4.R.2.A.b
Description:
Fiction
describe the personality traits of characters from their thoughts, words, and actions
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
1A, 8B, 8B, 9B
Exemplars
8B: Reasoning
8B: Reasoning
Description:
Reasoning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
HiD-20
HiD-20
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1576 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: Mattie Stepanek lived a lifetime in just 14 years.
Excerpt:
Jeni wrote how Mattie knew, and accepted, the fact that he would have a very short life. But he also knew his memory would live on through his writings and his works. "I want people to remember me some day," he wrote, "and say, 'Oh yes! Mattie! He was a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.'"
Question:
A philosopher is someone who offers thoughts on very deep and important matters. Mattie wanted to be remembered as a "philosopher who played." Based on what you have read, what is the most likely meaning of this phrase?
- a person who has serious views of the world but still remembers to enjoy life
- a person who does no work and thinks only about how to make other people laugh
- a person who plans his or her life around money
- a person who measures success by how popular he or she is
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
What makes people or characters do the things they do? Use details from a selection you have read, as well as your reasoning skills, to support your answer.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
9B: Classifying
9B: Classifying
Description:
Classify
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-20
D-20
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1491 words
Author: Kerry Mescallado
Synopsis: Many people like to go to amusements parks, but not many know how much work goes into them.
Excerpt:
Some of the earliest amusement parks in the world date back to Europe in the 1600s. At that time, the parks were called "pleasure gardens." They included water fountains and flower gardens. They also had games and music. But not everyone could go. Only the kings, the queens, and the people who were rich had the money to go there.
Question:
The pleasure gardens of the 1600s included
- fountains, games, flower gardens.
- music, roller coasters, zoos.
- music, ice slides, bowling.
- ice slides, fountains, pony rides.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
What makes a character a hero or a villain? List the names of characters who are heroes or villains and explain why they belong to that group. The characters can be from fiction or non-fiction texts.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
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
8B: Reasoning
8B: Reasoning
Description:
Reasoning
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-23
D-23
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1390 words
Author: Henry Johnstone
Synopsis: His fate rests in her hands. Will she dare to do the right thing?
Excerpt:
When they hunt, they use something that strikes from a long way off. Suddenly I saw a white puff, like a tiny cloud. There was a strange, sharp noise.
Question:
The strange, sharp noise Keneu's mother heard was made by
- a gun.
- a rocket.
- a drum.
- thunder.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
What makes people or characters do the things they do? Use details from a selection you have read, as well as your reasoning skills, to support your answer.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions