Organizational patterns practice

​Organizational Patterns

By Erica Reeves

​Use pages 355 & 365

Organizational Patterns

Organizational patterns are types of structural elements that include print and graphic features. These features help readers understand information by breaking it into sections and categories. Print and graphic features also illustrate ideas, add information in their order of importance, and help readers find their way around the text.

Multiple Choice

What kind of print feature would best present steps in a recipe?

• a. heads and subheads

• b. a bulleted list

• c. a numbered list

• d. an inset box

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true of both print and graphic features?

• They both provide information in compact ways.

• They both help readers navigate the text.

• They both show readers how the text is organized.

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What kind of print feature would best present ingredients in a recipe?

• a. heads and subheads

• b. a bulleted list

• c. a numbered list

• d. an inset box

Multiple Choice

What kind of graphic feature would best show the locations of gold-mining towns in California during the mid-1800s?

• a. a map

• b. a chart or table

• c. color photographs

• d. a cause-effect diagram

Multiple Choice

What kind of graphic feature would best show what different species of tropical

fish look like?

• a. a chart or a table

• b. a map of the world’s oceans

• c. black-and-white drawings

• d. color photographs

Open Ended

What is the article’s title?

Open Ended

What does the subhead introduce?

Open Ended

How does the bulleted list help readers understand the information?

Open Ended

If the author decided to add some photos, what would be most helpful to show?

Open Ended

If the author decided to add a map, what would be most helpful to show?

Multiple Choice

An article about a high-school baseball league includes a chart

showing the current number of wins and losses for each of the league’s

ten teams. Which is the most likely reason why the information is given

in chart form rather than as part of the text?

• Readers can ignore the chart if they do not care about team records.

• A chart is compact and visual, so it is easy for readers to understand.

• A chart provides visuals for reference and labels parts.

• A chart breaks text into chunks that show subtopics, categories, and

  subcategories.

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true of both print and graphic features?

• They both provide information in compact ways.

• They both help readers navigate the text.

• They both show readers how the text is organized.

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

One section of the article “Learning Rewires the Brain” explains why

cramming, or memorizing a lot of information the night before a test, is

not as effective as learning the same information over time. Which of

the following heads in the text goes with this section?

(page 357-362)

• A

  Rewiring

• B

  Cells that fire together, wire together

• C

  Firing faster

• D

  Slow and steady