CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.6
      Description:
        
          Craft and Structure
Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
        
    
    
      
        Maps to Reading Plus skills:
        
          6A
        
      
    
  Exemplars
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
              Description:
              Recognizing Author's Purpose
            
          
          
          
              SeeReader
              
                 ✓ standard met 
              
            
            
              
              
              
              
                
              
              
              
                Selection:
                
                   D-31 
                
                
                  
              
              D-31
 Grade level:  4 
    
                    Word count: 1252 words 
                   Author: Erica Cirino 
                   Synopsis: The music of mariachi bands has been delighting people in Mexico for hundreds of years. Today this music has millions of fans around the world.
                
              
                
                  Excerpt:
                   No excerpt is available for this question.
                
              
              
              
                Question:
                The author wrote this selection mainly to
                
            
          - present facts about a subject.
 - share a personal experience.
 - entertain with a humorous story.
 - argue against doing something.
 
              Writing
              
                 ✓ standard met 
              
            
            
              
                  Writing prompt:
                  
                    Explain the reason why an author wrote a selection. Be sure to use evidence from the selection to support your answer.
                  
                
              Evaluator
                  Organization:
                  Certica Solutions