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R.7.5.a

Description: Describe the elements of narrative structure including setting, character development, plot, theme, and conflict and how they influence each other.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 3A, 3B, 4C, 9A

Exemplars

3A: Predicting Outcomes

3A: Predicting Outcomes

Description: Predicting Outcomes

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: G-12

G-12

Grade level: 7
Word count: 1893 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: A plan has been made to trick the Frost King to return the hammer, but will it work?
Excerpt: The hammer was safe once more in Asgard, and you and I know how it came to be there, so someone must have told. I wonder if Loki whispered the tale to some outsider after all.

Question: From this last paragraph, you can conclude that
  1. Loki probably told this story to someone else.
  2. Thor and Loki became best friends.
  3. Loki never played another trick in Asgard.
  4. Thor was sorry he had followed Loki's plan.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe three things that happened in a selection and how they foreshadowed subsequent events.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

4C: Visualizing

4C: Visualizing

Description: Visualizing

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: G-62

G-62

Grade level: 7
Word count: 1445 words
Author: Idella Bodie
Synopsis: A patriotic symbol helps to keep British troops from taking Fort McHenry.
Excerpt: In the first light of dawn, the rain ceased. Key could see British ships pulling out into the open sea. They'd been unable to take Fort McHenry. Baltimore would not burn.

Then he spotted the flag. A faint wind unfurled the red and white stripes and the blue square with stars. Deeply touched, Key took a letter from his pocket and, on the back, scribbled words that came to him: by the dawn's early light . . .

Question: What did Francis Scott Key see that inspired him to write the words that would become "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
  1. the stripes and stars unfurling in the light of dawn
  2. the British battleships pulling out into the open sea
  3. the sparks from fire as Baltimore burned to the ground
  4. the letter he received while stationed at Fort McHenry

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Pick an event from a selection and describe how you would make it into a scene for a movie.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

9A: Comparing/Contrasting

9A: Comparing/Contrasting

Description: Compare, Contrast, and/or Integrate

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: G-12

G-12

Grade level: 7
Word count: 1893 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: A plan has been made to trick the Frost King to return the hammer, but will it work?
Excerpt: "I am sure Loki is at the bottom of this mischief!" Thor cried, but Thor was mistaken. It was not Loki who had stolen the hammer, for he was too great a coward for that. Meanwhile Loki was on his best behavior, trying to appear very kind and obliging when Thor came rumbling and roaring up to him, demanding, "What have you done with my hammer, you thief?"

"Look, how storms rage and winds howl in the world below," said Loki. "Someone is wielding your thunder-hammer all unskillfully. Who could it be but Thrym, the mighty giant who has ever been your enemy and your imitator?"

Question: What do these two excerpts tell the reader about Thor and Loki?
  1. They each react differently when a problem arises and needs solving.
  2. They both are thinking of the same person as the cause of this problem.
  3. They each believe that it was the other one who misplaced the hammer.
  4. They both think a show of force is the best way to solve a problem.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Compare and contrast two stages of a fictional or real person's life. Use details from a selection you have read to illustrate and explain your answer.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

Description: Analyzing setting, plot, and character

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: G-17

G-17

Grade level: 7
Word count: 1876 words
Author: Barack Obama
Synopsis: The future of America depends on what students are learning today.
Excerpt: That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education -- and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community.

Question: When it comes to goals, President Obama recommends that students should set goals that are
  1. simple and helpful.
  2. impractical and unreachable.
  3. easy and informal.
  4. unclear and imprecise.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Think about the characters in a selection. What motivates these characters to act the way they do?

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions