Reading Informational Texts

"Text"

• Quotation Marks

• Exclamation Mark

• Colon

• Semi-colon

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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• period

• comma

• colon

• hyphen

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

:

• colon

• semi-colon

• hyphen

• comma

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

;

• colon

• semi-colon

• hyphen

• quotation marks

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

.

• Comma

• Colon

• Semi-colon

• Period

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Description

• Information is presented in sections that often begin with a central idea and are followed by an elaboration of the features, characteristics, or examples of the subject at hand.

• Information is conveyed as an issue or a problem of concern and solution(s) are proposed or explained.

• The similarities and/or differences of two or more people, things, concepts, or ideas are presented

• Information reflects a causal relationship. The description of what happened is the effect and the detail(s) related to why it happened is the cause.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Problem & Solution

• Information is presented in sections that often begin with a central idea and are followed by an elaboration of the features, characteristics, or examples of the subject at hand.

• Information is conveyed as an issue or a problem of concern and solution(s) are proposed or explained.

• The similarities and/or differences of two or more people, things, concepts, or ideas are presented

• Information reflects a causal relationship. The description of what happened is the effect and the detail(s) related to why it happened is the cause.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Compare & Contrast

• Information is presented in sections that often begin with a central idea and are followed by an elaboration of the features, characteristics, or examples of the subject at hand.

• Information is conveyed as an issue or a problem of concern and solution(s) are proposed or explained.

• The similarities and/or differences of two or more people, things, concepts, or ideas are presented

• Information reflects a causal relationship. The description of what happened is the effect and the detail(s) related to why it happened is the cause.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Cause & Effect

• Information is presented in sections that often begin with a central idea and are followed by an elaboration of the features, characteristics, or examples of the subject at hand.

• Information is conveyed as an issue or a problem of concern and solution(s) are proposed or explained.

• The similarities and/or differences of two or more people, things, concepts, or ideas are presented

• Information reflects a causal relationship. The description of what happened is the effect and the detail(s) related to why it happened is the cause.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Authors use this text structure to explain how things happen in order.

• Cause & Effect

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution

• Description

• Sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5