RI.7.5 Analyzing Text Structure

RI.7.5 Analyzing Text Structure

Standard:

RI.7.5 I can analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.

Vocabulary:

• Text structures are the way the author decides to organize ideas in a text/passage.

• Text structure determines how each part of the text supports and relates to other parts of the text.

• Text structure brings meaning to the whole text.

• Understanding the relationship between ideas in the text help develop the central idea.

• Central idea/main idea is what the text is mostly about.

Let's Take a Closer Look:

• What text structure is likely to appear in each chapter of the toc?

• How are the chapters organized?

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Types of Text Structures:

Remember This:

Think Aloud

What seems to be the main structure in this article?

Why has the author chosen this structure?

Guided Instruction:

Multiple Choice

How does the information in these paragraphs contribute to the central idea of the article?

• A. It emphasizes why Franklin and Wilkins believed that the X-ray image would inspire other scientists.

• B. It explains the makeup of the DNA image known as "Exposure 51."

• C. It proves the accuracy of the author's claim that the young scientists were quite brash.

• D. It shows how the scientists depended on each other's work to make their final discovery.

Multiple Choice

Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem. identify the text structure.

• A. Cause and effect

• B. Problem and solution

• C. Chronological Order

• D. Description

Multiple Select

Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways. A baby chimp laughs when its mother tickles it. After chimpanzees fight, they kiss and make up. When one chimpanzee comforts another, it gives it a hug or pat on the back. There are, of course, many ways that chimpanzees and humans are different. Chimpanzees are smaller and stronger than humans. An adult male chimpanzee stands three or four feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds. But a chimpanzee can lift more weight than a man who is six feet tall. Identify the text structure.

• A. Sequential Order

• B. Chronological Order

• C. Cause and effect

• D. Compare and contrast

Fill in the Blank

Chimps live in groups and like each other a lot, but sometimes they fight. Because they don’t want to stay angry at each other after a fight, they make up by holding a hand out to the other and kissing. They show they are sorry with pats and hugs. Then the anger goes away. Identify the text structure.

Multiple Choice

A chimpanzee’s body is made for climbing and swinging in the trees. First, it uses its long arms to reach a branch. Next, with its flexible hands and feet, it grabs and hooks on to the branch. Finally, it swings from that branch to another branch of tree.

• cause and effect

• sequential order

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Multiple Select

It is fun to read about chimpanzees. All wild chimpanzees live in Africa. They live mostly in thick rain forests and in woodlands. There are two types, or species, of chimpanzees—the common chimpanzee and the bonobo, also known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

• Description

• Sequence

• Chronological Order

• Cause and effect

More Practice:

Go into Canvas and complete the assignment under this weeks' module March 23 - 26, 2021.

Open Ended

EXIT TICKET: WHAT DID YOU LEARN TODAY? WRITE A COMPLETE SENTENCE.