1.RL.KID.2

Description: Literature Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
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: A-19

A-19

Grade level: 1
Word count: 785 words
Author: Frederick H. Martens
Synopsis: The king's daughter is saved from the bird with nine heads by a young man named Will. Can they live happily ever after?
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: This selection is mainly about a
  1. man who saves the king's daughter.
  2. dragon that is friendly and kind.
  3. king who does not keep his promise.
  4. friend who is not very nice.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Use a story map to show the main idea and its supporting details in a selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

2C: Summarizing

2C: Summarizing

Description: Summarizing

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-22

A-22

Grade level: 1
Word count: 811 words
Author: Adapted from a story by A. L. Sykes.
Synopsis: A little rabbit finds out that it is important to follow rules.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: What is the main lesson of this selection?
  1. Follow the rules.
  2. Make your own rules.
  3. Try your hardest.
  4. Go out at night.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Using no more than 20 words, write a summary of a narrative selection you read. For example, if you read The Three Bears, you would write: bears come home, find broken chairs, see missing porridge, discover sleeping girl.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions