All States » FL » Grade 8 » Reading » ELA.8.R.2.1

ELA.8.R.2.1

Description: Structure Analyze how individual text sections and/or features convey a purpose and/or meaning in texts.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 5A, 6A

Exemplars

5A: Examining Text Structure

5A: Examining Text Structure

Description: Examining Text Structure

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: H-24

H-24

Grade level: 8
Word count: 1674 words
Author: Travis J. Best
Synopsis: Jesse Ventura launched himself from the wrestling ring to the governor's mansion.
Excerpt: Without wrestling he never would have had the notoriety to run for office, or possibly even be in movies. Without holding the prestigious office of mayor he never could have hoped to successfully run for the even more prestigious one as governor.

Question: Based on this excerpt, which two answers describe the relationship between these two sentences?
  1. cause and effect
  2. chronological order
  3. problem and solution
  4. main idea and supporting detail
  5. right and wrong

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Explain an author's use of description in a selection, and how the description shaped the way you viewed and understood the person, object, or event described.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

6A: Recognizing Author's Intent

6A: Recognizing Author's Intent

Description: Recognizing Author's Purpose

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: H-26

H-26

Grade level: 8
Word count: 1706 words
Author: Guinevere Tobias
Synopsis: The tomato was once thought to be poisonous.
Excerpt: A crowd of thousands gathered to watch Johnson eat himself to death. He didn't die, of course, and his feat gave many people the courage to try the fruit. This story may or may not be true; in some versions, President Thomas Jefferson was the one who ate the tomatoes. Whether or not anybody actually ate a basket of tomatoes in public, we do know for sure that more and more people started eating tomatoes in the 1800s.

Question: The author's purpose in writing this selection was
  1. to entertain readers with tales and truths about the tomato.
  2. to provide readers with scientific research on the tomato.
  3. to encourage readers to consume more tomato products.
  4. to substantiate health claims made by the tomato industry.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: How does the author progress a selection to its conclusion? Provide three examples.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions