E1.8.D
Description:
Analyze how the author's use of language achieves specific purposes.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
5A
Exemplars
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
K-4
K-4
Grade level: 11
Word count: 2496 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: A skilled snowboarder takes a big chance when he cruises the slopes in avalanche territory.
Excerpt:
"Hey! Over there, about 30 degrees to the left of the snowslide -- footprints!" The helicopter glided westward and sure enough there were footprints leading to a rough structure tucked in between a stand of evergreens.
Question:
In the last part of the selection, which sentence signals a major change in the action?
- About 30 degrees to the left of the snowslide -- footprints!
- Over there; he shouldn't die, he saved me.
- The two men were taken out by stretchers.
- That's a good omen for us, young lady.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Explain an author's use of description in a selection, and how the description shaped the way you viewed and understood the person, object, or event described.
Evaluator
Organization:
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