CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.4
Description:
Craft and Structure
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4A, 4B, 4C, 5A, 6A
Exemplars
4A: Interpreting Word Meaning
4A: Interpreting Word Meaning
Description:
Interpreting Word Meaning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-59
B-59
Grade level: 2
Word count: 975 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: Long ago, people created stories to explain unusual things they saw in nature. This old story offers an unsual explanation about where fish go on cold days.
Excerpt:
The sunfish rubbed two sticks together, but he could not produce even one spark.
Question:
Read this part from the selection. The word "produce" means
- create.
- think about.
- become warm.
- destroy.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Choose a selection that included some unfamiliar vocabulary. Replace the unfamiliar words with synonyms that are easier to understand yet still convey the same meaning.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
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
4C: Visualizing
4C: Visualizing
Description:
Visualizing
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:
The oldest sister was strong and tall. She was called Corn. She wore green dress. She had shiny golden hair. She stood very straight in the field. She stood above her sisters. Corn protected them.
Question:
The legend of the three sisters describes one of the sisters as having a "green dress and golden hair." What is this phrase describing?
- the green leaves and yellow corn on a corn plant
- the green vine and yellow roots of a squash plant
- the green eyes and yellow shirt of a Native American boy
- the green and yellow flowers on a bean plant vine
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Authors often use words in the same way artists use paints to create a picture. Describe how an author used words in this way in a selection you read.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiB-23
HiB-23
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1133 words
Author: L. Frank Baum
Synopsis: Dorothy is in for a most unusual ride.
Excerpt:
When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife. The sun and wind had changed her, too. They had taken the sparkle from her eyes. They turned her eyes a serious gray. They had taken the red from her cheeks and lips. They were gray also. She was thin and gaunt, and never smiled now.
Uncle Henry never laughed. He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots. He looked stern and solemn. He rarely spoke.
Uncle Henry never laughed. He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots. He looked stern and solemn. He rarely spoke.
Question:
Based on this excerpt, the color gray is repeated to give the idea that Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are
- serious.
- happy.
- confused.
- energetic.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Why would an author choose to tell a story that does not follow chronological order? Use an example from a fictional story you have read to support your argument.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
Description:
Recognizing Author's Purpose
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-68
B-68
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1004 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: While walking around her house, Kayla discovers that people need to use math all the time.
Excerpt:
Kayla sighed. "Dad, why do I need to learn math? No one uses math outside of school."
Question:
Read this part from the selection. Why did the author use the word "sighed" in this part?
- to show that Kayla is upset
- to prove that Kayla is happy
- to explain why Kayla likes math
- to demonstrate that Kayla is afraid
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
List all the things you like about a selection. Then explain which of these reasons are based on fact and which are based on opinion.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions