Question

After students in a sixth-grade class finish reading a historical novel about the U.S. Civil War, the teacher asks each student to bring in an object, or a picture or illustration of an object, that, to them, represents the book. The students must also identify a passage or passages from the book that they can use to support their choices when they present their objects to the class. This activity is most likely to promote students' reading development by helping them understand the importance of:

A. determining an author's stated or implied main point of view.
B. using text structure to develop a general summary of a literary work.
C. identifying a novel's mood by analyzing the author's use of figurative language.
D. basing interpretations about a literary work on textual evidence.

Answer 1

The activity promotes reading development by emphasizing the importance of basing interpretations on textual evidence.

Step-by-step explanation:

The activity is most likely to promote students' reading development by helping them understand the importance of basing interpretations about a literary work on textual evidence. By asking students to bring in an object and identify passages from the book to support their choices, the activity encourages students to locate and analyze specific information from the text. This emphasizes the need for evidence when making interpretations about a literary work.