Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.Describe how a particular story’s…plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.missing commas, beginning sentences with conjunctions). The sentences are structured using a variety of types however, most are simple with grammatical errors that a child would make-(i.e. The language used is familiar and easy to understand.
This is significant because the narrator is a ten-year-old girl with Asperger’s, so it being written this way makes it more believable and relatable. Instead of using quotation mark, anything spoken is written in italics. The language features to this story are somewhat unique. Mockingbird is a moderately complex book when measuring from the Qualitative Measures Rubric.
When she reads the definition of “closure” she realizes that is what she must obtain in order to cope with the absence of her brother.ĪTOS Level: 3.6 AR Points: 5.0 Flesch-Kincain Reading Ease: 89.3 NC940L (Non-conforming) Like most people with Asperger’s Caitlin becomes enthralled in looking up the meaning of words in the dictionary. Caitlin struggles to cope with this loss, and it becomes increasingly difficult for her because she has Asperger’s. She is left with her dad who does not know how to deal with her and does not understand her at all. Only two years after losing her mother cancer, ten-year-old Caitlin has just lost her older brother, and best friend, in a violent shooting.
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