RL.6.4.9.9
Description:
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres including those by and about Minnesota American Indians (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
2A, 3A
Exemplars
2A: Determining Main Idea
2A: Determining Main Idea
Description:
Determining Main Idea and Themes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
F-6
F-6
Grade level: 6
Word count: 1783 words
Author: Mary R. Dunn
Synopsis: Flying high over the countryside, spies in hot air balloons could spot enemy troops.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
This selection is mainly about the Civil War and
- some brave people who help the Union spy on enemy forces.
- some children who take a hot air balloon ride in Virginia.
- some Confederate soldiers who are looking for deserters.
- some farmers who hide spies in their barns.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe how the same theme is represented in two different selections. Compare/contrast how the theme is represented through characters and events in both selections.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
3A: Predicting Outcomes
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description:
Predicting Outcomes
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
F-26
F-26
Grade level: 6
Word count: 1548 words
Author: Cullen Murphy
Synopsis: What is a huge cookie-shaped slab of earth doing in the middle of nowhere?
Excerpt:
Perhaps some day its mystery will be solved. The U.S. Geologic Survey decided to spend no more time on trying to uncover the mystery of the earth cookie, but the students at the Jefferson Elementary School may still be working on the case. We may be hearing from them yet!
Question:
Based on this excerpt, what does the author think might be the outcome of the earth cookie mystery?
- It may be solved one day.
- It will always remain a mystery.
- It will be forgotten by everyone.
- It will be proved to have been a hoax.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Propose an alternative ending or conclusion to a selection and provide an argument why your new text is an improvement.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions