LAFS.3.RL.2.5
Description:
Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
5A, 5B, 5C
Exemplars
5C: Examining Genre
5C: Examining Genre
Description:
Examining Genre
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-13
C-13
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1398 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: The golden beetle is a great gift. But it also may be the reason dogs and cats don't get along.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
This selection is best described as
- a myth, because it tries to explain something about how our world works.
- a biography, because it describes the life of a real person who lived long ago.
- science fiction, because it tells about aliens and is set in the future.
- a recipe, because it is a set of instructions on how to make a certain kind of dumpling.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
How do you know if a text is fiction or non-fiction? Provide examples from texts you have read to support your ideas.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
5B: Examining Sequence
5B: Examining Sequence
Description:
Examining Sequence of Ideas and Events
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-33
C-33
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1352 words
Author: Caroline Mays Brevard
Synopsis: A young girl has an unexpected visit.
Excerpt:
The sun shone warm and bright over the Brandon house, just as it did in the nearby North Carolina town of Salisbury.
The rest of her family had left not an hour before. They climbed into their carriage and drove into town.
But as she sat on the front porch, Betsy saw that not everyone had gone to Salisbury that morning. In the distance, she saw two gentlemen come riding down the road on horseback.
Betsy herself ran down the hill to the springhouse where the milk and butter were kept in the cold, clear spring water. In a short time, the simple meal was ready.
"Goodbye, sir," said Betsy, curtsying. "But when will I get to see General Washington?"
Eagerly, she raised her eyes to meet those of the kindly stranger who had made her the promise. With a smile, he answered, "I am General Washington."
The rest of her family had left not an hour before. They climbed into their carriage and drove into town.
But as she sat on the front porch, Betsy saw that not everyone had gone to Salisbury that morning. In the distance, she saw two gentlemen come riding down the road on horseback.
Betsy herself ran down the hill to the springhouse where the milk and butter were kept in the cold, clear spring water. In a short time, the simple meal was ready.
"Goodbye, sir," said Betsy, curtsying. "But when will I get to see General Washington?"
Eagerly, she raised her eyes to meet those of the kindly stranger who had made her the promise. With a smile, he answered, "I am General Washington."
Question:
Put these events from the selection in the order in which they occurred, from first to last.
- The Brandon family left for Salisbury to see the president.
- Two gentlemen on horseback rode up to the Brandon home.
- Betsy got milk and butter from the springhouse to serve to her guests.
- The plain old man introduces himself as General Washington.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Create a timeline of the sequence of events in a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-36
C-36
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1195 words
Author: Mark Twain
Synopsis: What's the best way to get a boy to do something? Tell him he can't do it.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
Which statement best describes the narrator of this selection?
- The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of other characters, but he is not a character in the selection.
- The narrator is a the main character in this selection, and he speaks to the reader and to other characters.
- Tom Sawyer's friend is the narrator of the selection.
- This selection has no narrator.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe a selection's beginning, middle, and end.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute