Informing the World: Research and Expository Writing · Informational Writing

Deciphering Informational Structures

Analyze how authors organize facts using structures like cause and effect or chronological order.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the organizational structure of a text help the reader understand the author's purpose?
  2. 2What visual elements like headings or charts add the most value to the written content?
  3. 3How can we distinguish between the author's main claim and the supporting evidence provided?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.5
Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Informing the World: Research and Expository Writing
Period: Informational Writing

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