Bridge: Analyze Structure and Viewpoint

Begin Grade 5 analysis of how structure or point of view shapes information in literary and informational texts.

How the lesson starts: Bridge: Analyze Structure and Viewpoint

The Floating Museum
Beep boop! Meet Zuzu, the robot guide at the Floating Museum. Zuzu shows a secret of every text. Writers build sections in different shapes. Two sections can be about the same topic but built differently!
The Time Room
Section A tells how maple syrup is made, step by step in time order. That is called chronology. Look for time words. In early spring. Next. Then. Finally. They march you through the order things happen.
The Why Room
Section B is about the same syrup, but it explains why things happen. That is cause and effect. Look for the signal words. So. Because. As a result. Ask what question the whole section answers: in what order, or why?