R.ELA.3.12
      Description:
        
          Distinguish one’s own point of view from that of the author of an informational text.
        
    
    
      
        Maps to Reading Plus skills:
        
          6B
        
      
    
  Exemplars
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
              Description:
              Recognizing Persuasive Devices
            
          
          
          
              SeeReader
              
                 ✓ standard met 
              
            
            
              
              
              
              
                
              
              
              
                Selection:
                
                   C-2 
                
                
                  
              
              C-2
 Grade level:  3 
    
                    Word count: 1123 words 
                   Author: Ann Fields 
                   Synopsis: Golfer Michelle Wie has never backed down from a challenge, and she's not about to start now. 
                
              
                
                  Excerpt:
                  
                     In high school, many young athletes work hard to improve their skills. In college, they work even harder. After college, some of them become professional athletes, who get paid to play their sport. 
                    
 
Michelle isn't just good at golf. She's great! She became a professional athlete while she was in high school. How did she do it?
 
Michelle was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1989. Her parents were from South Korea, where her mother was very good at golf too. Michelle started to play golf when she was four years old.
 
                  
                
              
              
              Michelle isn't just good at golf. She's great! She became a professional athlete while she was in high school. How did she do it?
Michelle was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1989. Her parents were from South Korea, where her mother was very good at golf too. Michelle started to play golf when she was four years old.
                Question:
                Read this excerpt from the selection. Which of the following include the author's opinion?
                
            
          - Michelle isn't just good at golf. She's great!
- She became a professional athlete while she was in high school. How did she do it?
- After college, some of them become professional athletes, who get paid to play their sport.
- Michelle was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1989. Her parents were from South Korea, where her mother was very good at golf too.
              Writing
              
                 ✓ standard met 
              
            
            
              
                  Writing prompt:
                  
                    Is the author telling you how he or she feels or thinks about a topic, or is the author stating facts? What words give you clues about what the author is doing?
                  
                
              Evaluator
                  Organization:
                  Certica Solutions