2.9.E.ii
Description:
Recognize characteristics of persuasive text, including: distinguishing facts from opinion.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
6A, 6B
Exemplars
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
Description:
Recognizing Author's Purpose
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiB-6
HiB-6
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1143 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: When you adopt a pet from a shelter, you can do a world of good.
Excerpt:
Puppy mills became big business. They "make" and sell puppies the way other mills make and sell cotton or flour.
But the trouble is, dogs are not cotton or flour. They're living, breathing creatures. Puppy mill owners care about making money. They don't care about dogs' well being.
But the trouble is, dogs are not cotton or flour. They're living, breathing creatures. Puppy mill owners care about making money. They don't care about dogs' well being.
Question:
In this excerpt, why does the author say that dogs "are not cotton or flour"?
- She is pointing out that dogs shouldn't be treated like nonliving things.
- She is afraid readers won't know the difference between dogs and cotton or flour.
- She thinks it's more important for mills to make and sell cotton and flour.
- She believes that cotton and flour can be useful to dogs.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
List all the things you like about a selection. Then explain which of these reasons are based on fact and which are based on opinion.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
Description:
Recognizing Persuasive Devices
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-34
B-34
Grade level: 2
Word count: 931 words
Author: Jan Mader
Synopsis: Marian Anderson changed the world with her voice.
Excerpt:
Anderson became more and more famous with each passing year. In 1961, she sang the national anthem at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. Two years later, President Kennedy awarded Anderson the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The award goes to very few people--those who have made a major contribution to the well-being, peace, or culture of the United States. No one deserved it more.
Marian Anderson died in 1993 at age 96. She always believed her voice was a gift, one that she should share with the world.
Marian Anderson died in 1993 at age 96. She always believed her voice was a gift, one that she should share with the world.
Question:
An opinion is a person's judgment about something. An opinion may or may not be based on facts. In this part from the selection, which phrase is the author's opinion?
- "no one deserved it more"
- "she sang the national anthem"
- "the award goes to very few people"
- "became more and more famous"
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Give examples of selections you have read that create a mood through the setting, feelings of characters, and choice of words.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions