Maryland Standards
MD.2.0. Comprehension of Informational Text
2.A.3. Develop and apply knowledge of organizational structure of informational text to understand what is read
2.A.3.a. Identify and analyze the organizational patterns of texts such as sequential and/or chronological order, cause/effect, problem/solution, similarities/differences, description, main idea and supporting details
2.A.3.b. Identify and use words and phrases associated with common organizational patterns such as words that show chronology (first, second, third), description (above, beneath, next to, beside), cause and effect (because, as a result), sequence (next, then, finally)
2.A.6. Read critically to evaluate informational text
2.A.6.b. Identify and explain additions or changes to format or text features that would make the text easier to understand
MD.3.0. Comprehension of Literary Text
3.A.2. Analyze text features to facilitate understanding of literary texts
3.A.2.a. Identify and explain how organizational aids such as the title of the book, story, poem, or play, titles of chapters, subtitles, subheadings contribute to meaning
3.A.5. Analyze elements of drama to facilitate understanding
3.A.5.a. Use structural features to identify a play as a literary form and distinguish among types of plays
3.A.8. Read critically to evaluate literary texts
3.A.8.d. Identify and explain the relationship between the structure and the purpose of the text