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Which text-dependent question is the best one for this passage?

A. What are Patricia Pollaco's beliefs about Mr. Falker? Use words and phrases from the story and the letter to prove your answer.

B. What does Patricia Pollaco remember about her childhood in this letter?

C. What is the genre of this piece of text? How do you know?

D. What specialized help does Patricia Pollacco need during her childhood? How do you know?

Answer: Correct. This question requires the students to compare both pieces of text and get at a core understanding that resides in both. Patricia feels grateful toward Mr. Falker for his care for her during her struggle to read. In both pieces of text, she refers to the darkness and loneliness she feels and how his care for her resulted in her learning to read. Mr. Falker pulled her into the "bright sunlight" and sat her on a "shooting star" in the letter, and in the story, "light poured into her brain" when she began to read, which was directly a result of Mr. Falker's intervention. Both pieces of text reveal Patricia's deep love and gratitude for the role that Mr. Falker played in her life. Incorrect. This question may allow the young reader to write about Patricia's loneliness, sadness and thoughts about Mr. Falker. But the young reader should be stretched to consider both pieces of text and how they reveal a core message. The young reader should be able to deal with literary nonfiction and literature standards. Try again. Incorrect. The genre is an autobiographical letter, which is announced by the author at the beginning of the selection. The knowledge of this genre is essentially irrelevant to the overall understanding of the text and how it complements the story. Try again. Incorrect. This is a low-level question that will simply require the young reader to list Patricia's learning deficits as a young child. This question will not help the reader to understanding core meanings or big ideas in the text. Try again.