RL.MC.6.1

Description: Summarize key details and ideas to support analysis of thematic development. Determine a theme of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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: 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: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: This selection is mainly about the Civil War and
  1. some brave people who help the Union spy on enemy forces.
  2. some children who take a hot air balloon ride in Virginia.
  3. some Confederate soldiers who are looking for deserters.
  4. some farmers who hide spies in their barns.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe how the same theme is represented in two different selections. Compare/contrast how the theme is represented through characters and events in both selections.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

2C: Summarizing

2C: Summarizing

Description: Summarizing

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-51

F-51

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1334 words
Author: Barbara D. Krasner
Synopsis: Immigrants to the United States had to pass physical examinations, and a chalk mark on the shoulder indicated their result.
Excerpt: After several hours, the Palmieris approached the inspectors' desks at the back of the Great Hall. A man checked their tags and spoke to Mama in Italian.

The inspector checked her responses against the information on the ship's manifest. He seemed to be satisfied. One official handed "landing cards" to Mama, Angelina, and her sisters. Feeling relief and excitement, they made their way back downstairs and collected their bags.

Question: According to this part in the selection, what is a "landing card"?
  1. a document permitting entry into the United States
  2. a notation in the passenger list of a ship's manifest
  3. a ticket needed to board the ferry to Ellis Island
  4. an indication that an immigrant was in good health

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Imagine you are an attorney. Prepare a summation of a selection you have read to present to a jury for deliberation.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions