L.5
Description:
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4B, 4B
Exemplars
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-70
B-70
Grade level: 2
Word count: 995 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: Native Americans knew that corn, beans, and squash grow best when they are near each other. This fable explains it all!
Excerpt:
Today, many people enjoy growing plants in a garden. They may plant corn, beans, and squash. People who have these plants in gardens know that it is helpful if all three are planted together in a mound of soil.
Question:
Think about what you read. Bean, corn, and squash plants growing in a mound of soil in a garden are best described as
- teammates who work together.
- strangers who have never met.
- enemies who do not like one another.
- friends who never help each other.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Based on a selection that you have read, create an analogy for this statement: "Watching a friend go through a hard time is like…" and explain what you mean. Use details from the selection to illustrate and support your writing.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-9
B-9
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1133 words
Author: Ira Shull
Synopsis: You eat because you're hungry. But food affects a lot more than your stomach.
Excerpt:
If it does not get enough of the food it needs, your system will slow down. Don't let it run out of gas. Or you'll start to feel tired and slow again.
Question:
The author compares your body to a car because your body
- needs enough fuel at the right times.
- has a lot of parts and is hard to fix if it breaks down.
- can move forward and backward.
- should get checked once each year.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write a poem or song that compares two things using the word "as." For example, "she is as tall as a tree," or "he is as quiet as a mouse."
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions