Text Structure

Open Ended

What do you know about text structures?

¿Qué sabes acerca de las estructuras del texto?

Lesson Objective

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to analyze a text for text structure by completing Quizizz questions with at least 75% accuracy.

Multiple Select

Cable messages from Europe to the United States traveled through transatlantic cables that passed deep in the English Channel. The British saw the cables as an opportunity to gain access to secret diplomatic messages sent from Berlin to its ambassador in Washington, D.C. Knowing they couldn't tap the cables the way they could tap phone lines, the British did the next best thing. The cable ship Telconia cut all five of the cables that carried communications through the channel.

Which types of structures are used in the text? Select 2 options.

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• chronological

• compare and contrast

Chronological Order

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Multiple Choice

Which one is an example of chronological order?

• We started online school in March. In August, we were told we'd have to continue going to school online.

• To tie your shoe, you need to get your shoe, make a loop with the laces then tie them together.

Multiple Choice

As a result of the cut cables, Germany lost its most secure long-distance communications system. The Germans now had to rely on radio transmissions from their powerful wireless station at Nauen, a few miles from Berlin. Which was exactly what the British military knew they would have to do. And once the Germans began sending wireless messages, MI8, the British code breakers, began plucking them from the air. Of course, all German correspondence was sent in a complicated cipher system, so that was when the hard work began for the code breakers of MI8.

Which type of structure is used in the text?

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• chronological

• compare and contrast

Multiple Choice

Today more people are connected to the internet than ever before, not only at home, but also on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Many of these people now get their news from the internet rather than reading newspapers. As a consequence, many newspapers have gone out of business. 

• Compare and Contrast
• Cause and Effect
• Description
• Chronological Order

Multiple Choice

Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a skin, but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily. Oranges also contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious.

• Problem and solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequence

• Cause and Effect

Multiple Choice

No one knows exactly what causes tornados, but some scientists believe that when warm air meets cold air, a tornado may form. The reason for this is that the warm air is lighter than the cold air, so it rises up fast and meets different winds moving different directions. Under the right conditions, this can cause a tornado. Though there is still much mystery surrounding tornados, many people believe that when warm moist air meets cool dry air, tornados can result.

• problem & solution

• cause & effect

• compare & contrast

• chronological

Multiple Choice

Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order.

• first, next, finally, 8:30, after

• cause, effect, as a result of, because

• problem, solution, promise, struggle

• compare, contrast, similar, different

Multiple Choice

A fuel cell is a kind of battery. It makes electricity. One side of the cell is filled with hydrogen. The other is filled with oxygen that comes from the air. The hydrogen separates into electrons and protons. The electrons supply the power for the motor. The protons mix with the oxygen to make water. The water passes out of the cell.

• problem /solution

• cause and effect

• question & answer

• description

Writing Prompt

(Complete in Google Classroom)

What's the central idea of the passages from today?

The text is in a Google document.