5.6.D
Description:
Create mental images to deepen understanding.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4B, 4C
Exemplars
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-65
HiE-65
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1684 words
Author: Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Synopsis: From the minute Kamaria saw her new middle school, she knew that fitting in would be a challenge.
Excerpt:
There were so many girls in the hallway it was like walking through traffic on the freeway. Eventually, Kamaria found her locker. She began to enter her secret code when she felt a tap on her shoulder. When she turned around, Kamaria was relieved to see the familiar face of an old friend. At their old school, Kamaria and Cindy would trade stickers by the swing sets. They rode their bicycles together after school. A second ago it seemed impossible that she would ever feel comfortable in this new place. But Cindy eased her doubts. The girls giggled and gave one another a big hug.
Question:
A simile is a comparison between two things. Choose the sentence in this excerpt that uses an example of simile.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Give an example of how an author helps you form a picture in your mind about what you are reading.
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