CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.5
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, 5C
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
5C: Examining Genre
5C: Examining Genre
Description:
Examining Genre
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
J-44
J-44
Grade level: 10
Word count: 2387 words
Author: Diane Lang
Synopsis: Not all ballerinas had conventional beginnings or moved smoothly into the world of ballet with its centuries of ingrained traditions.
Excerpt:
One of her uncles placed her in an orphanage, hoping she'd be adopted and transferred to a safer location. But life in the orphanage was daunting for the three-year-old girl, who recalled being labeled "the devil's child" and being ill-treated by the orphanage's caretakers because she had vitiligo -- a skin condition that causes blotches of lightened skin. Incredibly, children in the orphanage were assigned numbers classifying them from most favored to least favored; DePrince was ranked 27th out of 27 children.
Question:
If this excerpt on DePrince became part of an autobiography, how would it be different?
- It would delve more into DePrince's feelings and struggles as an orphan.
- It would focus more on her uncle's motivations for placing her in an orphanage.
- It would criticize the administration and social practices of the orphanage.
- It would reflect the writer's opinions and biases about adoption.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Choose an expository piece, such as a speech or an essay. Describe how the author uses language to relay information, or make (or respond) to an argument.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions