Nonfiction Text Structures

Most kids have trouble sleeping at night. This is not a good thing because kids are now not performing well in all of their classes. A way to solve this problem is one not drink caffeine before you go to bed. Another way to solve this problem is to play hard before you go to bed. This will help you get tired out and you will sleep well.

How is this passage organized?

• Cause & Effect

• Description

• Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

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CCSS.RI.6.5

What are some words to help you know if the passage is organized as a sequence & order text structure?

• First

• Then

• Since

• Next

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

First, you want to preheat the stove to 375 degrees. Then, you want to prepare your cookie dough. Next, you want to put the dough in the oven after the oven is finished preheating. After the cookies are finished you are going to take them out of the oven. Finally, let them cool. Enjoy!

How is this passage organized?

• Problem & Solution

• Sequence & Order

• Compare & Contrast

• Cause & Effect

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What text structure tells you what happened and why it happened?

• Cause & Effect

• Sequence & Order

• Description

• Compare & Contrast

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What structure compares 2 or more things?

• Sequence & Order

• Cause & Effect

• Description

• Compare & Contrast

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What structure explains things in the order of time?

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Sequence & Order

• Description

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

If I used the words: Alike, Different, Similar, Unlike. What text structure would I be referring too?

• Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

• Description

• Sequence & Order

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What is text structure?

• The way the text is organized

• The way the pictures are organized

• The title of the text

• A nonfiction text

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Chronological text structure _______________.

• Tells what happened and why it happened.

• Gives a problem and describes how it can be/is solved.

• Tells the order events happened.

• Describes something

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Cause and effect text structure _____________.

• Shows similarities and differences between things.

• Gives a problem and describes how it can be/is solved.

• Tells the order the events happened.

• Tells what happened and why it happened

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5