Reading Plus King of Pop Level I
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Description: Read closely to make up one's mind what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 1A, 1A, 1A, 1A, 1A, 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B, 2B, 2B, 2B, 2B, 2C, 2C, 3A, 3A, 3A, 3A, 3B, 3B, 3C, 4B, 4C, 4C, 4C, 4C, 5B, 6A, 6B, 6C, 7C, 8A, 8A, 8A, 8B, 8B, 8B, 9A, 9A, 9B, 9B, 9B
Exemplars
6C: Recognizing Mood/Tone
Description: Recognizing Mood and Tone 6C: Recognizing Mood/Tone
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Selection: HiC-23 Grade level: iii Word count: 1364 words Writer: Diane Lang Synopsis: What happens when a young teen boy joins an all-girl roller derby team? HiC-23
Excerpt: Afterward school on Fri, Jake asked his mom if she could bulldoze him to tryouts on Sabbatum morning. Jake'southward mom gave him a puzzled expect. "For what, honey?" she asked.
"I'grand trying out for a position on the Roller Derby. I want to surprise Dad."
"He'll be surprised, alright," she sighed.
Question: In this extract, Jake's mom says his dad will "be surprised, alright." What does she hateful?
- He'south not going to like what Jake tells him.
- He'southward going to exist nervous and lone.
- He's not going to allow Jake encounter his fear.
- He'southward going to be confused and sad.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt: Give examples of selections y'all have read that create a mood through the setting, feelings of characters, and pick of words.
Evaluator
System: Certica Solutions
8A: Judging Validity
Description: Gauge Validity 8A: Judging Validity
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Selection: C-49 Class level: iii Word count: 1222 words Author: R. Bender Synopsis: Half dozen bullheaded men have very different ideas about what an elephant is similar. C-49
Excerpt: For many hours after the elephant left, the six blind men sat by the side of the road. They argued loudly about the elephant. Each bullheaded man believed that he knew best what the animal was like. Each blind man called the others harsh names because they could not hold if the elephant was like a wall, a spear, a snake, a tree, a fan, or a rope.
Question: Which is truthful about the 6 blind men?
- They ignored the opinions of other people.
- They never left their house because they were agape.
- They refused any help from the wise man.
- They did not speak to whatsoever of their neighbors.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Describe at least v ways y'all tin can tell if a selection is truthful or not true. Utilise examples from selections you accept read to support your statements.
Evaluator
Organisation: Certica Solutions
8B: Reasoning
Description: Reasoning 8B: Reasoning
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Option: C-51 Form level: iii Discussion count: 1436 words Author: Jay Shabat Synopsis: What is a great job for someone who loves to travel and experience new things? Teaching Chinese higher students! C-51
Excerpt: Being a teacher in China is different from teaching in the United States. For example, Chinese students usually exercise non talk to teachers when they are in the classroom. A teacher stands in front of the course and teaches a lesson. The students sit silently. They listen and take notes.
China is one of the most polluted countries in the world. In the city where I teach, pollution makes the skies gray and foggy. Many people have a hard time animate with all the pollution in the air.
Question: Based on what you read in this selection, which two of the following statements are correct?
- The classrooms in China are quieter than the classrooms in America.
- Air pollution causes health bug for many people in China.
- It is easy to find an empty seat on a jitney in China.
- American fast food restaurants are the only places to buy a repast in People's republic of china.
- People in China are healthier than people from other places due to clean, fresh air.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Write iii "why" questions almost a selection and provide evidence from the text on how those questions should be answered.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
9B: Classifying
Clarification: Classify 9B: Classifying
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Option: C-15 Class level: 3 Give-and-take count: 1381 words Writer: Diane Lang and Mike Buchanan Synopsis: Charley wants to hatch some chicks, simply what she gets is a real surprise from her dad. C-fifteen
Excerpt: "There might be," her dad answered. "We tin build one, too, if yous're really interested. We would demand to get a box, a light bulb, a thermometer, and some straw. Then we would demand to get some eggs."
Question: To build a successful incubator, you need a
- box, a light bulb, and a thermometer.
- plant bulb, a box, and a calorie-free meter.
- box, a book, and a chicken.
- thermometer, an egg, and a refrigerator.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt: What makes a graphic symbol a hero or a villain? List the names of characters who are heroes or villains and explain why they belong to that grouping. The characters tin can exist from fiction or non-fiction texts.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description: Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text 1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
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Option: C-3 Grade level: 3 Word count: 1141 words Author: Kate Carter Synopsis: Take you had your rice today? For millions of people around the globe, the answer is yes. C-3
Excerpt: In Mainland china, the word for rice means nutrient. When Chinese people see friends, they do non say, "How are y'all?" They say, "Have you had your rice today?" If y'all are not Chinese, that question might go you lot some strange looks.
Question: Why do people in China ask, "Accept you had your rice today?"
- They desire to make sure their friends are well fed and healthy.
- They think that people should not eat rice every mean solar day.
- They want to be invited to a dinner where rice is part of the meal.
- They always prepare extra rice for all of their friends and neighbors.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Did the championship of this choice provide y'all with clues nigh the option's primary idea? Why or why not?
Evaluator
System: Certica Solutions
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description: Predicting Outcomes 3A: Predicting Outcomes
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Option: C-seven Grade level: 3 Word count: 1130 words Author: Kate Carter Synopsis: When scientists explore the deep sea past submarine, they bump into some creepy characters. C-7
Extract: A deep-sea vent is like a geyser, but it is on the ocean flooring. It may be a mile or several miles below the surface. A deep-sea vent as well blows hot water--hotter than boiling. But it blows the water into the common cold ocean. That ways the water around a deep-body of water vent is much warmer than the rest of the body of water.
The temperature of the deep body of water is much besides cold for animals.
Question: What would nigh likely happen if all the deep-bounding main vents suddenly disappeared?
- The temperature of deep body of water water would become colder.
- More sunlight would reach the deepest part of the body of water.
- Sea creatures would have an easier time finding food.
- More ocean creatures would start living in the deepest part of the ocean.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Write an email to a friend who has not read the choice. Provide enough information about the selection'southward characters, settings, and events so your friend is able to predict what happened in the selection.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
8A: Judging Validity
Description: Judge Validity 8A: Judging Validity
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Selection: C-58 Grade level: three Word count: 1452 words Author: Roberta Bard Synopsis: Later on visiting with his friend Peter, Johann makes a discovery that puts soldiers at chance. C-58
Extract: Information technology was still October but the chilly air current cut through his heavy sweater. All the farmers said the winter of 1777 would be a bad one.
The English colonists left their cows out all wintertime as they had washed in England. Simply not Johann's family, or the other Pennsylvania Dutch colonists. They came from the Rhineland in Federal republic of germany where winters were bitter. They believed in the sometime German saying, "A practiced cow ane expects to observe in the befouled."
It was hard for Johann to explain ideas in English language. He searched for the right words. What does the rex know about living in Pennsylvania? It is better to be free to make our own laws."
Question: Which two of the following statements are right based on what you read?
- This setting of this selection is a autumn 24-hour interval in Pennsylvania.
- English colonists' cows were not as healthy as the cows of the Pennsylvania Dutch colonists.
- The Patriots supported the king and wanted him to dominion the colonies.
- The boys in this selection both speak German language.
- The cow did not provide any help to Johann.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt: Depict at least five ways you can tell if a pick is true or not true. Use examples from selections y'all have read to back up your statements.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
9B: Classifying
Description: Classify 9B: Classifying
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Selection: C-26 Grade level: 3 Word count: 1320 words Writer: Jaleena Sabrit Synopsis: Yous might think the earth's largest brute would have zilch to fearfulness. Merely you'd exist wrong. C-26
Excerpt: There are two kinds of whales. One kind has teeth. The other kind of whale does not have teeth. This kind has something called "baleen."
Question: According to this selection, whales can be divided into two groups. What are these groups?
- Whales with teeth and whales with baleen.
- Whales with blowholes and whales without blowholes.
- Whales that are mammals and whales that are fish.
- Whales that breathe air and whales that practise non exhale air.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt: What makes a grapheme a hero or a villain? Listing the names of characters who are heroes or villains and explain why they vest to that grouping. The characters tin can be from fiction or non-fiction texts.
Evaluator
Organisation: Certica Solutions
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Clarification: Identifying explicit details including grapheme, fourth dimension, setting and speaker 1A: Recalling Explicit Details
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Selection: F-half dozen 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. F-vi
Excerpt: "My husband has built at least five balloons of dissimilar sizes to use as ascertainment posts," explained Mrs. Lowe. "Realizing the need to refuel the balloons frequently, he likewise invented and operated a portable gas generator that could be transported to positions about the battlefields."
The driver nodded and said, "What did I hear about your sending valuable intelligence reports most Falls Church?"
"That was an exciting encounter. I was in Arlington, Virginia, high above the countryside, and I was able to telegraph intelligence on the Amalgamated troops and so that the Union soldiers could take aim at the enemy and maintain burn down on them without even seeing them."
Question: Which ii major contributions did Mr. Lowe make to the war try?
- He sent valuable data on enemy troop positions.
- He invented a portable gas generator to fuel balloons.
- He wounded his arm in a hot air balloon accident.
- He fired on the enemy without even seeing them.
- He spent most of his time on a clomp in the river.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt: Create a new graphic organizer that indicates a selection's main thought, characters, and supporting details, and how these three areas intersect.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description: Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text 1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
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Choice: F-vii Grade level: 6 Word count: 1795 words Author: Adjusted from a story by O. Henry Synopsis: A wise couple gives each other the greatest gift. F-7
Extract: There was clearly nada to exercise but throw herself downwards on the shabby piddling couch and howl, and so Della did. Her cries echoed off the bare walls of the tiny apartment, which was a furnished flat at $8 per week. "Furnished" is a questionable give-and-take here, since the apartment was virtually empty, holding only the shabby burrow, a sagging bed, and a pocket-size dining table with two chairs, all every bit worn down with age and use.
Question: From what y'all have read, you lot can tell that Della and Jim lived in
- a pocket-size, worn-down apartment.
- a comfortable land cottage.
- a large townhouse in the urban center.
- a small room in Della'due south parents' house.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Describe how you arrived at conclusions about a pick's main idea and characters if data about these text elements was not straight stated.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
Description: Determining Relative Importance 2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
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Option: F-8 Grade level: 6 Word count: 1576 words Author: Anonymous Synopsis: Robin Hood'south archery skill lands him on the incorrect side of the police force. F-8
Extract: Now the Sheriff of Nottingham alleged that he himself would bring this knave Robin Hood to justice, and for ii reasons. Get-go, he wanted the ii hundred pounds. And second, the forester that Robin Hood had killed was of kin to him.
Question: The Sheriff of Nottingham planned to capture Robin because he wanted the
- reward.
- accolade.
- power.
- deer.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Develop a survey that asks readers to rate different elements (characters, deportment, events, motivations, etc.) in a choice according to their importance to the plot.
Evaluator
Arrangement: Certica Solutions
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description: Predicting Outcomes 3A: Predicting Outcomes
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Choice: F-26 Grade level: six Word count: 1548 words Author: Cullen Murphy Synopsis: What is a huge cookie-shaped slab of earth doing in the middle of nowhere? F-26
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 Uncomplicated 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 exist the outcome of the earth cookie mystery?
- It may be solved one day.
- It will always remain a mystery.
- Information technology will be forgotten by everyone.
- Information technology will be proved to have been a hoax.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Propose an alternative catastrophe or conclusion to a option and provide an argument why your new text is an improvement.
Evaluator
Arrangement: Certica Solutions
4C: Visualizing
Description: Visualizing 4C: Visualizing
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Choice: F-26 Grade level: six Discussion count: 1548 words Writer: Cullen Irish potato Synopsis: What is a huge cookie-shaped slab of earth doing in the middle of nowhere? F-26
Excerpt: The "something" turned out to be a apartment, right-side-upwards slab of earth. It was about two anxiety thick, with a pear-shaped crown of mowed grain and wild grass. Information technology was ten feet long at its longest point and almost 8 feet at its widest point. Its rim, Rick recalled, had a polish wall, and it looked every bit if it had been cut by a giant pear-shaped cookie cutter.
Question: The slab of earth that Rick Timm found in the middle of the wheat field
- looked like a giant pear-shaped cookie.
- appeared to exist made of solid rock.
- consisted of a pocket-sized patch of wild grass.
- was shaped like a large dairy cow.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Describe how you relate scenes y'all visualize from reading with real life scenes. Give examples.
Evaluator
Organisation: Certica Solutions
7C: Interpreting Images
Description: Intepreting Images and Maps 7C: Interpreting Images
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Selection: F-18 Grade level: 6 Word count: 1774 words Author: Mary R. Dunn Synopsis: There is a lot of activeness going on within Globe. F-18
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Question: How would this image have looked different 250 million years ago?
- Earth would have only one big landform.
- The continents would be tiny islands.
- There would be more than seven continents.
- Globe's surface would be covered in lava.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Choose an prototype from a fictional selection you have read. Apply the prototype as inspiration to write a new nonfiction slice on the aforementioned topic.
Evaluator
System: Certica Solutions
1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Clarification: Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text 1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
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Selection: F-1 Grade level: six Word count: 1577 words Author: Tamara Ellis Smith Synopsis: A new idea for sneaker soles was inspired past a household item. F-i
Excerpt: The first shoe fad started in the 14th century in Europe. Both men and women wore slippers with long points at the front of the shoes. These slippers were called poulaines. Over fourth dimension, poulaines were created with longer and longer points until they became a take chances. The wearers tripped over the points!
Question: Read this excerpt from the selection. This instance of a shoe fad shows that
- some shoes could cause injuries.
- men had no involvement in fancy footwear.
- virtually people wore a broad-width shoe.
- people preferred boots to slippers.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Explain how prior knowledge helped you lot infer information from a choice.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Description: Identifying explicit details including grapheme, time, setting and speaker 1A: Recalling Explicit Details
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Option: F-2 Grade level: 6 Word count: 1760 words Author: Karen Berman Synopsis: When traveling, it'southward good to know the local customs. F-2
Extract: Greetings are universal customs, but they are given in many ways. In nigh major cities effectually the world, y'all would never say hello to strangers on the street. Greeting strangers is mutual in small towns, where non proverb hello to everyone you pass might be considered rude. In Muslim countries, withal, men and women do non speak unless they already know each other. To do so would be to commit a major etiquette fault.
Question: Which of the post-obit would be considered an etiquette mistake?
- maxim hello to strangers on the street in a Muslim land
- accompanying a handshake with a smile in South Africa
- shaking hands with anybody in the room in Cameroon
- request questions about a person'due south wellness in Republic of kenya
Writing
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Writing prompt: List 2 to 4 supporting characters in a pick and explain their human relationship to the choice'south main protagonist.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
2C: Summarizing
Description: Summarizing 2C: Summarizing
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Selection: F-iii Grade level: 6 Word count: 1579 words Author: Travis J. Best Synopsis: Jeremy Lin'due south road to stardom on the basketball game court is unique. F-three
Extract: Gie-Ming would take Jeremy and his two brothers to the local YMCA to run drills every day after schoolhouse. He made them practice the same things over and over to perfect them. Bird's moving-picture show-perfect spring shot. Magic's kickout passes. Kareem-Abdul Jabbar'south famous overhead skyhook, something very rare for a baby-sit to perfect. Gie-Ming pushed them hard, but the boys were game; they could not wait to hit the gym and keep getting better.
Question: Which proverb characterized the training Lin received from his dad on the courtroom?
- Practice makes perfect.
- First things first.
- Nice guys finish final.
- Information technology's what on the within that counts.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Create a news report based on a pick you have read. Report facts from the choice also as additional facts you researched from reputable sources.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
Description: Determining Relative Importance 2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
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Selection: F-1 Grade level: half dozen Word count: 1577 words Author: Tamara Ellis Smith Synopsis: A new idea for sneaker soles was inspired by a household particular. F-ane
Extract: At that time, six people died while mountain climbing in the Swiss Alps, which was partly due to their improper footwear. This inspired a friend of the climbers to create a new shoe sole.
Two years later, he patented his invention of a rubber sole that resisted chafe and provided superb traction on all sorts of surfaces. In 1954 the outset successful climb of K2, the second highest mount in the world, was made past hikers wearing shoes with these soles.
Question: Based on this option, which shoe characteristic is nearly important for mountain-climbers?
- traction
- length
- toll
- warmth
Writing
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Writing prompt: Create a Facebook fan page for a choice. Include the most important information to share with fans.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description: Predicting Outcomes 3A: Predicting Outcomes
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Pick: F-four Grade level: vi Word count: 1740 words Author: Kelley Sachs Synopsis: Some scientists believe life could exist on planets outside our solar system. F-4
Excerpt: There are many, many more than exoplanets than the eight planets in our solar organization. There are 760 and then far, and scientists have only just begun to find them. It makes sense to assume that some of these far away planets might be very much similar Globe. Some rocky planets probably have plenty of water on their surface, and stay at a temperature betwixt freezing and humid most of the time. These two atmospheric condition could make it possible for Earth-similar life to exist.
Question: From what you have read, which of the post-obit is most likely?
- Some exoplanets could resemble Earth in their composition and climate.
- In that location are not many more exoplanets than the eight planets in our solar system.
- Astronauts are at present grooming for missions to the farthest exoplanet.
- We will never know whether exoplanets really exist in our solar system.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Draw three things that happened in a choice and how they foreshadowed subsequent events.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
3B: Analyzing Plot/Character
Description: Analyzing setting, plot, and character 3B: Analyzing Plot/Graphic symbol
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Option: F-five Grade level: half-dozen Word count: 1658 words Author: Ben Robinson Synopsis: Fencing is an Olympic sport that offers athletes an opportunity to learn the skills of the gladiators. F-5
Excerpt: Times were annihilation merely easy for Keeth. With all the odds stacked confronting him then much sadness in his life, he could accept very well quit the sport of fencing, but he was not to be defeated. For Keeth, neither quitting nor failure was an option. He devoted himself to the sport of fencing more than intensely than ever. He used the training and competitions to distract himself from his grief, and to testify that his parents were right to become him into the sport in the first place.
Question: Which ii details contribute to the reader'south understanding of Keeth Smart's character?
- He never considered quitting or declining.
- He put a lot of effort into his training.
- He took a break from competitions.
- He never was confident in his skills.
- He was slow to recognize his potential.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Describe a character with whom you empathize, and explain why you feel this way.
Evaluator
Arrangement: Certica Solutions
3C: Analyzing Cause/Effect
Clarification: Analyzing Crusade and Effect 3C: Analyzing Cause/Upshot
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Selection: F-10 Grade level: 6 Discussion count: 1892 words Author: Claire O'Connell Synopsis: Ellen Ochoa loved both music and science, in addition to having the "correct stuff." F-10
Extract: Ochoa's Hispanic roots come up from her father's side of the family. His parents were Mexican, but he was born in the The states. Her father grew upward speaking both Spanish and English, merely he did non like to speak Spanish in front end of his children. On speaking engagements, Ochoa tells audiences, "When I was growing up, my begetter believed, every bit many people did at the time, that there was prejudice against people speaking their native language. Information technology's actually likewise bad, and I'm glad that things have changed in contempo years."
Question: Why did Ochoa say her father was reluctant to speak Castilian in front of his children?
- He did not want to concenter prejudice.
- He spend most of his youth in Mexico.
- He did non want them to make fun of him.
- His children would not heed him.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Draw the cause and effect human relationship in a selection you read.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
4C: Visualizing
Clarification: Visualizing 4C: Visualizing
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Selection: F-19 Grade level: 6 Word count: 1719 words Author: Beth Renaud Synopsis: Disabled people gain strength and conviction from horseback riding. F-19
Extract: Riding also helps amend a disabled person's conviction. It takes courage for Sarah to get upwardly onto a one,000-pound animate being. Telling that large beast what to practise, and so having him actually do information technology, is really satisfying for Sarah. In merely about every other aspect of her life, people are directing Sarah, helping her brand decisions, and telling her what she can and tin can't do.
Question: When Sarah sits up high in the saddle, what kind of expression would you run across on her face?
- one of conviction and control
- 1 of boldness and self-importance
- one of peace and calmness
- one of shyness and circumspection
Writing
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Writing prompt: Pick an consequence from a choice and describe how you would make it into a scene for a movie.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description: Interpreting Analogies 4B: Interpreting Analogies
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Choice: F-20 Grade level: six Give-and-take count: 1661 words Author: Mike Buchanan Synopsis: Two disabled athletes overcome challenges to go Paralympians. F-20
Excerpt: Every bit you can come across, inspiration comes in many forms, and from many people. It tin exist the simple words that modify the soul of a nation, a stirring song that brings our chin dorsum upwardly, or the actions of a heroic athlete who has chosen to overcome challenges. Nosotros are all fortunate that these words, songs, and people exist considering they remind united states of america of what individuals are all capable of doing, and that their triumph can become our ain.
Question: Based on this excerpt, which sound does the author say can be a source of inspiration?
- the singing of an uplifting song
- the sound of a race'south starting signal
- the taunts of the opposing competitors
- the rhythm of runners' anxiety on the track
Writing
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Writing prompt: Requite three examples of how an author used analogies to explain confusing or circuitous ideas by comparing them to something familiar.
Evaluator
Arrangement: Certica Solutions
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
Clarification: Recognizing Persuasive Devices 6B: Recognizing Persuasion
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Selection: F-13 Course level: 6 Word count: 1694 words Author: Kelley Sachs Synopsis: Not-native plants can oftentimes damage the environment when they invade a new expanse. F-thirteen
Excerpt: Just so much tin can be done about invader species as potent as kudzu and bamboo. It takes a lot of work to remove these plants from anywhere they have taken root. With species invasions this powerful, sometimes the only matter a person tin can practise is learn to live with the invader.
Question: At the terminate of the choice, what does the author feel is a practical reaction to a strong kudzu invasion?
- acceptance
- acrimony
- delight
- relief
Writing
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Writing prompt: Write a newspaper editorial or blog post to support an opinion expressed in a selection you lot read.
Evaluator
Organization: Certica Solutions
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
Clarification: Recognizing Author's Purpose 6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
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Selection: F-45 Grade level: six Word count: 1835 words Author: Heidi McLean Synopsis: Many different kinds of people live within the protective walls of a typical Middle Ages village. F-45
Excerpt: You also notice that there are very few quondam people. People do not live long lives. Half of the population is historic period 21 or younger. Many people die from illness. One of the worst of these, known equally the Black Plague, swept across Europe in waves in the mid-1300s. This dreadful disease took the lives of one-half the population, including many children. Childbirth is also a serious health hazard, taking the lives of near ane adult female in 5. A similar percent of babies do not live to see their commencement birthday.
Question: How does the writer explain the small number of quondam people in the village?
- past describing some diseases that caused people to dice young
- past stating that old people had to leave their homes to find work
- by showing that the rich were treated better than the poor
- by highlighting how villagers treated their oldest members with respect
Writing
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Writing prompt: What was the author'due south primary intent when he or she wrote a selection? What other objectives might the author accept had in mind when writing the option?
Evaluator
System: Certica Solutions
9A: Comparison/Contrasting
Clarification: Compare, Contrast, and/or Integrate 9A: Comparing/Contrasting
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Selection: F-43 Class level: 6 Word count: 1518 words Author: Deirdre Bligh Synopsis: Eclipses are rare events. From ancient times to the present, they have fascinated people effectually the globe. F-43
Excerpt: The people of ancient China thought an eclipse was a dragon eating the sun. In fact, the ancient Chinese discussion for eclipse means, "to eat." They as well idea this same dragon attacked the moon during a lunar eclipse.
The people of Korea had a myth about eclipses. In this myth, a king ordered two fire dogs to capture the lord's day or the moon. Each time they took a bite out of the sun or moon, an eclipse took identify.
The ancient Vikings of northern Europe thought an eclipse happened when a pair of sky wolves took a bite out of the sun or moon. And the people of Vietnam once believed a similar story, but in their myth a frog or toad ate the moon.
Question: Aboriginal civilizations created stories to explicate what happened to the sun during an eclipse. A common theme amidst these stories is
- an animal ate the sun.
- the sun grows stronger.
- humans ran away from the sunday.
- a god scared away the dominicus.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Describe how the globe today compares and contrasts with the setting of a option that takes place in the past. Include at least three examples.
Evaluator
Organisation: Certica Solutions
9B: Classifying
Description: Classify 9B: Classifying
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Selection: F-67 Grade level: half dozen Discussion count: 1385 words Author: Kathleen Krull Synopsis: Ada Lovelace realized that "thinking machines" could do a lot more than crunch numbers. F-67
Excerpt: One of Babbage's marvels was the "Argent Dancer," a beautiful metal automaton (a doll moved by clockwork) that danced on a table belongings a flapping metal bird. Visitors loved to watch it twirl, but Ada was more interested in the machinery within.
People called his ideas "thinking machines," but few actually understood how they would perform. Ada was an exception. She asked for copies of the plans and then she could examine them. Babbage, in turn, was impressed by Ada, calling her "The Enchantress of Numbers." They took long walks together, discussing scientific discipline and math.
Question: From these two excerpts, you could draw Ada and Charles Babbage in which two of the post-obit means?
- inquisitive
- analytical
- unconcerned
- traditional
- unprolific
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Writing prompt: Make a list of selections you take read and classify them nether the headings: Mystery, Nature, Sports, History.
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1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Clarification: Identifying explicit details including graphic symbol, time, setting and speaker 1A: Recalling Explicit Details
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Pick: J-xi Grade level: 10 Word count: 2199 words Author: Diane Lang Synopsis: Skylar and Jason'southward human relationship is already strained when they're paired together for a grade project. Volition their "no-technology" claiming brand them, or break them? J-11
Excerpt: "Okay, ladies and gents," Mr. Crawford began, "in our concluding grade we discussed some of Henry David Thoreau's ideas about nature as expressed in his book, 'Walden,' particularly the notion Thoreau had of Walden pond as an centre -- 'intermediate in its nature between land and sky.' As you might recall, Thoreau'southward self-congenital one-room cabin was on his skillful friend Ralph Waldo Emerson's state, where he experimented in living independently as he sought self-fulfillment and closure over his blood brother's death."
Question: According to Mr. Crawford, for which two reasons did Thoreau conduct his "experiment" at Walden Pond?
- to seek self-fulfillment
- to notice closure over his blood brother'due south decease
- to spend time with his friend Emerson
- to understand more about nature
- to learn how to build a cabin
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Writing prompt: The setting of a selection includes not but place only also fourth dimension. Describe a choice you have read in which the historical time period was critical to the plot. For example, Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities.'
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1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Clarification: Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text 1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
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Selection: J-17 Class level: 10 Discussion count: 2251 words Writer: Guy de Maupassant Synopsis: Simple actions may sometimes lead to unexpected, dire consequences. J-17
Excerpt: Jokers would brand him tell the story of "the slice of string" to amuse them, just as y'all make a soldier who has been on a campaign tell his story of the battle. His mind kept growing weaker and about the end of December he took to his bed.
He passed away early in January, and, in the ravings of death agony, he protested his innocence, repeating, "A little bit of string -- a little flake of string. See, here it is, M'sieu le Mayor."
Question: What happens to Hauchecorne at the stop of this selection?
- He is driven to insanity and eventually death due to the imitation charges brought against him.
- He is vindicated in court and regains his reputation as an honest human.
- He is granted revenge when he becomes mayor and jails Malandain for making false accusations.
- He is found guilty by a jury of his peers and is sentenced to jail even though he is innocent.
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Writing prompt: Describe how y'all arrived at conclusions well-nigh a selection's main thought and characters if information about these text elements was not directly stated.
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2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
Description: Determining Relative Importance 2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
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Selection: J-37 Grade level: ten Word count: 2283 words Author: Diane Lang Synopsis: A mentee turns his life effectually and eventually becomes a mentor to aid others discover their passion in life. J-37
Excerpt: Before I embarrassed myself further, the musician directed me into a minor conference room. "Son, I get you, cuz I was y'all once. Jazz saved my life, and information technology'due south going to salve yours, then talk to me, dude."
For some inarticulate reason, I opened up to this jive-talking songster. I told this hep artiste almost my momma and my fears nearly her decease; I described my aunt and uncle and their struggles; I related my fears of getting defenseless up in neighborhood violence, and I expressed how difficult it was to discover any joy or hope in my present state of affairs.
Question: What is the nigh important aspect of mentoring?
- open communication
- quality time
- consequent feedback
- shared interests
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Writing prompt: Imagine you are an attorney cross-examining the characters in a choice. What questions would you ask them to elicit the most important details most the plot?
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3B: Analyzing Plot/Character
Description: Analyzing setting, plot, and graphic symbol 3B: Analyzing Plot/Graphic symbol
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Option: J-17 Grade level: x Word count: 2251 words Author: Guy de Maupassant Synopsis: Elementary actions may sometimes lead to unexpected, dire consequences. J-17
Excerpt: Monsieur Hauchecorne, of Breaute, had only arrived at Goderville and was making his style toward the square when he perceived on the ground a niggling slice of string. Monsieur Hauchecorne, economic equally are all true Normans, reflected that everything was worth picking upwards which could be of any apply, and he stooped downward, just painfully, considering he suffered from rheumatism. He took the bit of thin string from the ground and was carefully preparing to roll it up when he saw Monsieur Malandain, the harness maker, on his doorstep staring at him. They had once had a quarrel about a halter, and they had borne each other malice ever since.
Question: Before he picked up the piece of string, Hauchecorne's relationship with Malandain can best be described as
- confrontational.
- respectful.
- cordial.
- neighborly.
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Writing prompt: Imagine you are the main character in a selection y'all read. Would your emotional reactions to events in the selection be the same every bit those of the actual grapheme? Explicate why or why non.
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4C: Visualizing
Clarification: Visualizing 4C: Visualizing
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Option: J-17 Grade level: 10 Discussion count: 2251 words Writer: Guy de Maupassant Synopsis: Simple actions may sometimes lead to unexpected, dire consequences. J-17
Excerpt: The peasants examined the cows, went off, came back, well acquainted with the workings of the market place and ever in doubt for fear of being cheated, never quite daring to make up one's mind, looking the seller square in the eye in the endeavour to detect the tricks of the human being and the defect in the beast.
Question: Reread this extract. What is the underlying mood of the people in the market place?
- distrustful
- industrious
- optimistic
- exhausted
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Writing prompt: Describe how you chronicle scenes you visualize from reading with real life scenes. Give examples.
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8A: Judging Validity
Description: Judge Validity 8A: Judging Validity
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Selection: J-31 Grade level: x Give-and-take count: 2321 words Writer: Thomas Wentworth Higginson Synopsis: Harald, son of Viking explorer Erik the Red, led a life full of great adventure, excitement, and danger. This tale mixes fact and fantasy. J-31
Excerpt: Harald was going to the new western world chosen the Wonderstrands, which his brothers had discovered but left without sufficient exploration. The name implied information technology was an unusual land. First, however, he was to end at Greenland, which his male parent had starting time discovered.
Erik the Red had called the name "Greenland" because, as he said, it was inevitable that people would be attracted at that place if it had a good name.
Question: Which is correct?
- Vikings used descriptive names for the lands they discovered and explored.
- Harald was the just son of Viking explorer Erik the Reddish.
- The Viking who conquered Wonderstrands has never been identified.
- Vikings were pocket-sized, malnourished people but they were fiercely brave.
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Writing prompt: Imagine you are developing a new app to determine if a text is true or not true. What text clues would the app need to search for to judge validity? Provide examples.
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8B: Reasoning
Clarification: Reasoning 8B: Reasoning
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Pick: J-31 Grade level: 10 Discussion count: 2321 words Writer: Thomas Wentworth Higginson Synopsis: Harald, son of Viking explorer Erik the Reddish, led a life full of cracking take a chance, excitement, and danger. This tale mixes fact and fantasy. J-31
Excerpt: The myths and classic tales of Vikings portray these people equally aggressive warriors who left destruction wherever they landed, pillaging any goods they found.
So Harald left his habitation with his father, Erik the Red, in a gigantic galley called the "Body of water-snake." They sailed through the Mediterranean Bounding main.
The oars were 20 feet long, and were put through oar holes, and the rudder, shaped similar a large oar, was not at the end, but was attached to a projecting beam on the starboard side. The transport was to be called a "Dragon," and was painted to look like one, having a aureate dragon'due south head at the bow and a gilded tail on the stern. The moving oars would look similar legs; and the row of red and white shields, hung along the side of the gunkhole, would resemble the scales of a dragon; and the great square sails, reddish and blue, would look like wings.
Question: Based on what yous accept read about Vikings, what is the principal reason they designed their boats to look like dragons?
- to intimidate enemies
- to entertain themselves
- to honor their gods
- to imitate competitors
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Writing prompt: What motivates people? Use details from a selection yous accept read, as well as your reasoning skills, to back up your answer.
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9A: Comparing/Contrasting
Description: Compare, Contrast, and/or Integrate 9A: Comparing/Contrasting
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Selection: J-31 Grade level: 10 Word count: 2321 words Writer: Thomas Wentworth Higginson Synopsis: Harald, son of Viking explorer Erik the Red, led a life full of great gamble, excitement, and danger. This tale mixes fact and fantasy. J-31
Excerpt: The Vikings discovered and settled lands far from their Scandinavian domicile. About experts concur that the Vikings landed in Northward America long earlier Columbus set sail for the New Earth.
The myths and classic tales of Vikings portray these people every bit aggressive warriors who left devastation wherever they landed, pillaging whatever goods they found. Some of this is true, but there was far more complexity to the Viking culture. For example, most men living in Scandinavia at that fourth dimension were farmers, fishermen, or craftsmen, not warriors.
When the youth returned to his father, he found Erik the Reddish directing the construction of one of the great Viking galleys, nearly eighty feet long and 17 feet wide and only six feet deep. The gunkhole had 20 ribs, and the frame was fastened together by ropes made of roots. The oaken planks were held past fe rivets.
The oars were 20 feet long, and were put through oar holes, and the rudder, shaped similar a large oar, was non at the end, simply was attached to a projecting beam on the starboard side. The ship was to be called a "Dragon," and was painted to await similar one, having a gilded dragon'southward head at the bow and a aureate tail on the stern. The moving oars would look like legs; and the row of scarlet and white shields, hung along the side of the boat, would resemble the scales of a dragon; and the great square sails, red and blue, would expect like wings.
Question: The commencement excerpt is from the website of a history plan on Television receiver, and the second is from the pick y'all but read. Based on the information provided in them, what decision tin be drawn?
- Much of the success of Viking explorers tin can be attributed to the skill of craftsman who never left their home state.
- Viking transport-edifice was inferior to ship-building in other countries.
- The strength and agility of Viking sailing vessels described in myths is baseless.
- Viking ships were cute to await at, but failed miserably when on the open up sea.
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Writing prompt: Describe how the world today compares and contrasts with the setting of a selection that takes place in the by. Include at to the lowest degree three examples.
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1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Clarification: Identifying explicit details including character, fourth dimension, setting and speaker 1A: Recalling Explicit Details
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Selection: J-34 Form level: ten Discussion count: 1806 words Author: Peter Brassai Synopsis: Hitchcock fabricated dozens of thrillers that demonstrated his mastery of suspense, shock, and menace. J-34
Extract: Hitchcock had a distinctive and decidedly visual style, always emphasizing imagery over dialogue. Critics praised his ability to generate suspense through innovative visual furnishings, such as montage, oblique camera angles, and cantankerous-cutting between objective shots of a scene and subjective views from an player's perspective.
Question: According to the selection, Hitchcock's filmmaking style could be considered "distinctive and decidedly visual" due to his utilize of which two of the following visual effects?
- montage
- cantankerous-cutting
- fish-center
- perspective
- zoom
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Writing prompt: Create a website for a not-fiction option you read. Include the main idea and supporting details. Include images that would help viewers of your website better sympathize the topic.
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1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
Description: Drawing Conclusions, Making Inferences from information in text 1B: Analyzing Implicit Details
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Selection: J-1 Class level: x Discussion count: 2216 words Author: Randi Bender Synopsis: Accurate information is crucial during wartime, but disinformation may be but as important. J-1
Extract: In 1943 the Allies were fighting in North Africa and had a heavy troop commitment there. It was articulate that the time and toll of regrouping and transporting troops to Northern Europe for an invasion were impossible. An invasion would have to take identify across the Mediterranean, from N Africa, where troops were amassed, to the southern shores of the European continent. British Intelligence assessed possible penetration points in France, Greece, and Italia.
Question: Based on this excerpt, British Intelligence identified France, Greece, and Italy equally possible European invasion points considering
- these countries were in the proximity of N Africa.
- these countries were sympathetic to the Germans.
- none of these countries had an regular army of its own.
- there were few German troops stationed in these countries.
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Writing prompt: Write a question nigh one additional fact you would accept liked to larn from a selection you read. Answer the question past using the Internet or other research tools to find the necessary information.
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2C: Summarizing
Clarification: Summarizing 2C: Summarizing
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Selection: J-14 Grade level: x Discussion count: 2066 words Writer: Suzanne Schmaeling Synopsis: The search for culling fuels heats up as sources of fossil fuels dwindle. J-14
Excerpt: Americans were greatly affected by the oil embargo of the 1970s, when a group of oil-exporting countries agreed to curtail oil production and shipment. Prices at American gas pumps jumped, which had a dramatically negative event on the U.S. economic system.
Question: America'south dependence on foreign energy sources
- is potentially devastating to the U.S. economy.
- helps foster positive diplomatic relations between nations.
- was a problem, merely no longer threatens U.Southward. industries.
- has insignificant implications for growing businesses.
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Writing prompt: Create a news report based on a selection you have read. Study facts from the pick too every bit additional facts yous researched from reputable sources.
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5B: Examining Sequence
Clarification: Examining Sequence of Ideas and Events 5B: Examining Sequence
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Selection: J-38 Form level: 10 Word count: 1999 words Writer: Adapted from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor Synopsis: If y'all're someone who loves numbers and equations, consider pursuing 1 of these mathematics-related vocations. J-38
Excerpt: If you pursued a career every bit a mathematician you would need to have at least a bachelor'south degree, although a primary'due south degree or doctorate are most ever essential for more than advanced positions. The median salary for this career is only above $100,000 per twelvemonth.
The typical statistician can expect to earn most $75,000 per year.
The median yearly bacon for this career is almost $95,000, and the U.S. Department of Labor predicts employment of actuaries will grow much faster than the average for all occupations.
If you lot are interested in pursuing electrical applied science, you will need to have courses in physics and mathematics, including algebra, trigonometry, and calculus. Entry-level jobs in this field require a bachelor's caste, and median salaries for this vocation are about $88,000.
Question: Place the post-obit careers in order according to their salaries, with the highest-paying career first.
- mathematician
- actuary
- electrical engineer
- statistician
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Writing prompt: Think about the selections you accept read that explicate how something happens or is done. Explain the process in complete detail in your own words, so that people reading your instructions are able to understand or perform the entire procedure successfully on their ain.
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8B: Reasoning
Description: Reasoning 8B: Reasoning
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Selection: J-24 Grade level: ten Discussion count: 2056 words Author: Erica Cirino Synopsis: This and many other urban legends are believable because they incorporate partial truths and scrambled facts. J-24
Extract: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: Why exercise many people feel compelled to tell cautionary types of urban legends like that of "Popular Rocks and Soda Pop"?
- to inform others about a potentially dangerous condition
- to show their noesis of mutual facts of life
- to demonstrate that they have a good sense of humor
- to depict something surprising that happened to a friend
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Writing prompt: Practise people learn by studying the past? Use details from a option y'all take read, as well every bit your reasoning skills, to back up your answer.
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1A: Recalling Explicit Details
Description: Identifying explicit details including graphic symbol, time, setting and speaker 1A: Recalling Explicit Details
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Option: C-12 Grade level: 3 Discussion count: 1346 words Writer: Bearding Synopsis: A farmer and his wife get a surprising gift from two unusual travelers. C-12
Extract: Soon Baucis came out to tell them their dinner was prepare. "It is not very much of a dinner," she said. "At that place is some bread and cheese, and a bullpen with some milk, and some small purple grapes.
Question: Which two of the following items are offered to the strangers for dinner?
- cheese
- grapes
- apples
- ham
- potatoes
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Writing prompt: Describe how you lot felt when y'all read a option. Were yous happy, lamentable, or did y'all feel something else? Explain why the selection fabricated you experience this way.
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2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
Description: Determining Relative Importance 2B: Analyzing Relative Importance
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Choice: C-36 Grade level: iii Word count: 1195 words Author: Mark Twain Synopsis: What's the best mode to get a boy to do something? Tell him he tin't practise it. C-36
Excerpt: "Really? Is that so?" Ben asked. "Oh, come now. Let me simply try, but just a little. I'd let you, if you was me, Tom."
"Ben, I'd like to. Actually, I would. But Aunt Polly likes it done merely and then. Jim wanted to do it, but she wouldn't allow him. Sid wanted to do it, merely she wouldn't let Sid. Now, don't you meet my problem? If y'all were to tackle this fence and anything was to happen to it?"
"Oh, come on! I'll be only every bit careful," Ben said eagerly. "Now let me try. Say, I'll give you a piece of my apple."
"No, Ben."
Ben said, "Okay. I'll give you all of it!"
Question: Which of the post-obit was the most unusual thing that happened in this selection?
- Tom was able to get other boys to do his piece of work and to pay him to do so.
- Tom had an aunt who needed help whitewashing a fence.
- Tom had many friends who lived in his neighborhood.
- Tom hoped his friends would not make fun.
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Writing prompt: Draw parts of a selection that held important clues to help yous understand what was happening.
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3A: Predicting Outcomes
Description: Predicting Outcomes 3A: Predicting Outcomes
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Choice: C-44 Course level: 3 Word count: 1130 words Writer: Erica Cirino Synopsis: A day at the zoo requires detective work when motorcar keys disappear. C-44
Extract: The next showroom they searched was the safari exhibit. This was Marco's favorite identify in the whole zoo. They hopped on the safari railroad train again. Marco and his dad were so happy that they nearly forgot about the lost keys.
Question: In the choice, Marco rides on the safari train ii times. When he rides on the train, what kind of expression would you probably see on his face?
- a smile
- a frown
- anger
- surprise
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Writing prompt: Write an email to a friend who has not read the selection. Provide enough information about the selection'due south characters, settings, and events so your friend is able to predict what happened in the pick.
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4C: Visualizing
Description: Visualizing 4C: Visualizing
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Selection: C-24 Grade level: 3 Word count: 1323 words Author: Michael H. Levitt Synopsis: Was the stranger telling the truth? Did he even EXIST? C-24
Excerpt: "Well," he said, "the one-time lighthouse had been here for many years. It was not as big as this one. It did not have electric equipment. The lite was from a burn that the lighthouse keeper had to tend. The light wasn't every bit stiff equally information technology is today, and then boats at a great distance couldn't see it. But the indicate never failed to warn boats abroad from the rocks."
Question: The old crewman said that the old lighthouse differed from the new lighthouse in which 2 of the following ways?
- The sometime lighthouse was smaller.
- The onetime lighthouse needed a fire to create lite.
- The old lighthouse was taller.
- The old lighthouse was damaged by a boat that crashed into it.
- The old lighthouse had a more powerful light that could be seen from great distances.
Writing
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Writing prompt: Listing words and phrases in a selection that helped you grade a pic of a place, object, or event in a selection.
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Source: https://standards.readingplus.com/grade-standard/98104?state=MN
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