1.8.D

Description: Describe the setting.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 1A, 1A

Exemplars

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

Description: Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-1

A-1

Grade level: 1
Word count: 805 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: A rabbit is not big or strong, but he's smart. That's what it takes to be king.
Excerpt: Long ago, a rabbit lived on a farm. Many other animals also lived there. The rabbit decided he would be the king of the animals.

Question: Where does this selection take place?
  1. on a farm long ago
  2. near the sea long ago
  3. on a farm in the future
  4. in the woods today

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Explain when and where a selection takes place. What clues help you determine that information?

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

1A: Recalling Explicit Details

Description: Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: A-10

A-10

Grade level: 1
Word count: 719 words
Author: Ellen Bari
Synopsis: Rochelle is the first African American female chess champion. She's on her way to becoming a chess master.
Excerpt: When did she start playing? It started when Rochelle was in third grade. That is when her grandmother showed her how to play.

Question: When did Rochelle first play chess?
  1. in the third grade
  2. in the first grade
  3. in kindergarten
  4. in preschool

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Explain when and where a selection takes place. What clues help you determine that information?

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions