Reading Informational

RI 3.8

Essential Question:

How do authors structure their ideas and information to guide our understanding and build knowledge?

Portrait of a Graduate:

Critical Thinking: Students will analyze text structures, understanding how they contribute to the effectiveness of a text.

Communication: Students will articulate their analysis of text structure both orally and in writing.

Responsibility: By analyzing text structure, students will demonstrate their role as responsible and engaged readers.

Inquiry Question:

What are the different ways authors can organize information in a text?

2. Inquiry Question:

How does understanding the structure of a text help us better comprehend the author's message?

3. Inquiry Question:

Can identifying the structure of a text (e.g., cause/effect, comparison) change our interpretation of the information presented?

Student Outcomes:

Students will be able to identify and describe the structure of a text (comparison, cause/effect, sequence).

2. Student Outcomes:

Students will analyze how specific sentences and paragraphs within a text contribute to its overall structure.

3. Student Outcomes:

Students will explain how the structure of a text enhances the reader's understanding of the content.

Skills Demonstrated:

Standard:

RI3.8: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

Resources:

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