5.10.B
The Standard
analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify structures such as sequence, cause and effect, comparison, description, and problem and solution. They explain how that organization helps the author accomplish a specific purpose.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly name the main structure and cite details that reveal it. They explain how the organization helps the author inform, explain, persuade, or entertain readers.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name the structure but not explain its effect. They may confuse topic, main idea, and purpose, or assume every text uses only one structure.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short article and ask: “What structure does the author use, and how does it help achieve the purpose?” Require one text detail.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups mixed paragraph strips from an article to arrange, then have them explain how the final order supports the author's purpose.
Ask students to write: “Why did the author choose this structure instead of another one?” and support their answer with two details.
Play a card match game pairing short passages with structure labels and purpose statements, then require students to defend each match.
Compare a recipe, news report, and advertisement, then discuss how each text's organization helps it accomplish a different purpose.
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