Interpret Meaning from Text

How does the visual element (image) help a reader better understand the text?

• It shows an image of Louis Armstrong, showing the reader an illustration of the article's topic.

• It shows that the article is about trumpets.

• It shows a diagram explaining how something works.

• It shows a chart, illustrating how many people like to play the trumpet.

Based on the image, what conclusion can the reader draw about the story's character(s)?

• The story is about an old man.

• The story is about a young girl.

• The story likely features two strangers, a young girl and an old man.

• The story likely features a young girl and her grandfather.

Based on the diagram, what conclusion can the reader draw about the human brain?

• Human brains are colorful.

• Human brains have many regions, which are responsible for different functions.

• Human brains are less complicated than the brains of other animals.

• Human brains have only two sides, a left side and a right side.

How does this book cover illustration add to your understanding of the story's setting?

• It helps me know that the book is set in a fantasy setting, because there's a flying car.

• It helps me know that the story is set in Alaska, because there's a bear in the stream.

• It helps me know that the story is set in a time long ago, because there's a castle.

• It tells me that the setting is the year 1992, in St. Louis, MO.

How does the cover illustration add to your understanding of the story's setting?

• The story is likely set in a big city or urban area.

• The story is likely set in a suburban area.

• The story is likely set in a small town or rural area.

How does the illustration add to your understanding of the story's setting?

• The story is set in the future, because characters are wearing futuristic clothing.

• The story is set in the past, because the characters are wearing old fashioned clothing.

• The story is set in the present, because the characters are dressed in modern clothing.

How does the illustration add to your understanding of the character?

• The girl is very social and popular.

• The girl is shy and or feels left out.

• The girl doesn't care about what everyone else is doing. She's happy doing her own thing.

• The girl has hurt her ankle.

How does the illustration add to your understanding of the story's conflict?

• The story features a man vs. nature conflict.

• The story depicts a man vs. man conflict.

• The story includes a man vs. society conflict.

• The story revolves around a conflict between man and the supernatural.

Based on the image, what conclusion can the reader draw about the story's conflict?

• The conflict is man vs. nature

• The conflict is man vs. society

• The conflict is man vs. man

• The conflict is man vs. self

Based on the image, what conclusion can the reader draw about the story's conflict?

• There is a man vs. man conflict in the story.

• There is a man vs. nature conflict in the story.

• There is a man vs. self conflict in the story.

• There is a man vs. society conflict in the story.