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.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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