Spanish Language Arts and Reading.4.10.B

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The student is expected to

explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;

Artes del lenguaje y lectura en español.4.10.B

Se espera que el estudiante

explique cómo el uso de la estructura del texto contribuye al propósito del autor;

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances.

Mientras se lee un texto en voz alta, use un póster de referencia para ilustrar la organización de un texto. Motive a los estudiantes para que compartan sus ideas al tiempo que como grupo van elaborando el póster. Una vez que el póster esté terminado, pídales a los estudiantes que analicen la estructura de la información en el póster y por consiguiente en el texto. Luego, pídales a los estudiantes que expliquen por qué creen que el autor decidió organizar el texto de esa manera.


Further Explanation

Esta evaluación requiere que los estudiantes describan cómo el autor organiza las ideas en un texto para lograr un propósito específico. Los estudiantes deben explicar cómo la estructura del texto ayuda al autor a lograr su propósito.

Students are expected to examine how the author’s purpose has a specific effect on readers. Authors write for diverse reasons. If the purpose is to entertain the readers, the author might choose to write a narrative or story. However, if the author wishes to convince a reader to believe an idea or take a course of action, the author will likely write an opinion essay.
Students are expected to describe how an author organizes ideas in a text to accomplish a particular purpose. For example, in an informational article about the solar system, the author may use a structure that compares the Sun, Earth, and Mars. By doing this, the author may want readers to understand how the Sun, Earth, and Mars share some physical characteristics.

Research

Meyer, B. J., & Ray, M. N. (2011). Structure strategy interventions: Increasing reading comprehension of expository text. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 4(1), 127–152. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?q=expository+text&pr=on&ft=on&id=EJ1070453

Summary: In this literature review, researchers examine empirical studies designed to teach the structure strategy to increase reading comprehension of expository texts. Strategy interventions employ modeling, practice, and feedback to teach students how to use text structure strategically and eventually automatically. The analysis suggests that direct instruction, modeling, scaffolding, elaborated feedback, and adaptation of instruction to student performance are keys in teaching students to strategically use knowledge about text structure.