R.ELA.7.4
Description:
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the informational text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1B, 3A
Exemplars
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
G-23
G-23
Grade level: 7
Word count: 1834 words
Author: Luke Cooper
Synopsis: Your taste buds work hard to help you enjoy your food.
Excerpt:
A sweet taste is produced by sugars and a few other things in the food and is mostly regarded as a pleasant taste. That is one of the reasons why ice cream tastes so good. It has a lot of sugar in it! A sour taste is produced by the acid in the food and is mostly found in fruits such as lemons, grapes, and grapefruit. A salty taste is produced by salt and other things in the food. A bitter taste is mostly regarded as a sharp and unpleasant taste, which is present in poisonous plants as well as in foods such as coffee, cocoa, and olives.
Question:
How can the sense of taste protect people from harm?
- A bitter taste can warn people a food may be poisonous.
- A sweet taste can induce people to finish their meals.
- A sour taste can attract people to eating healthy fruits.
- A salty taste can make people want to drink more fluids.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Explain how prior knowledge helped you infer information from a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
G-16
G-16
Grade level: 7
Word count: 1578 words
Author: Nancy McCloskey
Synopsis: A former slave gives his master something to think about.
Excerpt:
Sir: I got your letter, and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you again, promising to do better for me than anybody else can. I have often felt uneasy about you. I thought the Yankees would have hung you long before this, for harboring Rebs they found at your house. I suppose they never heard about your going to Colonel Martin's to kill the Union soldier that was left by his company in their stable. Although you shot at me twice before I left you, I did not want to hear of your being hurt, and am glad you are still living.
Question:
Read this excerpt. When the former slave master read Jourdan's letter, he probably was
- outraged.
- appreciative.
- proud.
- hopeful.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe three things that happened in a selection and how they foreshadowed subsequent events.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions