Students make connections between what they are reading and relevant personal experiences, other texts they have read, or things from the real world they are knowledgeable about to build a framework for understanding the text they are reading.
Using this background knowledge gives students a starting place for constructing meaning from the text.
Students demonstrate comprehension of a text when they recognize these connections and can draw comparisons between them. For example, students reading an informational text about meteors and asteroids may make connections with a science-fiction novel or movie they have read or seen.
Students make connections between what they are reading and relevant personal experiences, other texts they have read, or things from the real world they are knowledgeable about to build a framework for understanding the text they are reading.
Using this background knowledge gives students a starting place for constructing meaning from the text.
Students demonstrate comprehension of a text when they recognize these connections and can draw comparisons between them. For example, students reading an informational text about meteors and asteroids may make connections with a science-fiction novel or movie they have read or seen.
Which answer did you pick for question 16?
16. Read lines 37 through 40 from the poem "An Unexpected Gift."
My boat became a backyard fixture
not on our pond but in our tree;
there it sits steady, offering
a tasty treasure of bird seed.
Which sentence from the article "Sticking To It" contains a SIMILAR idea about an object
being used often?
Why did you choose this answer?
Read the question and answer choices carefully. Make sure you understand what you are being asked.
This question is asking you to analyze a stanza from the poem for a similar idea from the passage. Think about what those line from the poem are saying about the boat.
Use the strikethrough tool to eliminate incorrect answers.
Look up words (especially in the question and answer choices) you do not know - remember, you can't accurately answer a question if you do not understand the question.
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Which answer should you have chosen for question 16?
16. Read lines 37 through 40 from the poem "An Unexpected Gift."
My boat became a backyard fixture
not on our pond but in our tree;
there it sits steady, offering
a tasty treasure of bird seed.
Which sentence from the article "Sticking To It" contains a SIMILAR idea about an object
being used often?
What will you do differently next time?