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LAFS.3.RL.2.4

Description: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 4A, 4B, 4C

Exemplars

4B: Interpreting Analogies

4B: Interpreting Analogies

Description: Interpreting Analogies

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-24

C-24

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1323 words
Author: Michael H. Levitt
Synopsis: Was the stranger telling the truth? Did he even EXIST?
Excerpt: The darkness seemed to close around me like a big, black glove. I thought, "I'm sure glad I'm not outside this evening. I had better make sure the light is working, because this would be the worst time for it to fail."

Question: What does the boy mean when he says, "The darkness seemed to close around me like a big, black glove"?
  1. It was so dark that the boy could not see anything.
  2. The boy thought he could touch the darkness with his hand.
  3. The darkness warmed the boy's hands.
  4. The darkness made the boy feel safe and happy.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: List five words in a selection that helped you form a picture in your mind. Do additional research to find a synonym and antonym for each word, and use the word in a sentence.

Evaluator

Organization: Curriculum Design Institute

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

Description: Interpreting Word Meaning

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-50

C-50

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1203 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: How can an artist's picture and a mirror teach a lesson about the meaning of texts? Read on to find out.
Excerpt: However, after a few days there was a noticeable return of interest.

Question: Read this sentence from the selection. Which of the following words most closely means "noticeable"?
  1. obvious
  2. tiny
  3. hidden
  4. confusing

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Choose a selection that included some unfamiliar vocabulary. Replace the unfamiliar words with synonyms that are easier to understand yet still convey the same meaning.

Evaluator

Organization: Curriculum Design Institute

4C: Visualizing

4C: Visualizing

Description: Visualizing

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-24

C-24

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1323 words
Author: Michael H. Levitt
Synopsis: Was the stranger telling the truth? Did he even EXIST?
Excerpt: "Well," he said, "the old lighthouse had been here for many years. It was not as big as this one. It did not have electrical equipment. The light was from a fire that the lighthouse keeper had to tend. The light wasn't as strong as it is today, so boats at a great distance couldn't see it. But the signal never failed to warn boats away from the rocks."

Question: The old sailor said that the old lighthouse differed from the new lighthouse in which two of the following ways?
  1. The old lighthouse was smaller.
  2. The old lighthouse needed a fire to create light.
  3. The old lighthouse was taller.
  4. The old lighthouse was damaged by a boat that crashed into it.
  5. The old lighthouse had a more powerful light that could be seen from great distances.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: List words and phrases in a selection that helped you form a picture of a place, object, or event in a selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Curriculum Design Institute