Descriptive Writing - Organizational Patterns

Patterns of organization show the relationships between supporting details in paragraphs, essays, and chapters. The organization of supporting details helps you to remember what you read and _________________________.

• more about the subject

• how the author thinks.

• the order of importance

• the choronlogical order

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which organization patterns can be found in descriptive writing?

• Order of importance

• Chronological

• imagery

• Spatial

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Definition: Information arranged by time - the order in which events occur.

• Spatial

• Order of importance

• Chronological

• Descriptive language

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Definition: Writers begin with the biggest or most significant idea and end with the least significant idea - or vice versa.

• Spatial

• Order of importance

• Chronological

• Descriptive language

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Definition: Take the reader from one spot to the next as if the reader were looking at something - very descriptive.

• Spatial

• Order of importance

• Chronological

• Descriptive language

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which organizational pattern would you use to write a paper about the landscape of your hometown?

• Order of importance

• Chronological

• Spatial

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The green sea turtle and the loggerhead sea turtle nest along the Atlantic and the Pacific shores in the United States. The green sea turtle is on the endangered list while the loggerhead is listed as threatened. The green sea turtle eats grass, algae and other vegetation and is classified as herbivorous. Unlike the green sea turtle, the loggerhead turtle is classified as carnivorous, and eats horseshoe crabs, clams, and mussels. Both sea turtles live in temperate and subtropical waters and tend to stay near the coastline.

Which pattern is this?

• Order of Importance

• Spatial

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The green sea turtle and the loggerhead sea turtle nest along the Atlantic and the Pacific shores in the United States. The green sea turtle is on the endangered list while the loggerhead is listed as threatened. The green sea turtle eats grass, algae and other vegetation and is classified as herbivorous. Unlike the green sea turtle, the loggerhead turtle is classified as carnivorous, and eats horseshoe crabs, clams, and mussels. Both sea turtles live in temperate and subtropical waters and tend to stay near the coastline.

Which signal word shows the pattern?

• Both

• endangered

• Turtle

• live

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Some signal words for this organizational pattern are: although, but, whereas, yet, however, despite, even so

• Order of Importance

• Spatial

• Chronological

• Compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Some signal words for this organizational pattern are: main, key, lastly, primarily, significantly, secondarily, least/most

• Order of Importance

• Spatial

• Chronological

• Compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5