RI.3.5

Description: Identify and describe informational text structures, including comparison, cause/effect and problem/solution 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 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