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| Writing: Text Structures |
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Description:
| These sites explain the different types of text structures that are used in expository writing. The text structures include chronological sequence, comparison/contrast, description, problem/solution, and cause and effect. Read examples of the different types, learn about the common cue words, and download graphic organizers. Includes many teaching tips for improving reading comprehension. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on graphic organizers. |
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Grade Level:
| 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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Resource Links:
| EverestQuest
This site has journal entries about an expedition to the top of Mt. Everest. There are lesson plans that suggest how to use these journals, which serve as examples of different types of text structures.
Scholastic: Strengthening Reading and Writing Skills Using the Internet
Read how a teacher uses the stories on Scholastic's site to teach text structures. The stories are written for elementary students.
Words That Signal a Text's Organizational Structure
Here is a list of words to help students identify types of text structures.
Text Structure
This site lists questions students can ask about the following text structures: chronological sequence, comparison/contrast, description, point of view, problem/solution, and process/cause and effect. There are lesson plans, examples of completed graphic organizers, and blank graphic organizers.
National Education Association: Using Text Structure
This site offers tips for teaching students how to identify the different organizational patterns in text.
Text Organization and Its Relation to Reading Comprehension
This scholarly study reviews the literature on text organization and how it affects reading comprehension. One item discussed is the use of graphic organizers in helping students of different abilities better understand reading material.
Harcourt: Flooding Changes Communities in the West
Read a news story written for kids that uses the structure of cause and effect.
KidBibs: Comparison Strategies Support Reading, Writing, and Learning
This page offers suggested books for teaching students the concept of comparison. Includes examples of a Venn diagram, data chart, and analogy.
KidBibs: Using an Author's Style and Text Patterns to Support the Reading of Information
This article discusses student and text factors that make comprehension of informational text difficult for students. Scroll down for ideas on helping students become more familiar with text structures.
eThemes Resource: Teaching Tips: Graphic Organizers
These sites have printable and interactive graphic organizers to be used in the classroom. Includes KWL charts, webs, clusters, timelines, outlines, fish diagrams, story maps, comparing charts, cause and effect charts, and more. Some sites explain how and why to use graphic organizers in the classroom.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.5, 1.8, 1.10, 3
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