RI2.5 Text Structures, Part 2 Chronology and Problem and Sol

RI2.5 Text Structures, Part 2 Chronology and Problem and Solution

Standard: LAFS.4RI2.5:

• I can describe the structure of events, idea, concepts, and information in a text or part of a text.

• Describe the overall text structure found in an informational text

Learning Target:

• I can analyze an informational text and determine its overall structure

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Success Criteria( Road Map)

The scaffolded explanation or details of the learning target

• I can cite information from a text to provide evidence for its structure.

• I can describe how the organization of a text helps my understanding.

Chronology

Is a text structure that describes events in the order they occur. Words such as first, next, then, during, and finally signal this text structure, as do dates that tell when the event happened.

Multiple Choice

Chronology uses signal words such as

• first, next, during, and finally

• problem, solutions, challenge, fixed

• like, both, same, different

• because, as a result, if, then

Problem and Solution

text structure describes a problem first and then its solution. Words such as problem, solution, challenge, fixed, issue and resolved signal a problem and solution structure.

Multiple Choice

Problem and Solution uses signal words

• first, next, during, and finally

• problem, solution, fixed, issue

• like, both, unlike, same

• because, as a result, if,

Multiple Choice

I'll never forget the storm last October. Before the storm started, I found some blankets and flashlights. During the storm, I played games with my family. Finally, I turned on the radio and listened to the local weather report. Crack!

What type of text structure is the passage?

• Chronology

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

Multiple Select

How did you know that the passage was Chronology?

• Signal words like, same, different, unlike

• Signal words before, during, finally

• Signal words issue, problem, fixed

• because, such as, therefore

Multiple Choice

The ground shool as a tree in our front yard toppled over, falling across power lines and cutting off our electricity. We faced the challenge of getting through the night without lights or heat. We resolved that issue with flashlights and candles. Dad fixed the second problem by make a fire in the fireplace.

• Chronology

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

Multiple Select

How did you know the passage was Problem and Solution?

• Signal words challenged, resolved, fixed, problem

• Signal words alike, different, same, both

• Signal words before, during, then, next

• Signal words because, therefore,