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R.ELA.7.11

Description: Analyze the structure an author uses to organize an informational text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 5A, 5C

Exemplars

5A: Examining Text Structure

5A: Examining Text Structure

Description: Examining Text Structure

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: G-36

G-36

Grade level: 7
Word count: 1902 words
Author: Alexandra North
Synopsis: Systems of government vary around the world, but most are concerned with serving the interests of their citizens.
Excerpt: "There is good government when those who are near it are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted." This timeless proverb was written by the Chinese philosopher Confucius thousands of years ago. It continues to be a maxim national governments strive toward today.

Question: How does this maxim by Confucius in the opening paragraph relate to the rest of the selection?
  1. It sets the ideal standard toward which representative governments strive.
  2. It requires governments to pay for all the needs of its citizens.
  3. It demonstrates that the Chinese philosopher could predict the future.
  4. It shows that a country with a good government is impossible to find.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe an author's use of sensory details in a selection that you have read. Explain how the author shared information through descriptions that use sight, sound, taste, smell, or touch.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

5C: Examining Genre

5C: Examining Genre

Description: Examining Genre

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: G-67

G-67

Grade level: 7
Word count: 1747 words
Author: Laney Kuenzel
Synopsis: The years of grueling practice pay off for an ice skater in high school who started lessons as a toddler.
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: This selection is best classified as
  1. a personal anecdote.
  2. a newspaper article.
  3. a biography.
  4. science fiction.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Choose one fiction and one non-fiction text that are on the same topic (such as a historical event, or the life of an influential person). Describe how the two different genres relay the same information and how the structure of each genre affects the understanding of the information.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions