Text Structure

To make a sock monkey, first you will need two clean socks. Next, you will cut them into pieces to make arms, legs, body, and the head. What's the text structure? 

• cause and effect
• compare and contrast
• description
• sequence and order 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

Gorillas arms are longer than their legs. They are brownish-gray to black and older adult males have silver hair on their backs. Gorillas are shy and most active during the day. What's the text structure?

• cause and effect 
• compare and contrast
• description
• sequence and order 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

Both monkeys and gorillas are mammals. Both can be found in Africa. Most monkeys live in trees, but gorillas spend most of their time on the ground. What's the text structure?

• cause and effect
• compare and contrast
• description
• sequence and order 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

What is text structure?

• a way to organize information
• fiction
• text features 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

Choose the clue words that indicate sequence.

• first, next, then, finally, after

• cause, effect, as a result of, because

• problem, solution, promise, struggle

• compare, contrast, similar, different

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.W.4.3A

CCSS.W.4.3C

Choose the clue words that indicate compare and contrast.

• therefore, cause, effect, consequently
• later, then, next, Monday
• similar, different, common, on the other hand
• possibility, struggle, hope, problem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

How to make cookies. First, get your materials. Then, make your dough. Lastly, cook your dough at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

• Sequence

• Cause and Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Compare and Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

Beagles are medium-sized members of the hound family. Beagles generally make good pets because they are intelligent, good-natured, and good with children. Beagles are also quite playful and need a great deal of exercise. 

• Problem and Solution
• Cause and Effect
• Description
• Sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

In a text with a sequence text structure, the author

• describes a topic and its characteristics.

• tells about events in the order they happened.

• explains how things are similar and different.

• describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5