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
- man who saves the king's daughter.
- dragon that is friendly and kind.
- king who does not keep his promise.
- 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?
- Follow the rules.
- Make your own rules.
- Try your hardest.
- 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