5.10.D
Description:
Describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices achieves specific purposes.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4C, 6A
Exemplars
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
Description:
Recognizing Author's Purpose
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-58
HiE-58
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1062 words
Author: Joanne Lukens
Synopsis: While a young girl dances at a festival, her mother is far away in another country. Will the mother get to see her daughter's special dance?
Excerpt:
As she reached to shake the hand of the American president, there was a sudden click, click, click of photographers' cameras.
Question:
Read this part from the selection. Why does the author include the words "click, click, click"?
- to demonstrate that there were many cameras taking pictures
- to prove that the president liked to have his picture taken
- to explain why Margarita was afraid to meet the president
- to show that cameras make a sound when they are working properly
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write a letter to the author of a selection you really enjoyed. Suggests ideas for similar selections the the author should write.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
4C: Visualizing
4C: Visualizing
Description:
Visualizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-20
HiE-20
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1417 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: There's a festival for just about every occasion you can imagine (and some you can't).
Excerpt:
Every December in Oaxaca, Spain, there's the Night of the Radishes, which features animals, dancers, kings, and just about everything else you can think of, all carved from the small red vegetable. Before the event, each radish artist will spend three days at work on the vegetables, and all the vegetable art will compete for the top prize.
Question:
Based on this excerpt, which of the following best describes the Night of the Radishes festival?
- creative and artistic
- loud and energetic
- chaotic and exhausting
- serious and intense
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
List words and phrases in a selection that helped you form a picture of a place, object, or event in a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions