Text Structure

description

• Ms. Torres is 53 years old and has the gray hair to prove it. She usually wears ankle pants, a short sleeve blouse, and Birkenstock sandals.
• Ms. Torres's students were having trouble learning their vocabulary words for the test. She helped them by playing Quizlet Live and Kahoot until they learned the meaning of the words.
• At 7:00 Ms. Torres woke up and got ready for work. By 8:00 she was in her classroom eating a chocolate donut that Mrs. King gave her. Best of all, her students were in their seats ready to learn by 8:30.

chrono

• time
• the result of an event or action
• organization of a text

chronological

• At 7:00 Ms. Torres woke up and got ready for work. By 8:00 she was in her classroom eating a chocolate donut that Mrs. King gave her. Best of all, her students were in their seats ready to learn by 8:30.
• Mrs. King and Ms. Torres are both beautiful teachers on team 7-4. Ms. Torres is sarcastic, but Mrs. King is really nice.
• Ms. Torres's students were having trouble learning their vocabulary words for the test. She helped them by playing Quizlet Live and Kahoot until they learned the meaning of the words.

compare

• to show how things are alike
• organization of a text
• time

contrast

• to show how things are different
• to show how things are alike
• the reason something happens

compare/contrast

• Mrs. King and Ms. Torres are both beautiful teachers on team 7-4. Ms. Torres is sarcastic, but Mrs. King is really nice.
• At 7:00 Ms. Torres woke up and got ready for work. By 8:00 she was in her classroom eating a chocolate donut that Mrs. King gave her. Best of all, her students were in their seats ready to learn by 8:30.
• In second grade Ms. Torres had a mean substitute as her teacher. She spent most of the year either sitting in the office or teaching first graders how to read. She decided that she would be a teacher because she liked teaching kids how to read.

cause

• the reason something happens
• time
• the result of an event or action

effect

• the result of an event or action
• the reason something happens
• to show how things are different

cause/effect

• In second grade Ms. Torres had a mean substitute as her teacher. She spent most of the year either sitting in the office or teaching first graders how to read. She decided that she would be a teacher because she liked teaching kids how to read.
• Ms. Torres is 53 years old and has the gray hair to prove it. She usually wears ankle pants, a short sleeve blouse, and Birkenstock sandals.
• Ms. Torres loves eating Life cereal for breakfast. First, she gets out her cereal, milk, bowl and spoon. Next, she pours her cereal into the bowl. Finally, she adds milk and enjoys.

problem/solution

• Ms. Torres's students were having trouble learning their vocabulary words for the test. She helped them by playing Quizlet Live and Kahoot until they learned the meaning of the words.
• Ms. Torres loves eating Life cereal for breakfast. First, she gets out her cereal, milk, bowl and spoon. Next, she pours her cereal into the bowl. Finally, she adds milk and enjoys.
• Ms. Torres is 53 years old and has the gray hair to prove it. She usually wears ankle pants, a short sleeve blouse, and Birkenstock sandals.