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6.RL.9

Description: Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories, etc.) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 2A, 3A

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

3A: Predicting Outcomes

3A: Predicting Outcomes

Description: Predicting Outcomes

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-26

F-26

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1548 words
Author: Cullen Murphy
Synopsis: What is a huge cookie-shaped slab of earth doing in the middle of nowhere?
Excerpt: Perhaps some day its mystery will be solved. The U.S. Geologic Survey decided to spend no more time on trying to uncover the mystery of the earth cookie, but the students at the Jefferson Elementary School may still be working on the case. We may be hearing from them yet!

Question: Based on this excerpt, what does the author think might be the outcome of the earth cookie mystery?
  1. It may be solved one day.
  2. It will always remain a mystery.
  3. It will be forgotten by everyone.
  4. It will be proved to have been a hoax.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Propose an alternative ending or conclusion to a selection and provide an argument why your new text is an improvement.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions