3.R.2.A.a

Description: Fiction summarize and sequence the events/plot and explain how past events impact future events
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 2C, 3A, 5A, 5B

Exemplars

5A: Examining Text Structure

5A: Examining Text Structure

Description: Examining Text Structure

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-36

C-36

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1195 words
Author: Mark Twain
Synopsis: What's the best way to get a boy to do something? Tell him he can't do it.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: Which statement best describes the narrator of this selection?
  1. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of other characters, but he is not a character in the selection.
  2. The narrator is a the main character in this selection, and he speaks to the reader and to other characters.
  3. Tom Sawyer's friend is the narrator of the selection.
  4. This selection has no narrator.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe a selection's beginning, middle, and end.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

5B: Examining Sequence

5B: Examining Sequence

Description: Examining Sequence of Ideas and Events

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-33

C-33

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1352 words
Author: Caroline Mays Brevard
Synopsis: A young girl has an unexpected visit.
Excerpt: The sun shone warm and bright over the Brandon house, just as it did in the nearby North Carolina town of Salisbury.

The rest of her family had left not an hour before. They climbed into their carriage and drove into town.

But as she sat on the front porch, Betsy saw that not everyone had gone to Salisbury that morning. In the distance, she saw two gentlemen come riding down the road on horseback.

Betsy herself ran down the hill to the springhouse where the milk and butter were kept in the cold, clear spring water. In a short time, the simple meal was ready.

"Goodbye, sir," said Betsy, curtsying. "But when will I get to see General Washington?"

Eagerly, she raised her eyes to meet those of the kindly stranger who had made her the promise. With a smile, he answered, "I am General Washington."

Question: Put these events from the selection in the order in which they occurred, from first to last.
  1. The Brandon family left for Salisbury to see the president.
  2. Two gentlemen on horseback rode up to the Brandon home.
  3. Betsy got milk and butter from the springhouse to serve to her guests.
  4. The plain old man introduces himself as General Washington.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Create a timeline of the sequence of events in a selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

2C: Summarizing

2C: Summarizing

Description: Summarizing

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-33

C-33

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1352 words
Author: Caroline Mays Brevard
Synopsis: A young girl has an unexpected visit.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: The meeting between Betsy and General Washington happened "by chance." This means it was
  1. a bit of good luck.
  2. carefully planned.
  3. a risky thing to do.
  4. not good timing.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Write one paragraph that describes the main information about a selection you read.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

3A: Predicting Outcomes

3A: Predicting Outcomes

Description: Predicting Outcomes

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: C-44

C-44

Grade level: 3
Word count: 1130 words
Author: Erica Cirino
Synopsis: A day at the zoo requires detective work when car keys disappear.
Excerpt: The next exhibit they searched was the safari exhibit. This was Marco's favorite place in the whole zoo. They hopped on the safari train again. Marco and his dad were so happy that they nearly forgot about the lost keys.

Question: In the selection, Marco rides on the safari train two times. When he rides on the train, what kind of expression would you probably see on his face?
  1. a smile
  2. a frown
  3. anger
  4. surprise

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Write an email to a friend who has not read the selection. Provide enough information about the selection's characters, settings, and events so your friend is able to predict what happened in the selection.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions