Reading Plus State Standards Alignment: Exemplars

8B: Reasoning

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Selection: C-51

Excerpt: Being a teacher in China is different from teaching in the United States. For example, Chinese students usually do not talk to teachers when they are in the classroom. A teacher stands in front of the class and teaches a lesson. The students sit silently. They listen and take notes.

China is one of the most polluted countries in the world. In the city where I teach, pollution makes the skies gray and foggy. Many people have a hard time breathing with all the pollution in the air.

Question: Based on what you read in this selection, which two of the following statements are correct?

The classrooms in China are quieter than the classrooms in America.
Air pollution causes health problems for many people in China.
It is easy to find an empty seat on a bus in China.
American fast food restaurants are the only places to buy a meal in China.
People in China are healthier than people from other places due to clean, fresh air.

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Writing prompt: Write three "why" questions about a selection and provide evidence from the text on how those questions should be answered.

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1A: Recalling Explicit Details

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Selection: C-1

Excerpt: Ray's full name was Ray Charles Robinson. He was born on September 23, 1930, in Georgia, at the beginning of the Depression. It was a bad time for everyone. There were no jobs, and people had no way of making money. It was especially bad in the South, where Ray lived. There were still problems between white people and black people in the South. Slavery had ended in 1865, but a lot of white people still did not believe black people were equal. Some white people were unkind to black people and made life very difficult for them.

Question: Which statement best describes the time when Ray was born?

It was a time when there were few jobs and people had little money.
It was a time of many good jobs for anyone who wanted to work.
It was a time when black people and white people had the same opportunities.
It was a time when the United States when slavery was legal.

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Writing prompt: Describe how you felt when you read a selection. Were you happy, sad, or did you feel something else? Explain why the selection made you feel this way.

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1B: Analyzing Implicit Details

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Selection: C-3

Excerpt: In China, the word for rice means food. When Chinese people meet friends, they do not say, "How are you?" They say, "Have you had your rice today?" If you are not Chinese, that question might get you some strange looks.

Question: Why do people in China ask, "Have you had your rice today?"

They want to make sure their friends are well fed and healthy.
They think that people should not eat rice every day.
They want to be invited to a dinner where rice is part of the meal.
They always prepare extra rice for all of their friends and neighbors.

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Writing prompt: Did the title of this selection provide you with clues about the selection's main idea? Why or why not?

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3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect

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Selection: C-20

Excerpt: If you do see a crocodile in the water, you may not know what it is. When it floats in a river, it looks just like a log. No one is afraid of a log. By the time you (or some other animal or fish) find out the log isn't a log, it's too late. The crocodile opens its big wide mouth and snap!

Question: A crocodile looks as if it is a log in the water. How is this helpful?

The crocodile can surprise its prey.
The crocodile can float like a piece of wood.
Other animals can ride on the crocodile's back.
Humans will not hurt the crocodile.

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Writing prompt: Write three "why" questions about things that happened in a selection and then answer those questions.

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8B: Reasoning

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Selection: C-5

Excerpt: Although we usually hear only about the harm a forest fire does, it is a part of the cycle of life on Earth. Some kinds of plants depend on fire to help their growth. During a fire, burned plants release nutrients into the ground. These make the soil rich and help new plants grow. This new growth is good for the forest and the animals that live there.

Question: Which statement from the selection supports the author's claim that sometimes a wildfire can be helpful?

Burned plants release nutrients into the ground.
The sun's heat can set off a fire.
A fire team may battle a wildfire from the air.
A soft wood tree, like a fir tree, will burn fast.

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CCS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1

Exemplars

8B: Reasoning

8B: Reasoning

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C-51

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1A: Recalling Explicit Details

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C-20

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8B: Reasoning

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C-5

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