5.R.3.C.a

Description: Text Structures identify devices used in biographies and autobiographies, including how an author presents major events in a person’s life
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 5C

Exemplars

5C: Examining Genre

5C: Examining Genre

Description: Examining Genre

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: HiE-59

HiE-59

Grade level: 5
Word count: 1379 words
Author: Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson
Synopsis: A woman who lived in Pearl Harbor describes her family's experience in the months and days following the attack on her home.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: This selection is best described as
  1. an autobiography.
  2. a biography.
  3. realistic fiction.
  4. science fiction.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe how the titles of five selections that you have read did (or did not) give you clues to let you know if the selection was fiction or non-fiction.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions