RL.2.6

Description: With prompting and support, acknowledge differences in the perspectives of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud, and how those perspectives shape the content of the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 9A

Exemplars

9A: Comparing/Contrasting

9A: Comparing/Contrasting

Description: Compare, Contrast, and/or Integrate

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: B-52

B-52

Grade level: 2
Word count: 1249 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: This old story teaches a lesson about listening to good advice.
Excerpt: They boy had never seen the bear look so nice. "Where are you going?" the boy asked.

"Don't go! Don't go!" cried the boy. "If you do you will never come back! You have the most beautiful fur in the world. It is the kind of fur that people want to use as a rug. The people at the wedding will be sure to harm you and take your fur."

"Where are you going?" the boy asked the wolf.

"Don't go!" said the boy again. "Your fur is so thick and warm. Winter is not far off now. The people at the wedding will harm you. They will take your fur."

Next the boy met the fox.

"You look very fine!" said the boy. "Are you going to the farmer's wedding?"

"You poor fellow," said the boy. "Take my advice. Stay at home. The farmer's dogs will tear you to pieces. They will be harming you to get your fur."

Question: In what way are the bear, the fox, and the wolf alike?
  1. They all are in danger of being harmed by the people at the wedding.
  2. They all change their minds about going to the wedding after talking with the boy.
  3. They all got up early to brush their fur before the wedding.
  4. They all met the boy for the first time when they went to the wedding.
  5. They all decided to ignore the boy's advice and go to the wedding.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: How is the life of a character in a selection similar to (or different from) your own life?

Evaluator

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