9-10.RL.2.2
Description:
Analyze in detail the development of two or more themes over the course of a work of literature, including how they emerge and are specific and refined by specific details.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
I-7
I-7
Grade level: 9
Word count: 1833 words
Author: Charles Dickens
Synopsis: A young orphan, whose life's expectations are dim, meets a strange man while visiting his parents' graves in the village churchyard.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
This selection is mainly about
- a young boy who has a frightening experience while visiting his parents' graves.
- a poor boy who has to take care of his younger brother after their parents die.
- an orphaned boy who is forced by a young sailor to work on a pirate ship.
- a brave boy who feeds an old man, who has abandoned his ship.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
List three supporting details from a selection and explain how those details helped you determine the selection's main idea.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions