RL.4.1
Description:
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1A, 1B, 4C
Exemplars
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Description:
Identifying explicit details including character, time, setting and speaker
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-14
D-14
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1549 words
Author: Anonymous
Synopsis: A king finds that having his greatest wish come true is one of the worst things to ever happen to him.
Excerpt:
Once upon a time there lived a very rich king whose name was Midas. He loved two things more than anything else in the whole world; his daughter, first, and his gold, second.
Question:
According to the selection, what two things does Midas love more than anything else?
- his daughter and his gold
- his gold and his garden
- his daughter and his kingdom
- his daughter and his wife
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Write a speech for a character in a selection you read in which the character describes his or her life, home, and the things he or she likes to do.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description:
Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiD-29
HiD-29
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1523 words
Author: Misha Berman
Synopsis: A little messiness might not be a problem. A disaster area is another story.
Excerpt:
"The window is open!" Rebecca whispered, her eyes now big as full moons. Then she picked up one of the apples scattered on the floor. "Look, someone has bitten into this! Don't try to tell me Tiny was eating an apple."
Question:
Why does Rebecca think there is an intruder?
- The window is open, and someone had bitten into an apple.
- She always thinks the opposite of what Dee thinks.
- She heard footsteps running down the hall.
- The cat is acting very guilty.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Did the title of this selection provide you with clues about the selection's main idea? Why or why not?
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
4C: Visualizing
4C: Visualizing
Description:
Visualizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-25
D-25
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1511 words
Author: John R. Corvell
Synopsis: Now come on. There's no such thing as a bird the size of an elephant. Is there?
Excerpt:
It looked like a large, round, white stone lying near some thick brush. I decided to take a closer look, so I walked over. I give you my word, this is the truth! It was a huge egg, as big as a bucket!
Question:
Pierre described the egg as being the same size as a
- bucket.
- cup.
- coconut.
- person's head.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Draw a picture of something that happened in a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions