GRADE 7 READING & LANGUAGE · CHAPTER 2

Reading, literature & text structure

Study each lesson in order, or choose the idea you need today.

  1. Choose a book
  2. Choose a chapter
  3. Study a lesson
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  1. Text analysis

    Identify a text’s purpose

    Infer an author's main purpose from language and structure.

  2. Literary analysis

    Trace a narrator's perspective

    Use reactions and evaluative words to explain a narrator's viewpoint or change in view.

AN EXAMPLE FROM THIS CHAPTER

To plant a bean, fill a small pot with soil. Make a shallow hole, cover the seed and add water.

What is the main purpose?

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To explain a process.

The ordered steps explain how to carry out a task.

Curriculum & source notes

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