2/18 ELA Review

Text Structures

Describe how the ideas in sentences and paragraphs are connected.

Text Structures

How a building is made, depends on its purpose. For example, homes and schools are arranged in different ways for how people will use them.

To tell about a topic, author's must decide the best way to build ideas together. Like builders, authors arrange words in different ways for different purposes. We call these text structures.

As a reader, we have to look at how sentences and paragraphs are connected. These connections are the text structures. If we are able to describe these connections then we will better understand the text.

Types of text structure

Cause and Effect

The relationship is between two events. What happens or the RESULT + why it happened -- the REASON

Sequence or Order

The connection is between the events or steps and how they are related.

Compare and Contrast

Relationship is between two things being compared or contrasted.

Problem and Solution

relationship is the between the problem and sou

Description

Explains a topic

Read Paragraph 8. How are the sentences in paragraph related?

Multiple Choice

Earth has seasons because it is tilted. The season depends on whether a place is tilted toward or away from the sun.

How are the sentences in paragraph related?

• They describe how the sun is tilted.

• They show a cause and effect relationship between the tilt of the earth and earth's distance from the sun

• They explain that we have season on earth.

Multiple Choice

How does the author connect the ideas in paragraphs 4 and 11?

• Both describe colors found on Earth.

• Both describe features seen on Earth.

• Both describe how Earth looks from space.

• Both describe how Earth allows people to survive.

How does the author connect Earth and time in these sentences from paragraph 6?

“The planet takes 365 days to make a full trip around the sun.”

“Earth makes a full spin once every 24 hours.”

• a. Both explain why Earth travels around the sun

• b. Both describe how Earth and the sun are related. 

• c. Both describe how Earth’s movements affect how time is kept.

• d. Both explain why Earth’s seasons are a certain length of time.

Multiple Choice

How does the author connect Earth and time in these sentences from paragraph 6?

“The planet takes 365 days to make a full trip around the sun.”

“Earth makes a full spin once every 24 hours.”

• Both explain why Earth travels around the sun.

• Both describe how Earth and the sun are related.

• Both describe how Earth’s movements affect how time is kept.

• Both explain why Earth’s seasons are a certain length of time.

Poll

How do you think are doing so far?

• Great

• Need more practice

Multiple Choice

How does the author use this sentence from paragraph 2 to connect the ideas in the rest of the paragraph?

“Earth has been called the ‘Goldilocks planet.’ ”

• It describes a cause and effect relationship between changing temperatures and life on Earth.

• It uses a comparison to describe why Earth is just right for living things.

• It gives reasons why Earth is the best size for supporting life.

• It provides examples of living things on Earth, like bears.

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 2, which two things are being compared?

• Water and living things

• Earth and living things

• Goldilocks and bears

• Golilocks story and Earth's ability to sustain life.

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 2, which two things are being compared?

• Water and living things

• Earth and living things

• Goldilocks and bears

• Golilocks story and Earth's ability to sustain life.