5.7.A
Description:
Describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
6B, 9A
Exemplars
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
Description:
Recognizing Persuasive Devices
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-7
HiE-7
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1571 words
Author: W. W. Jacobs
Synopsis: A man gets a mysterious object that can make wishes come true. Will it bring him everything he ever hoped for?
Excerpt:
Mr. White examined his new possession closely, asking, "How does it work?"
"Hold it in your right hand and wish aloud," said Sergeant-Major Morris, "but I warn you of the consequences."
"Hold it in your right hand and wish aloud," said Sergeant-Major Morris, "but I warn you of the consequences."
Question:
What does Sergeant-Major Morris say to discourage the Whites from using the monkey's paw?
- "I warn you of the consequences."
- "It looks like an ordinary little paw."
- "An old holy man in India put a spell on it."
- "I once thought of selling it."
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Do your personal interests help you decide which selections to read? Describe three selections you liked because they discussed your special interest.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
9A: Comparing/Contrasting
9A: Comparing/Contrasting
Description:
Compare, Contrast, and/or Integrate
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
E-55
E-55
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1842 words
Author: Mike Ciecierski
Synopsis: When it's time to think about a career, follow your interests. Work is more pleasant if you get to do something you enjoy.
Excerpt:
However, when she was not talking on the phone, Nick's mom always talked to him about school and careers. She wanted him to become a doctor. She said Nick had a talent for science, so a career in medicine was the right one for him. He had something else he wanted to do.
Although his mom wanted him to be a doctor, Nick thought the career he would really want was to make movies.
As he passed the coffee shop, he recognized his neighbor, a man who sat at the corner table and drew in a sketch book. Nick knew that the man was a successful artist. One time when Nick and his mom were in the coffee shop, the man talked to them about his work. He had said, "When I was young I had a real talent for art. But my father wanted me to be a bus driver, so that's what I did. After many unhappy years in that career, I decided that art was what I was supposed to do. So I corrected the mistake I made. Now I do the kind of work I love."
Although his mom wanted him to be a doctor, Nick thought the career he would really want was to make movies.
As he passed the coffee shop, he recognized his neighbor, a man who sat at the corner table and drew in a sketch book. Nick knew that the man was a successful artist. One time when Nick and his mom were in the coffee shop, the man talked to them about his work. He had said, "When I was young I had a real talent for art. But my father wanted me to be a bus driver, so that's what I did. After many unhappy years in that career, I decided that art was what I was supposed to do. So I corrected the mistake I made. Now I do the kind of work I love."
Question:
Read these two excerpts from the selection. In what way are Nick and the man in the coffee shop alike?
- They both wanted to pursue a career that was different from the one a parent suggested.
- They were both interested in making movies.
- They both followed a parent's advice and pursued careers they did not like.
- They both had a parent who was a doctor.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
How is the life of a character in a selection similar to (or different from) your own life?
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions