Kentucky Reading and Writing RI.7.5
The Standard
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the different sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Craft and Structure
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify how an article is organized and explain what each section adds. They track how the ideas change or grow from one section to the next.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why an author puts evidence before a counterargument. They can point to details in both sections and show how the order helps readers understand the main idea.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name a pattern, such as compare and contrast, without explaining what the sections do. They may treat headings as the structure or assume the paragraphs would work just as well in any order.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short article about later school start times, with paragraphs on sleep research and bus schedules. Ask: "How does the bus schedule paragraph build on or complicate the research paragraph? Use one detail from each."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Cut a four-paragraph article into strips; have pairs put it in order and write why each paragraph belongs where they placed it.
After reading an article on school start times, ask: "Why might the author address bus costs after presenting sleep research?"
Give teams paragraph cards from one article; have them match each card to its job, then defend one match with a detail.
Read a school newsletter about a schedule change and write how its FAQ section builds on the opening announcement.
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