LAFS.7.RI.1.3
Description:
Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
3A, 3B, 3C
Exemplars
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
Description:
Analyzing Cause and Effect
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
G-18
G-18
Grade level: 7
Word count: 1668 words
Author: Mary R. Dunn
Synopsis: Nature has been busy creating shimmering sculptures deep in the Earth.
Excerpt:
Years later, in the same Cave of Crystals, workers found another room filled with sparkling crystals. This new chamber had glistening cauliflower-shaped forms, so they named it the Ice Palace. Although it is a wonder to see, no visitors are allowed inside this cave because it gets so hot.
Question:
The Ice Palace mentioned in this selection does not allow visitors because
- its hot temperature is life threatening.
- it is more than 100 miles long.
- it is so cold that the floors are covered with ice.
- its stalactites are in danger of falling.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe the cause and effect relationship in a selection you read.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
3B: Analyzing Plot/Character
3B: Analyzing Plot/Character
Description:
Analyzing setting, plot, and character
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
G-17
G-17
Grade level: 7
Word count: 1876 words
Author: Barack Obama
Synopsis: The future of America depends on what students are learning today.
Excerpt:
That's why today I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education -- and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book. Maybe you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community.
Question:
When it comes to goals, President Obama recommends that students should set goals that are
- simple and helpful.
- impractical and unreachable.
- easy and informal.
- unclear and imprecise.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Think about the characters in a selection. What motivates these characters to act the way they do?
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
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:
Curriculum Design Institute