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R.11.5.e

Description: Draw conclusions and make inferences on explicit and implied information using textual support.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 2B, 2B, 2C, 3B, 8A, 8B

Exemplars

2B: Analyzing Relative Importance

2B: Analyzing Relative Importance

Description: Determining Relative Importance

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✓ standard met

Selection: K-4

K-4

Grade level: 11
Word count: 2496 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: A skilled snowboarder takes a big chance when he cruises the slopes in avalanche territory.
Excerpt: Still, with all his daredevil ways, I never believed he'd risk his life in unchartered territory. As I said, he was a creature of habit and had his favorite sanctuaries. But after the initial investigation and then the exhaustive rescue operations, and still no trace of my brother, I knew the rescue team was searching in vain. Evidently, Jake had decided to test his endurance and cruise the adjacent Maroon Bowl.

Question: What was the most important clue leading to Jake's rescue?
  1. the deduction of his sister that he took the challenge of the Maroon Bowl
  2. the Gortex jacket with the tracking reflector left behind in the locker
  3. the signal from Jake's cell phone before the battery went dead.
  4. the ski pass scanned Friday at 12:04 p. m. at the base of the Highlands

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Imagine you are an attorney cross-examining the characters in a selection. What questions would you ask them to elicit the most important details about the plot?

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

8A: Judging Validity

8A: Judging Validity

Description: Judge Validity

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✓ standard met

Selection: K-4

K-4

Grade level: 11
Word count: 2496 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: A skilled snowboarder takes a big chance when he cruises the slopes in avalanche territory.
Excerpt: Soon I'll be going off to a university in the Midwest, experiencing a much different climate from the harsh and rugged landscape of the Rockies. My goal is to live as seamlessly with nature as possible under any conditions. Jake predicts I'll be back, and he's probably right. But for now, I choose to live free of avalanches and high walls, unclogged and uncomplicated by a softer terrain.

Question: Which sentence supports the implication that Morgan has been affected deeply by Jake's harrowing experience in the Maroon Bowl?
  1. But for now, I choose to live free of avalanches and high walls, unclogged and uncomplicated by a softer terrain.
  2. We all misjudged my brother: my parents, his friends, teachers, and even me, his younger sister
  3. Soon I'll be going off to a university in the Midwest and experiencing a much different climate.
  4. What perplexed me most was that he didn't wear a tracking device or carry his cell phone.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Did the author of the selection have first-hand knowledge about the subject presented? If yes, explain how you can tell. If no, explain how first-hand knowledge might change the author's perspective.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

2B: Analyzing Relative Importance

2B: Analyzing Relative Importance

Description: Determining Relative Importance

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✓ standard met

Selection: K-25

K-25

Grade level: 11
Word count: 2219 words
Author: Lionel Beasley
Synopsis: Injuries to the brain can have far more damaging long-term effects on an athlete than a broken arm or torn cartilage.
Excerpt: When the injury is a concussion, the pressures are particularly intense. A cast, a sling, or a limp make the nature of an injury clear. The effects of concussions are not as readily apparent. While a lack of mental acuity or dizziness may be a problem, physically the player may appear to perfectly healthy. Teammates playing with torn tendons, ripped cartilage, severely bruised muscles, or hairline fractures may look askance at another player who is sitting out practices or games with no apparent injury.

Question: What is the main reason some coaches overlook the need to pull players who incur a blow to the head from competition?
  1. The players usually have no visible signs of injury.
  2. Parents don't like to see their kids sit on the bench.
  3. Other team members are relying on the players to win.
  4. The injured players insist on returning to action on the field.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: When reading for information, why is it important to concentrate on the most important facts? Give an example from your social studies or science textbook of how you would do this.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

2C: Summarizing

2C: Summarizing

Description: Summarizing

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Selection: K-8

K-8

Grade level: 11
Word count: 2348 words
Author: Kate Scoville
Synopsis: Though it is clear that food affects your body's health, have you ever considered that it may also affect your mood?
Excerpt: The implications of this study are very important. Besides being essential for brain and body health, eating fat is also important for promoting feelings of happiness. Doctors now believe the connection between eating fats and being happy may account for the reason why many people on low-fat diets experience depression.

Question: Why are the implications of the Belgian study important?
  1. The scientists found that fat is vital for a healthy brain and body as well as for a cheerful temperament.
  2. The scientists discovered that eating fatty junk foods can lead to heart problems and other ailments.
  3. Researchers realized that most people consume too much fat in their daily meals.
  4. Researchers determined that people on low-fat diets tend to be happier and healthier.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Create a news report based on a selection you have read. Report facts from the selection as well as additional facts you researched from reputable sources.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

Description: Analyzing setting, plot, and character

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Selection: K-14

K-14

Grade level: 11
Word count: 2134 words
Author: Nancy McCloskey
Synopsis: Citizens selected for jury duty learn about the importance of protecting individual rights.
Excerpt: Assizes were made up of 12 local "free and lawful men" who, under oath, made decisions based on their personal knowledge of the true property owner or heir. They dealt with civil, not criminal, cases and were different from modern civil juries in that the jurors were "self-informing." This means that panel members used their pre-existing knowledge as a basis for their decisions.

Question: Based on this excerpt, assize jurors were different from jurors in civil trials today because they
  1. already knew the details of the case.
  2. heard cases involving property issues.
  3. were composed of 12 lawful men and women.
  4. based their decisions only on evidence presented during trial.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe a character with whom you empathize, and explain why you feel this way.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

8B: Reasoning

8B: Reasoning

Description: Reasoning

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Selection: K-41

K-41

Grade level: 11
Word count: 2426 words
Author: Luke Cooper
Synopsis: Emergency crews work feverishly for months to rescue the miners.
Excerpt: On the first day of their entombment, shift supervisor Luis Urzua took off his distinctive white helmet and announced to his workers, "We are all equal now.... There are no bosses and employees." From then on the miners worked together to maintain the mine, search for escape routes, and sustain morale.

"We knew that if society broke down we would all be doomed," explained Mario Sepulveda. "Each day a different person took a bad turn, and every time that happened, we worked as a team to try to keep the morale up."

Question: Which of the following can you conclude from these two excerpts?
  1. Survival for all depended on working together to keep spirits high.
  2. A strong leader was needed to establish rules and maintain order.
  3. Each miner had to find his own way to accept the fate of the dire situation.
  4. Both bosses and employees had to spend equal time searching for escape routes.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Do people learn by studying the past? Use details from a selection you have read, as well as your reasoning skills, to support your answer.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions