6.RL.KID.1

Description: Literature Read closely to determine what a text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Analyze what a text says explicitly and draw logical inferences; cite textual evidence to support conclusions.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 1A, 1B, 2B, 7C

Exemplars

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

Description: Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker

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: "My husband has built at least five balloons of different sizes to use as observation posts," explained Mrs. Lowe. "Realizing the need to refuel the balloons frequently, he also invented and operated a portable gas generator that could be transported to positions near the battlefields."

The driver nodded and said, "What did I hear about your sending valuable intelligence reports about Falls Church?"

"That was an exciting encounter. I was in Arlington, Virginia, high above the countryside, and I was able to telegraph intelligence on the Confederate troops so that the Union soldiers could take aim at the enemy and maintain fire on them without even seeing them."

Question: Which two major contributions did Mr. Lowe make to the war effort?
  1. He sent valuable information on enemy troop positions.
  2. He invented a portable gas generator to fuel balloons.
  3. He wounded his arm in a hot air balloon accident.
  4. He fired on the enemy without even seeing them.
  5. He spent most of his time on a barge in the river.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Create a new graphic organizer that indicates a selection's main idea, characters, and supporting details, and how these three areas intersect.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

1B: Analyzing Implicit Details

1B: Analyzing Implicit Details

Description: Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-7

F-7

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1795 words
Author: Adapted from a story by O. Henry
Synopsis: A wise couple gives each other the greatest gift.
Excerpt: There was clearly nothing to do but throw herself down on the shabby little couch and howl, so Della did. Her cries echoed off the bare walls of the tiny apartment, which was a furnished flat at $8 per week. "Furnished" is a questionable word here, since the apartment was nearly empty, holding only the shabby couch, a sagging bed, and a small dining table with two chairs, all equally worn down with age and use.

Question: From what you have read, you can tell that Della and Jim lived in
  1. a small, worn-down apartment.
  2. a comfortable country cottage.
  3. a large townhouse in the city.
  4. a small room in Della's parents' house.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe how you arrived at conclusions about a selection's main idea and characters if information about these text elements was not directly stated.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

2B: Analyzing Relative Importance

2B: Analyzing Relative Importance

Description: Determining Relative Importance

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-8

F-8

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1576 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: Robin Hood's archery skill lands him on the wrong side of the law.
Excerpt: Now the Sheriff of Nottingham declared that he himself would bring this knave Robin Hood to justice, and for two reasons. First, he wanted the two hundred pounds. And second, the forester that Robin Hood had killed was of kin to him.

Question: The Sheriff of Nottingham planned to capture Robin because he wanted the
  1. reward.
  2. honor.
  3. power.
  4. deer.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Develop a survey that asks readers to rate different elements (characters, actions, events, motivations, etc.) in a selection according to their importance to the plot.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

7C: Interpreting Images

7C: Interpreting Images

Description: Intepreting Images and Maps

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-18

F-18

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1774 words
Author: Mary R. Dunn
Synopsis: There is a lot of action going on inside Earth.
Image:
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Question: How would this image have looked different 250 million years ago?
  1. Earth would have only one big landform.
  2. The continents would be tiny islands.
  3. There would be more than seven continents.
  4. Earth's surface would be covered in lava.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Choose an image from a fictional selection you have read. Use the image as inspiration to write a new nonfiction piece on the same topic.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions