RI.MC.6.1
Description:
Summarize key details and ideas to support analysis of central ideas.
Summarize multi-paragraph texts using key details to support the central idea.
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-6
D-6
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1328 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: Tough and tougher: that describes the plants and animals that make their home in the desert.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
What is the main idea of this selection?
- Plants and animals have adapted to life in the dry desert.
- People cannot survive in the desert but animals can do so.
- Cold deserts have more plant life and animals than hot deserts.
- Deserts are disappearing from all parts of the Earth.
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 partially met
Selection:
D-7
D-7
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1565 words
Author: Madeline Arroyo
Synopsis: Rafael Cordero made the world a better place, one head and heart at a time.
Excerpt:
It seems that most movies and television shows tell us that real heroes are people who often make a lot of noise, occasionally kick up a lot of dust, and generally can't help but get noticed. Makes it kind of hard for people like you and me to believe that someday we could be heroes too, doesn't it?
The truth is that real heroes are everyday people (like you and me) who see a need and have the courage to do something about it, even if no one applauds and cheers. Rafael Cordero y Molina, the son of freed African slaves, was such a hero.
The truth is that real heroes are everyday people (like you and me) who see a need and have the courage to do something about it, even if no one applauds and cheers. Rafael Cordero y Molina, the son of freed African slaves, was such a hero.
Question:
Which of the following statements summarizes the author's opinion about heroes?
- A true hero is an everyday person who has the courage to make a change in the world.
- The only kinds of heroes that matter in the world are movie heroes.
- A movie hero is more likely to be brave than an everyday hero.
- Most everyday heroes are not as courageous as movies heroes.
Writing
~ standard partially met
Writing prompt:
Use your own words to describe the ending of a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions