MTEL Foundations of Reading

Correct Response: D. This question prompts students to analyze the central conflict faced by the narrator (main character) in the passage: whether to live up to the values that govern their relationship with Coach or, instead, compromise these values to help a popular—but unprincipled—peer, Zander. To answer the question in Option D, students must infer the nature of the two relationships and then compare and contrast these relationships, a higher-order analysis that clarifies what is at stake for the narrator in this scene. Options A and B are incorrect because these questions target students' literal comprehension of the passage. Students can answer the questions by recalling explicitly stated details from the text or by scanning the text without using higher-order literary analysis skills. Option C is incorrect because the question is not relevant to the passage shown. A plot is the sequence of major events in a narrative. In the excerpt, dialogue is minimal, and does not advance the plot.