4.RL.2.2
Description:
Paraphrase or summarize the main events in a story, myth, legend, or novel; identify the theme and provide evidence for the interpretation.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A, 2C, 5B
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-5
D-5
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1577 words
Author: Mary Dunn
Synopsis: Things are not going right for Peter--not at all. But it's nothing a few jelly beans can't fix.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
This selection is mainly about
- how things sometimes turn out better than you expect them to.
- how to make a great pot of soup by adding surprising things.
- two people who don't get along but have to spend the day together.
- learning how to live without peanut butter for one day.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write an email to a friend and describe a selection you read.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
2C: Summarizing
2C: Summarizing
Description:
Summarizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-51
D-51
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1175 words
Author: Daniel Varnell
Synopsis: When a family gets stuck on a faraway planet, they must ask aliens for help.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
The theme of a story is its message or "big idea." Which of the following phrases best summarizes the theme of this selection.
- only the truth matters
- always show kindness
- use your manners
- never talk to strangers
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Use your own words to describe the ending of a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5B: Examining Sequence
5B: Examining Sequence
Description:
Examining Sequence of Ideas and Events
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-15
D-15
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1303 words
Author: Joyce C. Trygstad
Synopsis: The aquarium's dolphin is unhappy. Can scientists figure out how to help him?
Excerpt:
When the scientists noticed that the dolphin rarely came to the surface to get air, and showed no interest in eating, they began to worry.
They'd put microphones in and above the pen to increase the volume of the sounds Whittles made.
Midnight Maid pushed Whittles up several times while he breathed.
Then he played the recording at a slow speed. At the regular speed, the recording sounded like the familiar clicks and whistles. At the slower speed, however, the dolphins' sounds were similar to the sounds of human language.
They'd put microphones in and above the pen to increase the volume of the sounds Whittles made.
Midnight Maid pushed Whittles up several times while he breathed.
Then he played the recording at a slow speed. At the regular speed, the recording sounded like the familiar clicks and whistles. At the slower speed, however, the dolphins' sounds were similar to the sounds of human language.
Question:
Put the following events in the order in which they occurred, from first to last.
- Whittles stopped eating his food.
- Scientists put microphones in and above Whittles' pen.
- Midnight Maid pushed Whittles up to the surface of the water.
- The scientists listened to slowed-down recordings of Whittles and Midnight Maid.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe a selection's beginning, middle, and end.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions