LA 3.1.6.j
Description:
Identify and apply knowledge of organizational patterns to comprehend informational text (e.g., sequence, description, cause and effect, compare/contrast).
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
5A, 5B
Exemplars
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-57
C-57
Grade level: 3
Word count: 989 words
Author: Amie Leavitt
Synopsis: If you pay attention, clouds can give you the power to tell the future.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
How is the information in this selection organized?
- Two or more things are described and their similarities and differences are discussed.
- A problem is described and many solutions are offered.
- Information is presented in alphabetical order.
- Instructions on how to build something are presented.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe a selection's beginning, middle, and end.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5B: Examining Sequence
5B: Examining Sequence
Description:
Examining Sequence of Ideas and Events
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-1
C-1
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1242 words
Author: Kate Carter
Synopsis: Musician Ray Charles wanted to be great, not famous, but he was both.
Excerpt:
Ray heard a piano for the first time when he was four years old.
Ray and George did not have an easy time. Their parents worked a lot, but sometimes they did not have enough money to get food. One day, when Ray was five and George was four, George fell into the wash tub and drowned. Ray was not paying attention, and by the time he saw what was happening, it was too late.
Then, more trouble came. Ray started to lose his eyesight. By the time he was seven, he was blind.
When Ray was 10, his father died in an accident at work. Five years later, his mother got sick and died also.
Ray and George did not have an easy time. Their parents worked a lot, but sometimes they did not have enough money to get food. One day, when Ray was five and George was four, George fell into the wash tub and drowned. Ray was not paying attention, and by the time he saw what was happening, it was too late.
Then, more trouble came. Ray started to lose his eyesight. By the time he was seven, he was blind.
When Ray was 10, his father died in an accident at work. Five years later, his mother got sick and died also.
Question:
Put these events from Ray's life in the order in which they occurred, from first to last.
- Ray heard a piano for the first time.
- Ray's younger brother died.
- Ray lost his eyesight.
- Ray's father died.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Create a timeline of the sequence of events in a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions