CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.6
Description:
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
6A, 6B, 6C
Exemplars
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
Description:
Recognizing Author's Purpose
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-19
D-19
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1073 words
Author: Christine Venzon
Synopsis: While watching a baseball game, Adrian finds out the sport has its own special language.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
The author's purpose for writing this selection is to
- amuse.
- frighten.
- argue against.
- criticize.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Explain the reason why an author wrote a selection. Be sure to use evidence from the selection to support your answer.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
Description:
Recognizing Persuasive Devices
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-15
D-15
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1303 words
Author: Joyce C. Trygstad
Synopsis: The aquarium's dolphin is unhappy. Can scientists figure out how to help him?
Excerpt:
Scientists have also learned that dolphins are as social as they are intelligent. Just as we need to have contact with other human beings, a dolphin needs to have contact with other dolphins. That's the biggest lesson Whittles shared.
Question:
The author thinks the most important thing the scientists did was
- learn that dolphins need other dolphins to be happy and healthy.
- discover that dolphins cannot communicate.
- discover that dolphins are afraid of humans.
- realize that keeping dolphins in a pen will make them unhappy.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Explain how you can tell if an author is writing about something real or make-believe in a selection. Use examples from at least four selections you have read to support your argument.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
6C: Recognizing Mood/Tone
6C: Recognizing Mood/Tone
Description:
Recognizing Mood and Tone
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-19
D-19
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1073 words
Author: Christine Venzon
Synopsis: While watching a baseball game, Adrian finds out the sport has its own special language.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
The tone of a text is the author's attitude toward the topic. Which of the following best describe the tone of this selection?
- humorous and cheerful.
- angry and bitter.
- undecided and frightened.
- sincere and doubtful.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Give examples of selections that did the following: made you laugh, taught you something new, changed your opinion about something, made you want to try to do something new.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute