C1: RL
Quote the text to show why Athena became angry. (DOK 1)
Athena, enraged by the girl's disrespect..."
What is the main purpose of "The Master Builders"? (DOK 2)
Answer: To inform the reader about the strength and uses of spider silk.
If you added a diagram to "The Master Builders," what specific part of the spider should it label to help the reader understand silk production? (DOK 2)
Answer: What are the spinnerets?
Identify two ways spiders use their silk according to the text. (DOK 1)
Answer: What are ballooning (travel) and wrapping prey?
In Text 1, the word "undoing" means this. (DOK 2)
Answer: What is ruin or the cause of failure?
"Athena, enraged by the girl's disrespect, transformed Arachne into a spider." Provide the text evidence that explains Athena's anger. (DOK 1)
What is "the girl's disrespect" or "Arachne's claim that her tapestries were finer"?
State the main purpose of the text "The Master Builders." (DOK 2)
Answer: What is to inform the reader about spider silk's strength and uses?
Which visual element would best help a reader understand Arachne’s transformation? (DOK 2)
Answer: A series of illustrations or a diagram showing the physical change.
According to the text, what are two ways spiders use their silk? (DOK 1)
Answer: Ballooning and wrapping prey.
In Text 1, what does the word "undone" imply about Arachne? (DOK 2)
Answer: Her pride caused her total failure/ruin.
Summarize the theme of "The Weaver's Mistake." (DOK 2)
Answer: Pride or hubris leads to one's downfall.
How is the information in the second paragraph organized? (DOK 2)
Answer: Description or Cause/Effect (Silk strength leads to specific uses).
How does the myth of Arachne provide an "origin" for the scientific facts in Text 2? (DOK 3)
What is "it explains why spiders are destined to weave webs forever"?
Explain why humans are interested in replicating spider silk. (DOK 2)
Answer: What is for use in body armor and medical sutures?
In Text 2, find a word that means "to copy or mimic." (DOK 2)
What is "replicate"?
Based on the events of the myth, identify a major theme. (DOK 2)
Answer: What is "Pride leads to a downfall" or "Respect the gods/authority"?
The author uses words like "essential," "stronger than steel," and "efficiency."
What is the author’s attitude toward spiders? (DOK 2)
What does theme mean?
The lesson or moral of the story
What is the main idea of the second paragraph of "The Master Builders"? (DOK 2)
Answer: Spider silk is a powerful material that humans are trying to copy.
Using Text 2, what is a "spinneret"? (DOK 2)
Answer: The organ spiders use to produce silk.
Compare and contrast Arachne’s character at the beginning vs. the end. (DOK 3)
Answer: She begins as a boastful human and ends as a humbled, eternal weaver (spider).
How does the author’s tone in the informational text differ from the literary text? (DOK 3)
Answer: Informational is objective/admiring; Literary is dramatic/cautionary.
Explain how the myth of Arachne "explains" a natural phenomenon found in the RI text. (DOK 3)
Answer: It provides a fictional origin story for why spiders weave webs.
Is spider weaving an instinct or learned behavior?
Answer: Instinct
When you have details and what the text is all about.....
Answer: What is main idea?