CC.1.2.11-12.A
Description:
Determine and analyze the relationship between two or more central ideas of a text, including the development and interaction of the central ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2C, 5B
Exemplars
2C: Summarizing
2C: Summarizing
Description:
Summarizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
K-8
K-8
Grade level: 11
Word count: 2348 words
Author: Kate Scoville
Synopsis: Though it is clear that food affects your body's health, have you ever considered that it may also affect your mood?
Excerpt:
The implications of this study are very important. Besides being essential for brain and body health, eating fat is also important for promoting feelings of happiness. Doctors now believe the connection between eating fats and being happy may account for the reason why many people on low-fat diets experience depression.
Question:
Why are the implications of the Belgian study important?
- The scientists found that fat is vital for a healthy brain and body as well as for a cheerful temperament.
- The scientists discovered that eating fatty junk foods can lead to heart problems and other ailments.
- Researchers realized that most people consume too much fat in their daily meals.
- Researchers determined that people on low-fat diets tend to be happier and healthier.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Create a news report based on a selection you have read. Report facts from the selection as well as additional facts you researched from reputable sources.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5B: Examining Sequence
5B: Examining Sequence
Description:
Examining Sequence of Ideas and Events
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
K-9
K-9
Grade level: 11
Word count: 2324 words
Author: Guinevere Tobias
Synopsis: Supporters of Gustave Whitehead are challenging the Wright brothers' place in aviation history.
Excerpt:
For nearly 100 years, a small group of aviation enthusiasts have asserted that a now-obscure German immigrant named Gustave Whitehead piloted the first heavier-than-air craft in Fairfield, Connecticut, on August 14, 1901, more than two years before the Wright brothers' venture.
The story of Gustave Whitehead and his airplane began in Germany, where he was born in 1874. Orphaned at the age of 13, he lived with relatives until becoming an apprentice to a machinist who taught him to construct engines.
In 1893, he settled in the United States, shortly translating his surname to the more English-sounding "Whitehead." His first jobs involved constructing gliders, a type of heavier-than-air plane powered only by air currents and gravity.
With its wings folded up, Number 21 could be driven like a car over regular roads; so Whitehead drove it from Bridgeport to the nearby town of Fairfield. There, he flew the plane twice, first for half a mile and then for a mile and a half, achieving of height of 50 feet.
The story of Gustave Whitehead and his airplane began in Germany, where he was born in 1874. Orphaned at the age of 13, he lived with relatives until becoming an apprentice to a machinist who taught him to construct engines.
In 1893, he settled in the United States, shortly translating his surname to the more English-sounding "Whitehead." His first jobs involved constructing gliders, a type of heavier-than-air plane powered only by air currents and gravity.
With its wings folded up, Number 21 could be driven like a car over regular roads; so Whitehead drove it from Bridgeport to the nearby town of Fairfield. There, he flew the plane twice, first for half a mile and then for a mile and a half, achieving of height of 50 feet.
Question:
Given the claims made by Whitehead's advocates, place the following events in his life in order, starting with the earliest.
- Whitehead learns to construct engines from a machinist.
- Whitehead settles in America and takes a job constructing gliders.
- Whitehead flies a heavier-than-air craft in Fairfield, Connecticut.
- The Wright brothers fly a heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Think about the selections you have read that explain how something happens or is done. Explain the process in complete detail in your own words, so that people reading your instructions are able to understand or perform the entire process successfully on their own.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions