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Strand Literary Comprehension: Comprehends important ideas and details in literary texts
Choose the TARGET
Target - Given a literary text to ready silently (may include poems, short
stories, biographies, and essays), learners respond to items in which they:
 | Demonstrate understanding of theme or message
and supporting details. (Reading EALR 2.1.3)
Story -
Selection -
Poem
 | Multiple choice stems (1 Point)
 | What is the main idea of the
story/selection/poem? |
| Which sentence best states the main idea of the
story/selection/poem? |
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| Short answer stems
(2 Points)
| Explain how the story shows (theme). Include
two
details from the story/selection/poem in your answer. |
| Any of these titles might be another title for the
story/selection/poem. Choose the title you think best fits the
story/selection/poem. |
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| Summarize with evidence from the reading.
(Reading EALR 2.1.7)
Story -
Selection
- Poem
| Multiple choice stems (1 Point)
| Which sentence best summarizes the
story/selection/poem? |
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| Short answer stems (2 Points)
| In your own words, write a summary of the
story/selection/poem. Include three
main events from the story/selection/poem in your summary. |
| Any of these titles might be another title for the
selection. Choose the title you think best fits the story/selection/poem |
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| Make inferences or predictions based on the
reading. (Reading EALR 2.1.5)
Story -
Selection -
Poem
| Multiple choice stems (1 Point)
| The author writes, “______.” What does he/she mean? |
| Based on the information in the story, what do you
think (character) will do now that (cite circumstances at end of story)? |
| What happens at the end of the story/selection/poem? |
| Which word best describes how (character) felt about
(character)? |
| Based on the information in the story/selection/poem,
what do you predict (character) will do now that (cite circumstances at
end of story)? |
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| Short answer stems (2 Points)
| Why does (character) most likely (action)? |
| Based on the information in the story/selection/poem,
what do you predict will most likely happen if (character)(action)?
Include information from the story/selection/poem to support your
prediction. |
| What will (character) do now that (cite circumstances
at end of story/selection/poem)? Support your prediction with information
from the story/selection/poem. |
| What do you think (character) will do the next time he
meets (another character)? Use information from the story/selection/poem
to support your prediction. |
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| Interpret vocabulary critical to the meaning
of the text (Reading EALR 1.3.2)
Story -
Selection -
Poem
| Multiple choice stems (1 Point)
| What is the meaning of the word/phrase (word/phrase in
quotes) in paragraph (number) of the story/selection/poem? |
| What is the meaning of the word/phrase (word/phrase in
quotes) in the sentence, “(quote)”? |
| What is the meaning of the word/phrase (word/phrase in
quotes in the (number) paragraph of the section titled “______”? |
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| Order steps, sequence, and/or parts from the
reading (Reading EALR 2.2.1)
Story -
Selection -
Poem
| Multiple choice stems (1 Point)
| According to the story/selection/poem, which event
happens first/last? |
| According to the story/selection/poem, after
(character) (action), what did he/she do next? |
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| Short answer stems (2 Points)
| According to the story/selection/poem, what are
three
steps, in order, the (character) takes to (action)? |
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