Analyzing Texts and Authors

Read the following passage and determine two central ideas. How do these ideas develop over the course of the text?

• The importance of friendship and the impact of technology.

• The role of education and the influence of family.

• The significance of nature and the power of imagination.

• The value of hard work and the effects of perseverance.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Analyze how the author distinguishes their point of view from others in the text. What is the author's main purpose?

• To entertain the reader with a fictional story.

• To inform the reader about a historical event.

• To persuade the reader to adopt a new perspective.

• To describe a scientific process in detail.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Identify the interactions between individuals and events in the text. How do these interactions influence the outcome?

• The individuals remain unchanged by the events.

• The events lead to a significant change in the individuals.

• The individuals influence the events without any change.

• The events and individuals have no impact on each other.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Compare how two authors writing about climate change shape their presentations. What evidence do they emphasize differently?

• One focuses on economic impacts, the other on environmental effects.

• Both emphasize the same scientific data.

• One highlights political challenges, the other technological solutions.

• Both focus on the role of individual actions.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Determine the author's use of figurative language in the text. What is the effect of this language on the reader?

• It creates a sense of urgency.

• It adds humor to the text.

• It provides a clearer understanding of the topic.

• It evokes a strong emotional response.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Analyze the development of two central ideas in the text. How do these ideas interact and build upon each other?

• They remain separate and unrelated.

• One idea contradicts the other.

• They support and enhance each other.

• One idea overshadows the other.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Examine the author's point of view in the text. How does the author differentiate their position from others?

• By using statistical data.

• By presenting a personal anecdote.

• By quoting experts in the field.

• By highlighting opposing arguments.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Identify the interactions between ideas in the text. How do these interactions shape the overall message?

• The ideas conflict and create confusion.

• The ideas are unrelated and independent.

• The ideas complement each other to strengthen the message.

• The ideas are repetitive and redundant.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Determine the nuances in word meanings used by the author in the following statement:

A house is not a home. What is the message is the nuances defining in the interpretation of the text?

• It creates ambiguity and confusion in defining the two terms.

• It clarifies the author's intent on defining the term.

• It add depth and complexity to the similarities in connotation and denotation of each term.

• It simplifies the meaning of each term.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Analyze the development of central ideas in the text. How do these ideas evolve from the beginning to the end?

• They remain static and unchanged.

• They develop gradually and reach a conclusion.

• They are introduced abruptly and disappear.

• They contradict each other throughout.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept