E1.6.C
Description:
Analyze non-linear plot development such as flashbacks, foreshadowing, subplots, and parallel plot structures and compare it to linear plot development.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
3A
Exemplars
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
K-9
K-9
Grade level: 11
Word count: 2324 words
Author: Guinevere Tobias
Synopsis: Supporters of Gustave Whitehead are challenging the Wright brothers' place in aviation history.
Excerpt:
The Herald's account was accompanied by a lithograph drawn by the reporter. A photograph was said to have been taken, but none was printed in the newspaper and no copies of it remain today. This photograph and its absence from the newspaper story have provoked much debate over the last few years. Some aviation experts asserted that it -- and Whitehead's flight -- were frauds because there was no photographic evidence, while others cite the photograph as proof of the flight's legitimacy.
Question:
What might have happened if the Bridgeport Herald had published a photograph of Whitehead's flight instead of a lithograph drawing?
- Whitehead would have had evidence that he was the first to fly a heavier-than-air plane.
- The supporters of the Wright brothers would have called the photograph a fraud.
- A photo would have shown how the design of Whitehead's plane differed from the one in the lithograph.
- The photographer would have been asked by the Wright brothers to photograph their plane too.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe three things that happened in a selection and how they foreshadowed subsequent events.
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