9-10.RI.KID.3
Description:
Informational Text
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Analyze how an author presents and develops key ideas and events to impact meaning.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4C, 9A
Exemplars
4C: Visualizing
4C: Visualizing
Description:
Visualizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
I-12
I-12
Grade level: 9
Word count: 2083 words
Author: Jake Gibson
Synopsis: The term avatar and the concept behind its use in video games have roots in Hindu mythology.
Excerpt:
The prophecy continues with Vishnu incarnating as Kalki, a warrior similar in appearance to the Rama avatar. Kalki is supposed to enter India bearing weapons and riding on a white horse. This final avatar is considered god-like, possessing unlimited power and singlehandedly defeating the invaders in India.
Question:
According to the prophecy, what will the people expect to see when the avatar Kalki arrives in India to defeat the foreign invaders?
- a warrior bearing weapons on a white horse
- a gold-skinned god descending from heaven
- a wild animal carrying a demon in its teeth
- a monster ascending from the seafloor
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe an example of a particularly vivid scene from a selection. Explain what technique the author used to create such a clear picture of the setting or event you found memorable.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
9A: Comparing/Contrasting
9A: Comparing/Contrasting
Description:
Compare, Contrast, and/or Integrate
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
I-46
I-46
Grade level: 9
Word count: 2076 words
Author: Joe Novelli
Synopsis: Nive grew up surrounded by whales, icebergs, and the swirling northern lights, and was motivated to use her talents to create and explore.
Excerpt:
Greenland is known for its extreme seasons and the bizarre effects of being positioned so close to the North Pole. Notable among these is the daylight, with the summertime sun never fully disappearing, setting upon the horizon only to rise again a few hours later. The viewer's perception of this is a continuous transition between sunset and sunrise, causing brilliant swathes of color dancing over the sky for hours.
The extreme seasons' flip side is the impenetrable darkness of winter, lasting all day and night with only soft dusk for a few daytime hours. But this harsh period of perpetual night provides an utterly awe-inspiring experience: watching the Northern Lights sweep and spiral across the sky like a celestial ballet of greens and purples. The lights arc from horizon to horizon, bending and swirling around one another at alarming speeds. The motion of the spiraling lights in the center of the arc gives one the perception of a living sky, breathing and pulsing.
The extreme seasons' flip side is the impenetrable darkness of winter, lasting all day and night with only soft dusk for a few daytime hours. But this harsh period of perpetual night provides an utterly awe-inspiring experience: watching the Northern Lights sweep and spiral across the sky like a celestial ballet of greens and purples. The lights arc from horizon to horizon, bending and swirling around one another at alarming speeds. The motion of the spiraling lights in the center of the arc gives one the perception of a living sky, breathing and pulsing.
Question:
How do these two paragraphs work together?
- They both illustrate contrasting examples of the uniqueness of Greenland's extreme climate.
- They both illustrate similar climatic phenomena and how they effect Greenland's environment.
- They both illustrate how Greenland's environment affects its economy and cultural arts.
- They both illustrate the aesthetic influence Greenland's environment has on Nive's songwriting.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Use a Venn diagram to compare two non-fiction selections on the same topic.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions