RI.2.5
Description:
Identify and describe informational text structures, including sequence/chronological and descriptive structures, and describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text and how they contribute to the overall structure.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
5A
Exemplars
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
~ standard partially met
Selection:
B-11
B-11
Grade level: 2
Word count: 1026 words
Author: Tracey Baptiste
Synopsis: What makes a good pet? Loyalty? Friendliness? Fur?
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
How does the author organize the information in this selection?
- Things are compared to see how they are similar or different from one another.
- One problem is presented and many possible solutions are described.
- Information is presented randomly and is not organized.
- Events are described in alphabetical order.
Writing
~ standard partially 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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