Diamond Organization: Narrow, Wide, Narrow

Question 1

Rica is planning a diamond text (narrow, wide, narrow) about the Bayan Reading Club. Which line best fits her opening?

Accepted Answer

The Bayan Reading Club helps pupils enjoy reading.

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Members meet every Friday in the old music room.

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Last year the club collected forty story books.

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So the club's simple plan really does work.

Question 2

A diamond text opens with this point: "Saturday cleanups keep Sampaguita Street safe." Which line belongs in its wide middle?

Accepted Answer

Neighbors clear the drains so rain water does not flood the road.

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For these reasons, the Saturday cleanups are worth the effort.

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The street was named after a small white flower.

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Many families in the town enjoy gardening on weekends.

Question 3

A diamond text about the Tanglaw Science Club opens with "Simple experiments make science easy to love." Which line closes it best?

Accepted Answer

In the end, simple experiments are what make pupils love science.

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Members mix vinegar and baking soda to make a tall pile of foam.

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The club also plans a trip to a weather station.

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Science is one of the subjects pupils study in school.

Question 4

Read this text. "Homework clubs help pupils finish work on time. Older pupils explain the hard parts. Teachers lend extra books. A quiet room cuts the noise. So a homework club is a real help." Which shape does it follow?

Accepted Answer

A diamond: it states the point, widens, then returns to it.

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A pyramid: it saves its point for the very last sentence.

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An inverted pyramid: it gives the point first and then stops.

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Time order: it tells events in the order they happened.

Question 5

Read this text. "The rain started early. The roads turned muddy. The buses came late. Many pupils missed the first lesson. Clearly, the town needs better drains." Which pattern does it use?

Accepted Answer

A pyramid: the details build up to the point at the end.

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A diamond: the point comes first and again at the end.

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An inverted pyramid: the point comes in the first sentence.

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Time order alone: it only tells what happened first and next.

Question 6

Read this text. "The barangay library will open every Monday. It has three reading tables. Volunteers will lend picture books. A parent will read stories at ten." This text is built in which shape?

Accepted Answer

An inverted pyramid: the main news comes first, then details.

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A diamond: it opens and closes with the same main point.

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A pyramid: the details come first and the point comes last.

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Time order: it tells the events in the order they happened.

Question 7

In a diamond text (narrow, wide, narrow), what does the wide middle part do?

Accepted Answer

It gives reasons and examples that support the opening point.

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It states the writer's main point for the very first time.

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It repeats the opening sentence using the same exact words.

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It brings in a new topic that the opening never mentioned.

Question 8

A diamond text opens with "The Kalinga Youth Center keeps pupils busy after class." Which line does NOT belong in its wide middle?

Accepted Answer

The center's roof was painted blue last summer.

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Pupils join a chess group every Tuesday afternoon.

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Volunteers help with homework until five o'clock.

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A dance class fills the hall on Friday afternoons.

Question 9

Read: "Walking to school keeps pupils healthy. It gives them fresh air. It saves fare money. It wakes them up. So walking to school is good for pupils." What is the center point it opens and closes with?

Accepted Answer

Walking to school is good for pupils.

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Walking to school saves pupils their fare money.

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Walking to school gives pupils some fresh air.

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Walking to school wakes pupils up in the morning.

Question 10

Lena's news report must tell the result in its first sentence, then add the details. Which shape fits her plan?

Accepted Answer

An inverted pyramid, which leads with the main point.

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A pyramid, which builds up to the main point.

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A diamond, which states the main point twice.

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Time order, which follows the steps as they happened.

Question 11

Miguel's report gives three facts he noticed in a class experiment first and names what he learned only in the last sentence. Which shape is that?

Accepted Answer

A pyramid, which builds up to the point at the end.

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An inverted pyramid, which puts the point in sentence one.

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A diamond, which opens and closes with the same point.

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Time order, which lists the steps as they happened.

Question 12

In a diamond text, how is the closing sentence related to the opening sentence?

Accepted Answer

It carries the same main point in different words.

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It asks a question the opening sentence never answered.

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It adds one more detail the middle part left out.

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It changes the main point into a stronger new idea.

Question 13

One sentence is out of place in this diamond text. (1) Recess games keep pupils healthy. (2) That is why recess games matter. (3) Running raises the heartbeat. (4) Group games build teamwork. Which numbered line is out of place?

Accepted Answer

Sentence 2, which restates the point and should come last.

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Sentence 1, which should come after the two reasons.

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Sentence 3, which should open the whole text.

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Sentence 4, which should close the whole text.

Question 14

A diamond text opens with "The Silangan school garden feeds many families." Which line best supports that point in the wide middle?

Accepted Answer

Each harvest fills ten baskets with beans and squash.

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The garden sits behind the covered basketball court.

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Gardening is a hobby that many adults enjoy.

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For that reason, the garden is worth the work.

Question 15

Read this text. "The rain fell. The court flooded. The game was moved. So the school needs a roofed court." True or False: this text opens with its main point.

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 16

In a diamond text, where does the main point appear?

Accepted Answer

At the beginning and again at the end.

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Only at the very end, after all the reasons.

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Only in the middle, among the reasons.

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Nowhere; the reader must guess the point.

Question 17

Read this diamond text. "Reading aloud helps young pupils. Older pupils take turns as readers. Younger ones learn new words. So reading aloud is worth the class time." Which one narrows back to the point?

Accepted Answer

So reading aloud is worth the class time.

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Reading aloud helps young pupils.

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Older pupils take turns as readers.

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Younger ones learn new words.

Question 18

Ben wants to persuade his classmates to join a cleanup. Why is diamond organization a good choice for his message?

Accepted Answer

Readers meet his position at once and are reminded of it at the end.

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Readers reach the end of his reasons before they meet his position.

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Readers get his reasons in the order the cleanup will happen.

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Readers see two sides of the cleanup set beside each other.

Question 19

A diamond text about a barangay clinic ends with "That is why the Saturday clinic matters to the whole barangay." What must its opening sentence do?

Accepted Answer

State that same main point in different words.

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Give the longest example found in the text.

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List every service the clinic offers to families.

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Ask the reader a question about staying healthy.

Question 20

Which order of parts makes a diamond text?

Accepted Answer

One clear point, then reasons and examples, then the point again.

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Details first, then the point in the last sentence.

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The point first, then details, and it stops there.

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A question first, then a story, then a list of names.

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Diamond Organization: Narrow, Wide, Narrow

Ways to Play

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Board Games: Teacher-led, projected to the class

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