Access Point #: LAFS.5.RL.2.AP.5aArchived Access Point

Use signal words (e.g., meanwhile, unlike, next) to identify common types of text structure (e.g., sequence, compare/contrast, cause/effect, description) within a text.
Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

  • Identify an important part of the story (e.g., a sentence, event or scene).
  • Identify signal words found within the text.
  • Identify the structure of a section of text (e.g., chapter, scene or stanza).
  • Sequence the major events from a story using signal words.
General Information
Number: LAFS.5.RL.2.AP.5a
Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14

Related Standards

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Related Courses

This access point is part of these courses.
5010010: English for Speakers of Other Languages-Elementary
5010020: Basic Skills in Reading-K-2
5010050: Reading-Elementary
5010060: Integrated Language Arts-Elementary
5010046: Language Arts - Grade Five
7710016: Access Language Arts - Grade 5

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