A fourth-grade teacher displays an article on the life cycle of a butterfly on an interactive whiteboard. The teacher reads a passage aloud to the students and highlights transition words such as first, next, and finally. The teacher explains that the transition words help a reader understand how events in a text are related to one another with a time span of first event to last event. Which of the following best explains the rationale for the lesson?
A. Motivating a reader to engage with complex texts with content presented in similar patterns
B. Assisting a reader to identify important and accurate information presented by an author to increase understanding
C. Allowing a reader to successfully engage in independent reading of difficult informational texts
D. Assisting a reader to identify text structure and use the organizational patterns within each structure to increase understanding
Answer: D. Assisting a reader to identify text structure and use the organizational patterns within each structure to increase understanding
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