6.6D - The student is expected to paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order.

• Logical order is an organizing structure that presents ideas or information in a logical and rational sequence and is often used in argumentative and informative writing.
• When you analyze text structure, you are expected to determine how an author organizes ideas in a text to accomplish a specific purpose. For example, in an article that deals with a new piece of technology, the author may use a structure that provides a definition of the tool but also organizes the information by explaining the advantages or possible disadvantages to using the new technology. By doing this, the author may want the readers to understand how certain aspects of the invention can be considered positive or negative for its users.
• When you paraphrase, you are expected to restate something you have read or heard, retaining the intended meaning of the original while using different words than the original author. You show your level of understanding and language use when you correctly paraphrase information you read or heard.
• Summarizing text is a specific skill that you use when you reduce information to its main ideas and fundamental points. You may summarize a piece of writing by identifying its components and determining the correct order in which those components appear in the text. For example, when you are summarizing a story read in class, you should be able to express the main idea conveyed by the author, the details that support it, and the order of events throughout the text.