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RI.2.2

Description: Key Ideas and Details Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 2A, 9B

Exemplars

2A: Determining Main Idea

2A: Determining Main Idea

Description: Determining Main Idea and Themes

SeeReader
~ standard partially met

Selection: B-1

B-1

Grade level: 2
Word count: 1097 words
Author: Carlos Valdoza
Synopsis: Are you the oldest in your family? The youngest? In between? The only? Your answer tells a lot about you.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: This selection is mainly about
  1. how family birth order affects your personality.
  2. why first-born kids are more likely to be president.
  3. which traits are the most dangerous.
  4. what you can do to change your birth order.

Writing
~ standard partially met

Writing prompt: Use a story map to show the main idea and its supporting details in a selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

9B: Classifying

9B: Classifying

Description: Classify

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: B-49

B-49

Grade level: 2
Word count: 1087 words
Author: Barbara Smalley
Synopsis: Hot dogs are one of America's most popular foods.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: Hot dogs are popular for many reasons. All of these statements explain why hot dogs are popular EXCEPT
  1. "Hot dogs have a narrow tube shape, and they are usually brown."
  2. "Hot dogs can be easily heated in a pan, on a grill, or in boiling water."
  3. "Hot dogs are available in most places, and they do not cost much money."
  4. "Hot dogs can be served with any kind of topping a person likes."

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Write three headings: Places, Animals, Events. Under these headings, list the names and main ideas of at least 7 non-fiction texts you have read.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions