Grade 3 ELA | FL B.E.S.T. Standard: ELA.3.R.1.3
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 | First Person
Clue words: "I," "my" |
| 2 | Third Person
Clue words: "Marcus," "he," "his" |
| 3 | First Person
Clue words: "We," "our" |
| 4 | Third Person
Clue words: "The little girl," "her," "grandmother" |
| 5 | Third Person—the narrator is outside the story
Uses "Mia," "she," "Sofia," character names rather than "I/me" |
| 6 | They have different knowledge. Mia doesn't know about the surprise party, so she thinks her friends are ignoring her. Sofia knows about the party, so she's excited. |
| 7 | "Why are my friends ignoring me?" she wondered sadly. OR "Mia felt hurt and confused." |
| 8 | "This is so hard! I can't wait to see Mia's face when she walks into the party!" OR "Sofia was so excited she could barely keep the secret." |
| Mia's Perspective | Sofia's Perspective | |
| What does she KNOW? | Her friends are acting strange and ignoring her | There's a surprise birthday party planned for Mia |
| How does she FEEL? | Hurt, confused, sad | Excited, happy (but it's hard to keep the secret) |
| Why does she feel this way? | She thinks her friends don't want to be around her | She's excited about surprising her friend |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 | B. First person—the narrator is the older sibling |
| 2 | B. "I couldn't believe it" and "my homework" |
| 3 | B. Angry and worried |
| 4 | A. Jake thinks the situation is funny; the narrator thinks it's serious |
| 5 | "She had been up late working and wasn't in the mood for fighting."
This shows Mom is tired and doesn't want to deal with conflict. |
| 6 | C. Third person—the narrator is outside the story |
| 7 | Excited and happy. Evidence: "She jumped up and down with excitement." |
| 8 | B. Luis thinks his project was the most interesting; the judges gave first place to Emma |
| 9 | See chart below |
| 10 | B. She worries that other students will think she's weird |
| 11 | B. Sophie sees someone who needs help; Maya expects to be ignored |
| 12 | Sophie was new at the school before, so she remembers how scary it was. The text says "I remember when I was new here—it was so scary!" |
| 13 | At first Maya felt worried and expected to be ignored. By the end, she felt hopeful and thought "this new school wouldn't be so bad after all." |
| 14 | Readers would NOT know what Sophie was thinking. We wouldn't know that Sophie remembered being new or that she decided to help Maya. We would only know Maya's thoughts. |
| Emma's Perspective | Luis's Perspective | |
| How they feel about winning/losing | Excited, proud, happy | Disappointed, thinks judges didn't understand |
| What they think about their own project | Proud of her volcano project | Thinks his was the most interesting in the whole fair |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 | C. Third person—a narrator outside the story tells it |
| 2 | C. "Jayden kicked" and "his team" and "He was pleased" |
| 3 | B. Excited and happy |
| 4 | B. Marcus feels frustrated that he didn't get to score; Jayden's mom feels proud and relieved |
| 5 | B. "He was pleased with the goal, but he knew the game wasn't over yet." |
| 6 | B. Marcus was open and wished Jayden had passed to him |
| 7 | B. From nervous to relieved and proud |
| 8 | B. Jayden doesn't pass to other players enough |
| 9 | See rubric and sample response below |
| 10 | See rubric and sample response below |
| Score | Criteria |
|---|---|
| 2 | Response clearly explains the difference AND uses specific text evidence to support the answer |
| 1 | Response explains the difference OR provides text evidence, but not both; or partially correct |
| 0 | Incorrect or off-topic response; no understanding demonstrated |