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, 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: 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?
  1. Two or more things are described and their similarities and differences are discussed.
  2. A problem is described and many solutions are offered.
  3. Information is presented in alphabetical order.
  4. 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