CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.8
Description:
(RL.9-10.8 not applicable to literature)
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
8A, 8B
Exemplars
8A: Judging Validity
8A: Judging Validity
Description:
Judge Validity
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-31
J-31
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2321 words
Author: Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Synopsis: Harald, son of Viking explorer Erik the Red, led a life full of great adventure, excitement, and danger. This tale mixes fact and fantasy.
Excerpt:
Harald was going to the new western world called the Wonderstrands, which his brothers had discovered but left without sufficient exploration. The name implied it was an unusual land. First, however, he was to stop at Greenland, which his father had first discovered.
Erik the Red had chosen the name "Greenland" because, as he said, it was inevitable that people would be attracted there if it had a good name.
Erik the Red had chosen the name "Greenland" because, as he said, it was inevitable that people would be attracted there if it had a good name.
Question:
Which is correct?
- Vikings used descriptive names for the lands they discovered and explored.
- Harald was the only son of Viking explorer Erik the Red.
- The Viking who conquered Wonderstrands has never been identified.
- Vikings were small, malnourished people but they were fiercely brave.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Imagine you are developing a new app to determine if a text is true or not true. What text clues would the app need to search for to judge validity? Provide examples.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
8B: Reasoning
8B: Reasoning
Description:
Reasoning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-31
J-31
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2321 words
Author: Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Synopsis: Harald, son of Viking explorer Erik the Red, led a life full of great adventure, excitement, and danger. This tale mixes fact and fantasy.
Excerpt:
The myths and classic tales of Vikings portray these people as aggressive warriors who left destruction wherever they landed, pillaging whatever goods they found.
So Harald left his home with his father, Erik the Red, in a gigantic galley called the "Sea-serpent." They sailed through the Mediterranean Sea.
The oars were 20 feet long, and were put through oar holes, and the rudder, shaped like a large oar, was not at the end, but was attached to a projecting beam on the starboard side. The ship was to be called a "Dragon," and was painted to look like one, having a gilded dragon's head at the bow and a gilded tail on the stern. The moving oars would look like legs; and the row of red and white shields, hung along the side of the boat, would resemble the scales of a dragon; and the great square sails, red and blue, would look like wings.
So Harald left his home with his father, Erik the Red, in a gigantic galley called the "Sea-serpent." They sailed through the Mediterranean Sea.
The oars were 20 feet long, and were put through oar holes, and the rudder, shaped like a large oar, was not at the end, but was attached to a projecting beam on the starboard side. The ship was to be called a "Dragon," and was painted to look like one, having a gilded dragon's head at the bow and a gilded tail on the stern. The moving oars would look like legs; and the row of red and white shields, hung along the side of the boat, would resemble the scales of a dragon; and the great square sails, red and blue, would look like wings.
Question:
Based on what you have read about Vikings, what is the main reason they designed their boats to look like dragons?
- to intimidate enemies
- to entertain themselves
- to honor their gods
- to imitate competitors
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
What motivates people? Use details from a selection you have read, as well as your reasoning skills, to support your answer.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute