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Reading Informational Text

Virginia SOL 5.RI.2

Analyze craft and style in grade-level complex informational texts.

Study 5.RI.2 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 5 English

What students need to be able to do

  • Describe the overall organization patterns of texts (e.g., cause/effect, comparison/contrast, problem/solution, description, sequence, and chronological).
  • Examine text features and search tools in multiple print and digital sources to evaluate and gain meaning from the information found.
  • Determine the author's purpose(s) and describe how the author's perspective (e.g., beliefs, assumptions, biases) influences the meaning of the text.