7.8.D.i
Description:
Analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including: the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
G-47
G-47
Grade level: 7
Word count: 1891 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: A woman describes the many daily challenges and few pleasures she experienced as a farmer's wife in the early 20th century.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
This selection is mainly about a
- woman's quest for personal fulfillment.
- family's struggles in the early 1900s.
- farmer's excessive demands on his wife.
- writer's gratitude to her minister.
- woman's quest for personal fulfillment.
- family's struggles in the early 1900s.
- farmer's excessive demands on his wife.
- writer's gratitude to her minister.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Using the Internet or other research tools, find three additional pieces of information that support the main idea stated in the selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
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