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RI.2.7

Description: Identify information gained from visuals and words in the text, and explain how that information contributes to understanding of the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 2B, 3B, 7C, 8A, 8B

Exemplars

2B: Analyzing Relative Importance

2B: Analyzing Relative Importance

Description: Determining Relative Importance

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: B-14

B-14

Grade level: 2
Word count: 934 words
Author: Amie Leavitt
Synopsis: Jane Goodall is an expert on chimps and one of nature's greatest friends.
Excerpt: During her trip, Goodall met a man named Louis Leakey. He was a scientist who studied the natural world. He studied fossils, animals, and plants. Leakey was impressed with Goodall's love of nature. So he hired her to work with his group of scientists.

At first, Goodall worked as a secretary. Then Leakey gave her other tasks to do. He could see that she had great potential as a scientist.

Question: Louis Leakey was most impressed with Goodall's
  1. love of nature.
  2. kindness.
  3. sense of humor.
  4. ability to work with others.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe parts of a selection that held important clues to help you understand what was happening.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

3B: Analyzing Plot/Character

Description: Analyzing setting, plot, and character

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: B-21

B-21

Grade level: 2
Word count: 1150 words
Author: Amie Leavitt
Synopsis: Sister volcanoes: twice the fun, and twice the danger.
Excerpt: Native American groups said the mountain was a sacred place. They did not climb to the top. They were afraid that doing so might upset their gods.

Question: Native Americans did not climb to the top of Mount Rainier because
  1. they thought it might make the gods angry.
  2. English settlers were living at the top.
  3. they thought the mountain was too small to climb.
  4. the mountain constantly erupted with lava.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Explain why you agree or disagree with the behavior of a character.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

7C: Interpreting Images

7C: Interpreting Images

Description: Intepreting Images and Maps

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: B-6

B-6

Grade level: 2
Word count: 787 words
Author: Susan Hughes
Synopsis: The tiger is a beautiful animal but it is in great danger. We need to help the tiger before it is too late.
Image:
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Question: Look at this image. Based on what you read, this tiger is most likely
  1. looking for something to eat in a lake.
  2. feeling scared because it is in water.
  3. swimming in a pond with many other tigers.
  4. hiding from one of its many predators.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Can an image help you understand a selection's main idea or theme? Choose two selections you read and explain how the image did or did not help you understand the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

8A: Judging Validity

8A: Judging Validity

Description: Judge Validity

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: B-18

B-18

Grade level: 2
Word count: 1107 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: It would be impossible to live without plants. They are very important to our lives. From breathing to eating to brushing our teeth, we use plants throughout the day.
Excerpt: Water moves from the roots of a plant to its leaves. When the water reaches the leaves, it changes into a vapor. You cannot see this vapor but it gets into the air. That water vapor joins with other vapor in the sky. It all comes together to make a cloud. Groups of clouds come together and we get rain. The rain falls to the ground.

Question: According to this selection, which of the following is true about plants?
  1. Plants have a role in the creation of rain water.
  2. Plants are not important for the environment.
  3. Plant pieces are found in most clouds.
  4. Plants can survive if their roots are cut off.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe at least five ways you can tell if a selection is true or not true. Use examples from selections you have read to support your statements.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

8B: Reasoning

8B: Reasoning

Description: Reasoning

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: B-15

B-15

Grade level: 2
Word count: 1069 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: How to make your school environmentally friendly, one step at a time.
Excerpt: Now that we're outside, let's talk about the best thing you can do to help your school go green. Have a Walk Ride Day each month. That's a day when students, parents, teachers--everyone--agrees to walk, ride a bike, take a bus or subway, or share a ride to school. This is a win for everyone. You get exercise and have fun. Your school's neighborhood gets cleaner air.

Question: How does sharing a ride to school help the environment?
  1. You will use only one car, so you save gas and cause less pollution.
  2. While you ride to school, you can talk to your friends.
  3. Riding in a car is faster than walking or riding a bike, so you will arrive at school earlier.
  4. Riding in a car means you can do your homework on the way to school.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Tell how two (or more) facts from a selection led you to answer a question about the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions