4.6.D
Description:
Create mental images to deepen understanding.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4B, 4B, 5A
Exemplars
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-1
D-1
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1420 words
Author: Mary Dunn
Synopsis: Frogs sing to other frogs, but they also have a lot to say to people.
Excerpt:
For a small animal, the frog can make a lot of noise. Some frogs make a sound you can hear from more than a mile away. These super-loud frogs puff up with air when they call. They look as if they have swallowed a large balloon. When a frog takes in a lot of air, it can make a very big sound.
Question:
This selection describes a frog that puffs up with air to make a very loud sound. The selection says this kind of frog looks like a
- balloon.
- bird.
- soap bubble.
- beach ball.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
List five words in a selection that helped you form a picture in your mind. Do additional research to find a synonym and antonym for each word, and use the word in a sentence.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-17
D-17
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1585 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: A teacher gets the attention of his students through clever lessons about scientific ideas.
Excerpt:
Then he looked at all of us, smiled, and said, "Hello, sponges! I'm Mr. A. Welcome to science!"
This was weird! I raised my hand and asked, "Why did you call us sponges?"
Mr. A smiled. "A sponge soaks up things, right? You are going to be soaking up science in my class this year!"
This was weird! I raised my hand and asked, "Why did you call us sponges?"
Mr. A smiled. "A sponge soaks up things, right? You are going to be soaking up science in my class this year!"
Question:
According to Mr. A, a sponge is to liquid like
- students are to science.
- gravity is to a desk.
- people are to plants.
- teachers are to skateboards.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
List five words in a selection that helped you form a picture in your mind. Do additional research to find a synonym and antonym for each word, and use the word in a sentence.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-49
D-49
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1474 words
Author: Janet S. Anderson
Synopsis: Dragons are happy when they are well-fed. But when they become hungry, watch out!
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
Which statement is correct about the narrator of this selection?
- The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
- The narrator is a character in the selection.
- The narrator does not know what the characters are feeling.
- This selection has no narrator.
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:
Certica Solutions