some distance. Then it dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself tumbling down a very deep well.

Question: What does Alice's decision to jump into the rabbit-hole tell about her character?
  1. She sometimes overlooks the results of her actions.
  2. She would do anything to help an animal in trouble.
  3. She always weighs the pros and cons of a situation.
  4. She likes to be with others rather than by herself.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Imagine you are the main character in a selection you read. Would your emotional reactions to events in the selection be the same as those of the actual character? Explain why or why not.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

Description: Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-2

F-2

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1760 words
Author: Karen Berman
Synopsis: When traveling, it's good to know the local customs.
Excerpt: Greetings are universal customs, but they are given in many ways. In most major cities around the world, you would never say hello to strangers on the street. Greeting strangers is common in small towns, where not saying hello to everyone you pass might be considered rude. In Muslim countries, however, men and women do not speak unless they already know each other. To do so would be to commit a major etiquette mistake.

Question: Which of the following would be considered an etiquette mistake?
  1. saying hello to strangers on the street in a Muslim country
  2. accompanying a handshake with a smile in South Africa
  3. shaking hands with everyone in the room in Cameroon
  4. asking questions about a person's health in Kenya

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: List two to four supporting characters in a selection and explain their relationship to the selection's main protagonist.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

3A: Predicting Outcomes

3A: Predicting Outcomes

Description: Predicting Outcomes

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-4

F-4

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1740 words
Author: Kelley Sachs
Synopsis: Some scientists believe life could exist on planets outside our solar system.
Excerpt: There are many, many more exoplanets than the eight planets in our solar system. There are 760 so far, and scientists have only just begun to find them. It makes sense to assume that some of these far away planets might be very much like Earth. Some rocky planets probably have plenty of water on their surface, and stay at a temperature between freezing and boiling most of the time. These two conditions could make it possible for Earth-like life to exist.

Question: From what you have read, which of the following is most likely?
  1. Some exoplanets could resemble Earth in their composition and climate.
  2. There are not many more exoplanets than the eight planets in our solar system.
  3. Astronauts are now training for missions to the farthest exoplanet.
  4. We will never know whether exoplanets really exist in our solar system.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe three things that happened in a selection and how they foreshadowed subsequent events.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

Description: Analyzing setting, plot, and character

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-5

F-5

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1658 words
Author: Ben Robinson
Synopsis: Fencing is an Olympic sport that offers athletes an opportunity to learn the skills of the gladiators.
Excerpt: Times were anything but easy for Keeth. With all the odds stacked against him and so much sadness in his life, he could have very well quit the sport of fencing, but he was not to be defeated. For Keeth, neither quitting nor failure was an option. He devoted himself to the sport of fencing more intensely than ever. He used the training and competitions to distract himself from his grief, and to prove that his parents were right to get him into the sport in the first place.

Question: Which two details contribute to the reader's understanding of Keeth Smart's character?
  1. He never considered quitting or failing.
  2. He put a lot of effort into his training.
  3. He took a break from competitions.
  4. He never was confident in his skills.
  5. He was slow to recognize his potential.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe a character with whom you empathize, and explain why you feel this way.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions