A fifth-grade class is reading the narrative nonfiction story Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz. The story details the life of George IIIthe third, who was king of England when the American Revolution was fought. Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) Firm, firm, firm. (2) From now on he would be firm. (3) After the Battle of Lexington and the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George said he felt strong as a lion. (4) People would soon see, he said, that Americans would back down, meek as lambs.
(5) Instead, on July 4, 1776, Americans declared their independence. (6) Naturally King George was annoyed. (7) But he wasn't worried. (8) How could children, however rebellious, succeed against a firm father? (9) How could a few colonies hold out against a powerful empire? (10) He'd just send a few more regiments over and then watch the Americans come around! (11) It never occurred to George the Third that he might not be right. (12) "I wish nothing but good," he once said, "therefore everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor or a scoundrel."
Question:
The teacher gives the student and assignment to annotate the text while reading it a second time. One of the students, Logan, annotates a portion of the text as shown.
(9) How could a few colonies hold out against a powerful empire? (10) He'd just send a few more
The figure shows a student's annotation of the text, as follows, beginning with sentence 10 of the passage. Sentence 10 begins with "He'd just send a few more..." followed by the annotation, "He is going to send more troops over to fight and kill colonists. This would make the people who are left change their mind about wanting to leave England. Sentence 10 continues, "...regiments over and then watch the Americans come around!" An annotation is inserted, "I think this means he wants good and right things all the time. Sentence 11 has been circled: "It never occurred to George the Third that he might not be right. Sentence 12 is shown: "I wish nothing but good," he once said, "therefore everyone who does not agree with me is either a traitor or a scoundrel." A student annotation follows: "A traitor is someone who betrays someone else. Someone who betrays a king would be punished, maybe by death. A scoundrel is a bad person and a liar. King George believes he is right and anyone who doesn't agree with him is wrong. Asterisk, The circled sentence is the most important because he was wrong but he was too overconfident to see it."
The primary purpose for Logan's annotation of the text is to
A.make a personal connection to the king as portrayed in the story
B.help develop mental visual imagery of life during the American Revolution
C.prepare for an exam with questions about the major story elements
D.connect reading and writing by considering examples of characterization