ELA21.3.24a

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.24a

Explain how the structures, including comparison and contrast, sequence of events, problem and solution, and cause and effect, contribute to the meaning of the text, using textual evidence.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Compare means tell how things are similar, and contrast means tell how things are different.
  • Sequence of events is the chronological order of events within a text.
  • Problem and solution text structure describes a problem and how the problem was solved or could be solved.
  • Cause and effect text structure describes an event (the cause) and the consequence or result of the event (the effect).
  • They have to use quotations from the text to prove their answers.

Skills

  • Explain how text structures contribute to the meaning of the text.
  • Provide textual evidence to support their explanation.

Understanding

  • Texts follow a predictable structure that contributes to the overall meaning of the text.
  • They can demonstrate their comprehension of a text by using textual evidence to support their explanations.

Vocabulary

  • Text structures
  • Comparison and contrast
  • Sequence of events
  • Problem and solution
  • Cause and effect
  • Contribute
  • Textual evidence
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