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7.RL.2a

Description: Determine a theme or central idea(s) of a text. Analyze its development over the course of the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 2A, 2B

Exemplars

2A: Determining Main Idea

2A: Determining Main Idea

Description: Determining Main Idea and Themes

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: G-5

G-5

Grade level: 7
Word count: 1647 words
Author: Mary R. Dunn
Synopsis: A boy gets pulled into the chaos of a historic workers' strike.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: This selection is mainly about
  1. workers who join together to fight for their rights.
  2. company managers who take advantage of their workers.
  3. private detectives who try to break a steel-workers' strike.
  4. families who suffer hardships because of low wages.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Sometimes the main idea of a selection is not clear until you finish reading the text. Describe a selection you read that needed to be read from beginning to end before you had a full sense of the main idea.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

2B: Analyzing Relative Importance

2B: Analyzing Relative Importance

Description: Determining Relative Importance

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: G-8

G-8

Grade level: 7
Word count: 1746 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: Can young Arthur pull the sword from the stone?
Excerpt: Once upon a time, a noble monarch named King Arthur reigned over England. King Arthur was the flower of chivalry, and the founder of the famous order of the Knights of the Round Table. It was a far-off and famous age of chivalry, when the wandering knights sought adventures and performed wonderful deeds throughout the land.

Question: Which were the two major activities of the Knights of the Round Table?
  1. traveling the land seeking adventure
  2. performing good deeds for anyone in need
  3. defeating a monarch and ruling the land
  4. fighting in battles against one another
  5. showing they were capable of feeling mercy

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Create a Facebook fan page for a selection. Include the most important information to share with fans.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions