Text Structures Organizational Patterns in Nonfiction PART ONE

What is the TS/OP of passage #1?

• chronological

• problem/solution

• statement/

  support

• process

Answer explanation

There is a problem stated - sixth grade boys and girls alike felt cheated because they had been unable to participate in middle school sports. The solution they came up with was to petition the principal to change the rule, and he decided to allow sixth graders to have an intramural sports program (which was successful).

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Why are the sixth graders at Whitmer Middle School upset?

• They're unhappy because their sports teams aren't winning.

• They're angry because they aren't allowed to play on school sports teams, but seventh and eighth graders are.

• They're upset because only sixth grade girls are allowed to play on sports teams.

• They're mad because sports is not funded at their school.

Answer explanation

The passage states, "the sixth grade class....were frustrated. They had been unable to play middle school sports....boys and girls alike (both) felt cheated. This is stating that the problem was that no sixth graders (boys or girls) were being allowed to be members of a sports team until seventh grade.

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How did the sixth grade students inform their principal that they felt there was a problem?

• They staged a protest outside of the principal's office.

• They brought him a petition with student signatures on it.

• They refused to attend class until he set up a meeting with them.

• They wrote a letter to the school's newspaper.

Answer explanation

The text states, "They started a petition, and after gathering more than a hundred signatures, they brought the petition to the principal..."

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What was the effect of the intramural sports program?

• It was poorly attended, so the school stopped holding intramurals.

• It was very popular, and made the sixth graders happy.

• It was somewhat successful, but expensive, so they canceled it.

• It made the seventh and eighth graders jealous, so it was discontinued.

Answer explanation

The passages says, "sixth graders turned out in large numbers for the intramural practices and everyone was happy. In fact, the program turned out to be SO SUCCESSFUL...."

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What is the TS/OP of passage #2?

• compare/contrast

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

• chronological

Answer explanation

The first sentence of the passage mentions two different tribes - the Pueblo and Iroquois. It then mentions ways in which these two tribes were different (they lived in different regions and had different types of clothing/homes), but also things they had in common (such as what they ate and the fact that they both adapted to their environment.)

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According to the text, the Pueblo and Iroquois have all of the following in common EXCEPT...

• They used natural resources in their environment to build shelters.

• They farmed corn, squash, and beans.

• They settled in the Southwest region of North America.

• They were both present in North American prior to (before) the arrival of Europeans.

Answer explanation

Only the Pueblo settled in the desert Southwest. The passage clearly states, "The Iroquois of the EASTERN WOODLANDS" - which tells you they lived in a different part of North America than the Pueblo.

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The Pueblo people made their clothing primarily (mostly) from which of the following?

• seal skins

• cotton

• bear and beaver fur

• all of these

Answer explanation

"The Pueblo GREW COTTON to make cloth for clothing" - this is part of sentence four from the passage.

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According to the text, the Iroquois used the bark of elm trees for what purpose?

• They made shelters (homes) from the bark.

• They traded the bark as a form of money.

• They boiled it and used it as medicine.

• They dried it and carved it into totem poles.

Answer explanation

"The Iroquois used the elm bark of the trees in their woodland surroundings to MAKE SHELTERS CALLED LONGHOUSES." This is sentence three from the passage.

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What is the TS/OP of passage #3?

• cause/effect

• process

• compare/contrast

• problem/

  solution

Answer explanation

This passage starts with a statement about how or planet is being threatened, which sounds like a problem....BUT, if you continue reading, the text then gives several examples of things that humans are doing and then stating how these things are causing harm. Phrases like "resulting in" and "led to", as well as words such as "causing" and "effects" are also present in the text.

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According to the text, which word(s) is/are used to describe planet Earth?

• delicate

• complex

• threatened

• all of these

Answer explanation

In the first sentence, it uses the words "complex and delicate" to describe our planet, Earth. Two sentences later the word "threatened" is used to describe the air, land and water (which is the planet).

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