E3.4.F
Description:
Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1B, 1B, 4C
Exemplars
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-17
J-17
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2251 words
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Synopsis: Simple actions may sometimes lead to unexpected, dire consequences.
Excerpt:
Jokers would make him tell the story of "the piece of string" to amuse them, just as you make a soldier who has been on a campaign tell his story of the battle. His mind kept growing weaker and about the end of December he took to his bed.
He passed away early in January, and, in the ravings of death agony, he protested his innocence, repeating, "A little bit of string -- a little bit of string. See, here it is, M'sieu le Mayor."
He passed away early in January, and, in the ravings of death agony, he protested his innocence, repeating, "A little bit of string -- a little bit of string. See, here it is, M'sieu le Mayor."
Question:
What happens to Hauchecorne at the end of this selection?
- He is driven to insanity and eventually death due to the false charges brought against him.
- He is vindicated in court and regains his reputation as an honest man.
- He is granted revenge when he becomes mayor and jails Malandain for making false accusations.
- He is found guilty by a jury of his peers and is sentenced to jail even though he is innocent.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe how you arrived at conclusions about a selection's main idea and characters if information about these text elements was not directly stated.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
4C: Visualizing
4C: Visualizing
Description:
Visualizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-17
J-17
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2251 words
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Synopsis: Simple actions may sometimes lead to unexpected, dire consequences.
Excerpt:
The peasants examined the cows, went off, came back, well acquainted with the workings of the market and always in doubt for fear of being cheated, never quite daring to decide, looking the seller square in the eye in the effort to discover the tricks of the man and the defect in the beast.
Question:
Reread this excerpt. What is the underlying mood of the people in the marketplace?
- distrustful
- industrious
- optimistic
- exhausted
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe how you relate scenes you visualize from reading with real life scenes. Give examples.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-1
J-1
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2216 words
Author: Randi Bender
Synopsis: Accurate information is crucial during wartime, but disinformation may be just as important.
Excerpt:
In 1943 the Allies were fighting in North Africa and had a heavy troop commitment there. It was clear that the time and cost of regrouping and transporting troops to Northern Europe for an invasion were impossible. An invasion would have to take place across the Mediterranean, from North Africa, where troops were amassed, to the southern shores of the European continent. British Intelligence assessed possible penetration points in France, Greece, and Italy.
Question:
Based on this excerpt, British Intelligence identified France, Greece, and Italy as possible European invasion points because
- these countries were in the proximity of North Africa.
- these countries were sympathetic to the Germans.
- none of these countries had an army of its own.
- there were few German troops stationed in these countries.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write a question about one additional fact you would have liked to learn from a selection you read. Answer the question by using the Internet or other research tools to find the necessary information.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions