Literary Analysis Task - Sample Student Responses

ELA/Literacy
Spring Operational 2015
Grade 3
Literary Analysis Task
How Illustrations Help
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Sample Student Responses
(no annotations included)
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Items: “Coyote and Fire” and “How Big Bear Stuck to the Sky”
Anchor Set
A1 – A8
A1
"Coyote and Fire" and "How Big Bear Stuck to the Sky" are two stories that have illustrations that help the
reader understand the character's actions in these folktales.
The illustration in "Coyote and Fire" shows me that Coyote, Cougar, Fox, Squirrel, Antelope, Frog, and
Wood worked together to steal the fire and acomplish their goal of getting Fire from the skookums and
giving it to the the people. In paragraph 8 it states "So he asked his sisters, the three huckleberries who lived
in his stomach. They were wise. They would surely know what to do . And they did." The three
huckleberries said he should make a relay race with his friends for Fire. In paragraph 9 it says "Carefully,
Coyote listened to their plan. Then he went back down the mountain and called together all the animals to
tell them what they must do."
The first illstration in "How Big Bear Stuck to the Sky" shows me Otter trying to reach Sky's floor. In
paragraph 9 it states "He jumped so high his head thumped the sky floor. Otter fell back to Earth and
WHOOSH! Down the mountain he slid, riding on his belly all the way to the bottom." That tells me that
Otter did not break through Sky's floor. On the other side of Sky's floor was birds of all color and sun light.
The second illustration in "How Big Bear Stuck to the Sky" shows me Wolverine, Otter, and the Great
Spirit looking up at Fisher (Big Bear) in the sky. In paragraph 19 it states "Before he could hit Sky's floor,
the Great Spirit, admiring Fisher's persistence, took pity on the bear. He adorned Fisher with stars, and set
him in a place of honor in the sky."
RDG 3, WE 3
Annotations
Anchor Paper 1
Reading
Score Point 3
Written Expression
Score Point 3
A2
The illustations in the folk tales helps the reader understand the characters actions. In Coyote and fire the
animals took the fire frme each other,In big bear wolverine is breaking the sky and in the last picture Fisher
is living in the sky. Thes illastrations help the reader understand the characters actions.
In the Coyote And Firehe cogar ran with the stick an then fox took it and then squriell took it. But then
the skookums caught up and made a mark on his neck. Then the antelope took it and ran with the burning
stick. Then deer took it and ran with the stick. and then frog swllowed the burning coal then he leaped. But
the frog wasn't fast so he had to take a huge leap and left his ail with thae skookum.
In the How The Big Bear Stuck To The Sky in the first picture it shows that Oter tried he had fell down
the mountain back to earth. When Lynx tried he had hit his head and fell unconsious. But when wolverine
tried he started to make cracks in the skys floor.
Lastly in the last picture of How Big Bear Stuck To The Sky it shows that Fisher was living in the sky.
The animals that tried were looking at him. Fisher was a constelation. They're were stars that made him a
bear. These are how the illastrations in the folktales help the reader understand the characters actions.
These illutstrations help the reader understand the characters actions. They help tell what the character
is doing. If these illustrations weren't there it would be hard to imagine what the character was doing.
RDG 3, WE 3
Annotations
Anchor Paper 2
Reading
Score Point 3
Written Expression
Score Point 3
A3
RDG 2, WE 2
Annotations
Anchor Paper 3
Reading
Score Point 2
Written Expression
Score Point 2
A4
RDG 2, WE 2
Annotations
Anchor Paper 4
Reading
Score Point 2
Written Expression
Score Point 2
A5
RDG 1, WE 1
Annotations
Anchor Paper 5
Reading
Score Point 1
Written Expression
Score Point 1
A6
RDG 1, WE 1
Annotations
Anchor Paper 6
Reading
Score Point 1
Written Expression
Score Point 1
A7
RDG 0, WE 0
Annotations
Anchor Paper 7
Reading
Score Point 0
Written Expression
Score Point 0
A8
RDG 0, WE 0
Annotations
Anchor Paper 8
Reading
Score Point 0
Written Expression
Score Point 0
Practice Set
P101 - P105
P101
P102
The illustrations from both stories help you understand how they are working together to solve problems, in
"Coyote and Fire"they have to get Fire from the skookums.In How Big Bear Stuck to the Sky"They have to
break the sky to warm the earth.
The illistraitions from "Coyote and Fire"help you understand that they are working together to get Fire to
keep themselves warm. It says "At the forest's edge' the skookums almost caught up with Squirrel".Thats
when Antelope took the stick of Fire,sped across a meadow, and handed it to Deer.That shows that they are
working together.
In the illistraitions from "How Big Bear Stuck to the Sky"it shows that they are working together to break
through the sky to warm earth.It says "There Fisher stood on his back paws and stretched, swiping his front
claws on Sky's floor. But he only made a tiny scratch. he could not break through to Sky. "Let me try,"cried
Otter.
that show that they are all trying to break Sky and working together.
In both stories they solve their problems by working together.
P103
P104
P105
Practice Set
(order of scores: Reading Comprehension, Written Expression, Conventions)
Paper
Score
P101
1,1,1
P102
3,3,3
P103
0,0,0
P104
1,1,1
P105
2,2,2