LAFS.5.RL.2.5Archived Standard

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Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
General Information
Subject Area: English Language Arts
Grade: 5
Strand: Reading Standards for Literature
Idea: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
Cluster: Craft and Structure
Date Adopted or Revised: 12/10
Content Complexity Rating: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
  • Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , EBSR , ST , MC item(s)

  • Assessment Limits :
    Items may ask the student to explain the purpose of specific sentences, paragraphs, scenes, or stanzas and how they interact with each other. Items should focus on how the use of specific structural elements affects the overall meaning of the text.
  • Text Types :
    The items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate literary texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
  • Response Mechanisms :
    The Enhanced Item Descriptions section on page 3 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice item type). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
  • Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

    Task Demand

    Explain how a series of sentences, paragraphs, scenes, or stanzas fit together to provide the overall structure.

    Sample Response Mechanisms

    Selectable Text

    • Requires the student to select paragraphs, scenes, or stanzas in the text that contribute to the overall structure of the text. 
    Multiple Choice
    • Requires the student to select an explanation of how paragraphs, scenes, or stanzas work together to provide structure and meaning. 
    EBSR
    • Requires the student to identify the overall structure of a text and then to select sentences or phrases in the text that show the structure. 
    Table Match
    • Requires the student to complete a table by matching structural elements with explanations of their relationships to each other and to the overall structure of a text.

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
5010010: English for Speakers of Other Languages-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022 (course terminated))
5010020: Basic Skills in Reading-K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
5010046: Language Arts - Grade Five (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7710016: Access Language Arts - Grade 5 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))

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Lesson Plan

Esperanza Rising Chapters 1 and 2:

This lesson focuses on reading Chapters 1 and 2 of the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. Students will analyze how the literary elements contribute to the story’s plot and describe how Esperanza’s perspective is developed throughout the story’s beginning. Students will summarize the important parts of the beginning of the story to show their understanding of the plot.

Type: Lesson Plan

Student Center Activities

Comprehension: Plot Plan:

In this activity, students will write the parts of a plot on a graphic organizer.

Type: Student Center Activity

Comprehension: Plotting the Plot:

In this activity, students will identify the components of a plot using a graphic organizer.

Type: Student Center Activity

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