LAFS.910.RL.1.1
Description:
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1A, 1B
Exemplars
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-17
J-17
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2251 words
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Synopsis: Simple actions may sometimes lead to unexpected, dire consequences.
Excerpt:
Jokers would make him tell the story of "the piece of string" to amuse them, just as you make a soldier who has been on a campaign tell his story of the battle. His mind kept growing weaker and about the end of December he took to his bed.
He passed away early in January, and, in the ravings of death agony, he protested his innocence, repeating, "A little bit of string -- a little bit of string. See, here it is, M'sieu le Mayor."
He passed away early in January, and, in the ravings of death agony, he protested his innocence, repeating, "A little bit of string -- a little bit of string. See, here it is, M'sieu le Mayor."
Question:
What happens to Hauchecorne at the end of this selection?
- He is driven to insanity and eventually death due to the false charges brought against him.
- He is vindicated in court and regains his reputation as an honest man.
- He is granted revenge when he becomes mayor and jails Malandain for making false accusations.
- He is found guilty by a jury of his peers and is sentenced to jail even though he is innocent.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe how you arrived at conclusions about a selection's main idea and characters if information about these text elements was not directly stated.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Description:
Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-11
J-11
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2199 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: Skylar and Jason's relationship is already strained when they're paired together for a class project. Will their "no-technology" challenge make them, or break them?
Excerpt:
"Okay, ladies and gents," Mr. Crawford began, "in our last class we discussed some of Henry David Thoreau's ideas about nature as expressed in his book, 'Walden,' particularly the notion Thoreau had of Walden pond as an eye -- 'intermediate in its nature between land and sky.' As you might recall, Thoreau's self-built one-room cabin was on his good friend Ralph Waldo Emerson's land, where he experimented in living independently as he sought self-fulfillment and closure over his brother's death."
Question:
According to Mr. Crawford, for which two reasons did Thoreau conduct his "experiment" at Walden Pond?
- to seek self-fulfillment
- to find closure over his brother's death
- to spend time with his friend Emerson
- to understand more about nature
- to learn how to build a cabin
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
The setting of a selection includes not only place but also time. Describe a selection you have read in which the historical time period was critical to the plot. For example, Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities.'
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute