CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3
Description:
Key Ideas and Details
Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A, 3C, 5B
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
L-2
L-2
Grade level: 12
Word count: 2262 words
Author: Beth Renaud
Synopsis: The Harlem Renaissance brought talented African American writers and artists into the mainstream of American culture.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
What is the main idea of this selection?
- The Harlem Renaissance gave voice to African American's discontent in America.
- During the Harlem Renaissance, African American musicians expressed their ideas through jazz.
- The Harlem Renaissance showed that African Americans were not content to accept racial discrimination.
- During the Harlem Renaissance, a middle class of educated black Americans emerged.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Using the Internet or other research tools, find three additional pieces of information that support the main idea stated in the selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
Description:
Analyzing Cause and Effect
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
L-4
L-4
Grade level: 12
Word count: 2455 words
Author: Elizabeth Graziose
Synopsis: Therapy sessions have become more exciting and beneficial with the introduction of video games.
Excerpt:
Although many systems are modified to meet specific therapeutic requirements, physical therapy can still be aided with the use of an unmodified gaming system. A popular virtual reality game system is being used in its unmodified form. This system requires the players to physically move their entire bodies while playing, therefore causing them to carry out some of the traditional exercises that are used in physical therapy. By taking part in the variety of games, patients are gaining strength and endurance without feeling as if they are in therapy.
Question:
Choose the sentence in this excerpt that explains how an unmodified gaming system can be used in aiding physical therapy.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Using your science book, give three examples of each of the following: single cause--single effect, single cause--multiple effects, multiple causes--single effect.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5B: Examining Sequence
5B: Examining Sequence
Description:
Examining Sequence of Ideas and Events
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
L-7
L-7
Grade level: 12
Word count: 2446 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: The Soviets shot down an American pilot during the Cold War. What happened when it was revealed the pilot was on a spy mission?
Excerpt:
"The pilot, as are all pilots used on NASA's program of upper atmosphere research with the U-2 airplane, is a civilian employed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, builders of the plane."
To add credence to the smokescreen, the United States proclaimed it was grounding all U-2 aircraft for inspections of their oxygen systems before authorizing any additional weather research missions.
On May 6, 1960, the American Embassy in Moscow sent a communique to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
To add credence to the smokescreen, the United States proclaimed it was grounding all U-2 aircraft for inspections of their oxygen systems before authorizing any additional weather research missions.
On May 6, 1960, the American Embassy in Moscow sent a communique to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Question:
Immediately following the announcement that Powers' plane was missing, the U.S. government took steps to support its cover story. According to the selection, what was the government's first step?
- It grounded all U-2 planes for inspection of their oxygen systems.
- It grounded all U-2 planes for inspection of their surveillance systems.
- It re-certified all U-2 pilots to ensure they were trained to properly operate the aircraft.
- It launched multiple weather research missions through NASA.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Think about the selections you have read that explain how something happens or is done. Explain the process in complete detail in your own words, so that people reading your instructions are able to understand or perform the entire process successfully on their own.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions