NJSLSA.R5
Description:
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
5A
Exemplars
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
D-29
D-29
Grade level: 4
Word count: 1520 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: When a city catches fire, it takes more than buckets of water to douse the flame.
Excerpt:
At that time London was surrounded by a 15-foot wall that had been built centuries earlier. The wall had been built to protect the city from invading armies.
Question:
What is the relationship between the two sentences in this excerpt?
- The second sentence offers supporting information for a statement in the first sentence.
- The two sentences set up a comparison.
- The first sentence states the opposite of what is stated in the second sentence.
- The two sentences are not related in any way.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Explain an author's use of description in a selection, and how the description shaped the way you viewed and understood the person, object, or event described.
Evaluator
Organization:
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