CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.3
Description:
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
3A, 3B, 3C
Exemplars
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-11
HiE-11
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1713 words
Author: Dustin Rowland
Synopsis: In some parts of the world, animals are built to survive in temperatures that humans could not bear.
Excerpt:
Because it does not mind the heat, the silver ant will actually choose the hottest time of day to search for food. In fact, the silver ant becomes active only when temperatures reach at least 115 degrees. Although they can survive for only eight to ten minutes in that heat without burning up, they choose this time for a reason.
Question:
According to the selection, if the silver ant takes longer than ten minutes to search for food, it will
- burn up and die.
- starve to death.
- freeze to death.
- change its color.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Use a selection you have read to finish this statement: "If only (a character) had done (this action) instead of (this action), then (make a prediction about what might have happened)." Use details from the selection to explain and support your prediction.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
3B: Analyzing Plot/Character
3B: Analyzing Plot/Character
Description:
Analyzing setting, plot, and character
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-1
HiE-1
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1716 words
Author: Kerry Mescallado
Synopsis: President Theodore Roosevelt was one of America's most prominent and energetic leaders. But to his children, he was just a big kid.
Excerpt:
"Has the lordly Ted turned up yet? Is his loving sister able to reduce the size of his head, or does she need any assistance from her male parent? Your affectionate father, The Tyrant."
Question:
In this excerpt, Roosevelt described his son, Ted, as "lordly" and asked his daughter, Ethel, if she needed any help "to reduce the size of his head." What do these lines say about Ted and Ethel?
- Ted would act bossy, like a king, and Ethel would try to get him to stop.
- Ted refused to try any new foods unless Ethel tried them first.
- Ted was afraid to travel and Ethel had to comfort him.
- Ted took care of the stray animals he found, but Ethel thought they were dangerous.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe the mood of the characters in a selection. Why did the characters feel the way they did?
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
Description:
Analyzing Cause and Effect
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiE-3
HiE-3
Grade level: 5
Word count: 1582 words
Author: Ben Robinson
Synopsis: Tony Hawk is a skateboarding legend. He is known for his fearless, record-breaking skating as well as his business success.
Excerpt:
Because skating is such a risky sport, the skate parks needed to have insurance. The parks had to pay money to insurance companies in case a skater was injured. If the number of skaters increased, then the insurance costs increased. High insurance costs forced many skate parks to close, so skaters did not have a place to enjoy their sport.
Question:
According to the selection, high insurance costs led to
- skate park closures.
- new rules about skateboard safety.
- some sponsors paying Tony Hawk more money.
- the creation of new skate parks.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Create a "chain of events" diagram for a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Curriculum Design Institute