Exemplar 3: Tables i

NIMAS Exemplar 3: Tables
Reading Street Grade 4

Program Authors

Peter Afflerbach, Camille Blachowicz, Candy Dawson Boyd, Wendy Cheyney, Connie Juel, Edward Kame'enui, Donald Leu, Jeanne Paratore, P. David Pearson, Sam Sebesta, Deborah Simmons, Sharon Vaughn, Susan Watts-Taffe, Karen Kring Wixson

Cover Artist: Tim Jessell

Copyright Information

ISBN: 0-328-10837-5

Copyright 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.

All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Exemplar 4: Tables

Welcome to the NIMAS tables exemplar. This exemplar includes several tables rendered in varying formats through css. All of the XML code used to create these tables is NIMAS-conformant and satisfies the requirements of the DAISY 2005-2 DTD. Individual examples are followed by images of source tables for comparison.

Statement Support True or False/
Valid or Faulty
Statement
of fact		 Other facts True
Statement
of opinion		 Logic or known
facts		 Valid
Statement
of opinion		 Weak opinion or
incorrect facts		 Faulty
Image of a table with three columns and four rows This table has three columns and four rows. The first column on the left is titled "Statement" and the three rows beneath it read, from top to bottom, "Statement of fact," "Statement of opinion," and "Statement of opinion." The second column in the middle is titled "Support" and the three rows beneath it read, from top to bottom, "Other facts," "Logic or known facts," and "Weak opinion or incorrect facts." The third column on the right is titled "True or False/Valid or Faulty" and the three rows beneath it read, from top to bottom, "True," "Valid," and "Faulty."
  Alike Different
Two things in the text    
One thing in the text with
something I already know		    
Image of a table with three columns and three rows This table has three columns and three rows. The first column on the left is blank and the two rows beneath it read, from top to bottom, "Two things in the text," and "One thing in the text with something I already know." The second column in the middle is titled "Alike" and the two rows beneath it are blank. The third column on the right is titled "Different" and the two rows beneath it are blank.
Before After
Predicted
Author's
Purpose		 Reason(s)
for This
Prediction		 Author's
Actual
Purpose(s)
     
Image of a table with two columns with titles in the first row and three columns in the second and third rows This table has two columns with titles in the first row and three columns in the second and third rows. The first title on the left is "Before." The two columns beneath have two rows. Text in the second row reads "Predicted Author's Purpose" and "Reason(s) for This Prediction." The bottom row is blank. The second title on the right is "After." The single column beneath has two rows. Text in the second row reads "Author's Actual Purpose(s)." The bottom row is blank.
Similarities Differences
   
Image of a table with two columns and two rows. This table has two columns and two rows. The column on the left is titled "Similarities" and the column on the right is titled "Differences." The bottom row is blank.
Lynne Cox's Record-Breaking Swims
Year Age Location Swimming Distance* Time Sea Temperature
(Fahrenheit)
1971 14 First crossing
of Catalina
Channel (CA)		 27 miles 12 hours 36 minutes 65°–70°
1972 15 English Channel 27 miles 9 hours 57 minutes 55°–60°
1973 16 English Channel 27 miles 9 hours 36 minutes 55°–60°
1976 19 Strait of Magellan
(Chile)		 3.0 miles 1 hour
2 minutes		 44°
1987 30 Bering Strait
(between the former
Soviet Union and
the United States)		 5.0 miles 2 hours
6 minutes		 38°–42°
2002 45 Swim to Antarctica 1.2 miles 25 minutes 32°

*This number reflects the miles Lynne swam, not the actual distance between two points.

 Image of a table with six columns and seven rows, with an inset photo of Lynne Cox on the lower right

This table has six columns and seven rows, with an inset photo of Lynne Cox on the lower right. The columns in the top row are titled, from left to right, "Year;" "Age;" "Location;" "Swimming Distance," with an asterisk; "Time;" and "Sea Temperature (Fahrenheit)."

The second row is labeled "1971" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "First crossing of Catalina Channel (CA)," "27 miles," "12 hours 36 minutes," and "65°–70°."

The third row is labeled "1972" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "15," "English Channel," "27 miles," "9 hours 57 minutes," and "55°–60°."

The fourth row is labeled "1973" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "16," "English Channel," "27 miles," "9 hours 36 minutes," and "55°–60°."

The fifth row is labeled "1976" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "19," "Strait of Magellan (Chile)," "3.0 miles," "1 hour 2 minutes," and "44°."

The sixth row is labeled "1987" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "30," "Bering Strait (between the former Soviet Union and the United States)," "5.0 miles," "2 hours 6 minutes," and "38°–42°."

The seventh row is labeled "2002" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "45," "Swim to Antarctica," "1.2 miles," "25 minutes," and "32°."

The inset photo of Lynne Cox's face shows her smiling. She is wearing a bathing cap and swim goggles pushed up onto her forehead.
Mission* Date Landing Site on Moon Astronauts Who Walked on the Moon
Apollo 11 July 1969 Sea of Tranquility Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.
Apollo 12 November 1969 Ocean of Storms Charles P. "Pete" Conrad
Alan L. Bean
Apollo 14 February 1971 Fra Mauro crater region Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Edgar D. Mitchell
Apollo 15 July 1971 Hadley Rille-Apennine
mountain region		 David Scott
James Irwin
Apollo 16 April 1972 Descartes highlands John W. Young
Charles W. Duke
Apollo 17 December 1972 Between the Taurus
mountains and Littrow
crater		 Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt

*In April 1970, the Apollo 13 mission was abandoned after an explosion in the spacecraft.

Image of a table with four columns and seven rows, with an inset photo of an astronaut on the lower right

This table has four columns and seven rows, with an inset photo of an astronaut on the lower right. The columns in the top row are titled, from left to right, "Mission," with an asterisk, "Date," "Landing Site on Moon," and "Astronauts Who Walked on the Moon."

The second row is labeled "Apollo 11" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "July 1969," "Sea of Tranquility," and "Neil A. Armstrong; Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr."

The third row is labeled "Apollo 12" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "November 1969," "Ocean of Storms," and "Charles P. "Pete" Conrad; Alan L. Bean."

The fourth row is labeled "Apollo 14" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "February 1971," "Fra Mauro crater region," and "Alan B. Shepard, Jr.; Edgar D. Mitchell."

The fifth row is labeled "Apollo 15" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "July 1971," "Hadley Rille-Apennine mountain region," and "David Scott; James Irwin."

The sixth row is labeled "Apollo 16" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "April 1972," "Descartes highlands," and "John W. Young; Charles W. Duke."

The seventh row is labeled "Apollo 17" on the far left, and text in the columns reads, from left to right, "December 1972," "Between the Taurus mountains and Littrow crater," and "Eugene A. Cernan; Harrison H. Schmitt."

The inset photo on the lower right shows an astronaut turned toward the right and wearing a white space suit with a pack.
Statement
of Fact
or Opinion		 How to Check
Statement of Fact/
Support for
Statement of Opinion		 Valid
or
Faulty?
     
Image of a table with three columns and two rows This table has three columns and two rows. The columns in the top row are titled, from left to right, "Statement of Fact or Opinion," "How to Check Statement of Fact/Support for Statement of Opinion," and "Valid or Faulty?" The bottom row is blank.
Character Goal Plot Events Theme
       
Image of a table with four columns and two rows This table has four columns and two rows. The columns in the top row are titled, from left to right, "Character," "Goal," "Plot Events," and "Theme." The bottom row is blank.