5.RI.5 Pre-Assessment

Authors use different text ___________ to organize the ideas, information, and details they want readers to understand about a topic.

• layouts

• formats

• structures

• sequences

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Two informational texts can have similar ideas but different text structures.

• True

• False

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This text structure shows how two or more things, people, places, or ideas are similar (alike) and/ or how they are different.

• Problem/ Solution

• Cause/ Effect

• Sequence

• Compare/ Contrast

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Good readers identify _____________ words and phrases that offer clues to help determine a text's structure.

• choice

• alarm

• ready

• signal

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Which text structure explains why something happened and what happened as a result?

• Compare/ Contrast

• Cause/ Effect

• Problem/ Solution

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Choose the signal words/ phrases that you might find in a text with Compare/ Contrast structure.

• later, because, as a result

• then, now, so

• due to, if, thus

• on the other hand, similarly, however

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CCSS.RI.5.5

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CCSS.RI.4.5

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CCSS.RI.3.5

Choose the signal words/ phrases that you might find in a text with Cause/ Effect structure.

• after, then, however

• because, as a result, therefore

• similar, different, next

• last, solution, first

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Choose the graphic organizer that goes with Cause/ Effect text structure?

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Choose the graphic organizer that goes with Compare/ Contrast text structure.

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Read the passage and determine its text structure.

Passage #1:

Getting to work in the morning is the choice between two paths. The first option is the highway. It offers highspeed convenience and a direct route. On the other hand, some prefer the circuitous route through the back roads. It differs from the interstate in that it is not very direct, but it does offer a quieter, more scenic view. Regardless of which route you take, both bring you to the same destination.

• Compare/ Contrast

• Cause/ Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence/ Chronological

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.7.5