ELA.2.R.3.1
Description:
Interpreting Figurative Language
Identify and explain similes, idioms, and alliteration in text(s).
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2C, 3A, 4B
Exemplars
2C: Summarizing
2C: Summarizing
Description:
Summarizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-5
B-5
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1000 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: The English language is full of sayings that don't mean what they say.
Excerpt:
Here's another idiom that may puzzle you: "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." It means you shouldn't be sure something will happen. There's always a chance it won't happen at all.
Question:
Someone who "counts their chickens before they hatch" is
- feeling sure a certain thing will happen.
- worrying too much about small details.
- working hard but not succeeding
- trying to make people laugh.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write an email to a friend and describe a selection you read.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-5
B-5
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1000 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: The English language is full of sayings that don't mean what they say.
Excerpt:
Its history goes back a long way. In the 1500s, houses had roofs made of straw. Cats and dogs usually slept outside, not in the house. On a cold, rainy night, they went up to the roof. They snuggled under the straw. It was the only place where they could get warm. But wet straw can be slippery, so sometimes the cats and dogs fell off the roof. People looked out their windows and said, "Look! It's raining cats and dogs!" Today we say "it's raining cats and dogs" when it rains really hard.
Question:
What might have happened if goats, rather than cats and dogs, sat on roofs in the rain?
- The idiom would be "it's raining goats!"
- It would rain even harder.
- People would panic when it started to rain.
- The idiom would be "where are the cats and dogs?"
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Use a selection you have read to finish this statement: "If only (a character) had done (this action) instead of (this action), then (make a prediction about what might have happened)." Use details from the selection to explain and support your prediction.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
B-9
B-9
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1133 words
Author: Ira Shull
Synopsis: You eat because you're hungry. But food affects a lot more than your stomach.
Excerpt:
If it does not get enough of the food it needs, your system will slow down. Don't let it run out of gas. Or you'll start to feel tired and slow again.
Question:
The author compares your body to a car because your body
- needs enough fuel at the right times.
- has a lot of parts and is hard to fix if it breaks down.
- can move forward and backward.
- should get checked once each year.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write a poem or song that compares two things using the word "as." For example, "she is as tall as a tree," or "he is as quiet as a mouse."
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions