Describe a Problem-Solution Text Structure - Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Fosa Yeboah

Describe a Problem-Solution Text Structure - Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Fosa Yeboah

Multiple Choice

In these paragraphs, most kids with disabilities couldn't go to school. How did Emmanuel's family solve this problem?

• Emmanuel stopped going to school because he was too heavy

• Emmanuel's mother carried him, and later he hopped there

• Emmanuel’s grandmother talked to the school

• Emmanuel showed them his soccer skills

Multiple Choice

The underlined sentences represent one problem and solution in this excerpt:

Problem: Emmanuel grew too heavy for his mother to carry him to school.

Solution: Emmanuel hopped to school and back, two miles each way, on one leg, by himself.

Which pair of sentences below contains another problem and solution from the excerpt?

• Problem: At first, nobody would play with him.Solution: Lunging and spinning on crutches his grandmother had found for him and kicking the ball with his good left foot, Emmanuel earned their respect.

• Problem: At first, nobody would play with him.Solution: So Emmanuel saved his money and bought something none of his classmates had: a brand-new soccer ball.

• Problem: Of course he would share it . . . if he could play too.Solution: At first, nobody would play with him.

• Problem: Most kids with disabilities couldn’t go to school.Solution: Lunging and spinning on crutches his grandmother had found for him and kicking the ball with his good left foot, Emmanuel earned their respect.

Open Ended

How does the author structure the events in the passage? In one to two sentences, describe how the text is structured.