RL.2.2
Description:
Key Ideas and Details
Retell stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine the author’s purpose (e.g., teach a lesson, make you laugh, tell a scary story, describe an imaginary place), lesson or moral.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2C, 5C
Exemplars
2C: Summarizing
2C: Summarizing
Description:
Summarizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-40
B-40
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1083 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: A Native American boy outsmarts Big Chief North Wind.
Excerpt:
"I will not leave," young Shingebis said as he sat down on a rock.
"But you must come with us," the other people said.
"All the people in our tribe are afraid," thought Shingebis. "They are afraid of Big Chief North Wind. But I am not afraid!" Shingebis stayed on his rock and watched the birds fly high in the sky. The birds also were going south.
"You will be sorry," the other people said to Shingebis. "Big Chief North Wind will get angry, and he will bring such cold that you will freeze."
"But you must come with us," the other people said.
"All the people in our tribe are afraid," thought Shingebis. "They are afraid of Big Chief North Wind. But I am not afraid!" Shingebis stayed on his rock and watched the birds fly high in the sky. The birds also were going south.
"You will be sorry," the other people said to Shingebis. "Big Chief North Wind will get angry, and he will bring such cold that you will freeze."
Question:
The people in the Native American tribe thought that Big Chief North Wind would be angry
- if Shingebis did not go south with them.
- when Shingebis hid all the fish.
- if Shingebis went south with them.
- when Shingebis decided to light a fire.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write an email to a friend and describe a selection you read.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5C: Examining Genre
5C: Examining Genre
Description:
Examining Genre
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-51
B-51
Grade level: 2
Word count: 573 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: There is an important lesson to be learned in a farmer's fields.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
This selection is best described as
- a fable, because it teaches a lesson.
- a myth, because it describes powerful gods.
- a biography, because it describes the life of a real person.
- science fiction, because it talks about aliens and technology.
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:
Certica Solutions