2.6.C
Description:
Make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
3A, 3A, 5A, 5C
Exemplars
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-53
B-53
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1118 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: How did Lazy the squirrel earn his nickname? Ask his neighbors.
Excerpt:
"You see," she told him, "how terrible it is not to provide for your future? You must store things that are necessary so you will have them when you need them."
Lazy agreed with her. He told his mother never again would he need to be called "Lazy."
Lazy agreed with her. He told his mother never again would he need to be called "Lazy."
Question:
Think about the end of this selection. What would most likely happen next?
- The squirrels in the woods would find a new name for Lazy.
- Lazy would stop storing food and nuts.
- The mother squirrel would stop storing food and nuts.
- All the squirrels would eat more food during the summer.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Tell about two clues in the selection that helped you figure out the ending.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiB-23
HiB-23
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1133 words
Author: L. Frank Baum
Synopsis: Dorothy is in for a most unusual ride.
Excerpt:
When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife. The sun and wind had changed her, too. They had taken the sparkle from her eyes. They turned her eyes a serious gray. They had taken the red from her cheeks and lips. They were gray also. She was thin and gaunt, and never smiled now.
Uncle Henry never laughed. He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots. He looked stern and solemn. He rarely spoke.
Uncle Henry never laughed. He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots. He looked stern and solemn. He rarely spoke.
Question:
Based on this excerpt, the color gray is repeated to give the idea that Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are
- serious.
- happy.
- confused.
- energetic.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Why would an author choose to tell a story that does not follow chronological order? Use an example from a fictional story you have read to support your argument.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5C: Examining Genre
5C: Examining Genre
Description:
Examining Genre
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-51
B-51
Grade level: 2
Word count: 573 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: There is an important lesson to be learned in a farmer's fields.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
This selection is best described as
- a fable, because it teaches a lesson.
- a myth, because it describes powerful gods.
- a biography, because it describes the life of a real person.
- science fiction, because it talks about aliens and technology.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
How do you know if a text is fiction or non-fiction? Provide examples from texts you have read to support your ideas.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-5
B-5
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1000 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: The English language is full of sayings that don't mean what they say.
Excerpt:
Its history goes back a long way. In the 1500s, houses had roofs made of straw. Cats and dogs usually slept outside, not in the house. On a cold, rainy night, they went up to the roof. They snuggled under the straw. It was the only place where they could get warm. But wet straw can be slippery, so sometimes the cats and dogs fell off the roof. People looked out their windows and said, "Look! It's raining cats and dogs!" Today we say "it's raining cats and dogs" when it rains really hard.
Question:
What might have happened if goats, rather than cats and dogs, sat on roofs in the rain?
- The idiom would be "it's raining goats!"
- It would rain even harder.
- People would panic when it started to rain.
- The idiom would be "where are the cats and dogs?"
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Use a selection you have read to finish this statement: "If only (a character) had done (this action) instead of (this action), then (make a prediction about what might have happened)." Use details from the selection to explain and support your prediction.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions