Text Structure

What is text structure?

• What the text is mostly about.

• How texts are organized or written

• How the character feels in a story.

• When and where the story takes place.

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Growing Up

When a baby panda is first born, it is very tiny and weak. The baby cub drinks milk from its mother until it is about six months old. After that, the cub stays with its mother until it’s about one and a half years old. Finally, it is ready to take care of itself.

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• Cause and Effect

• Sequence/Chronological

• Problem and Solution

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Appearance

Pandas are known for looking cute and cuddly. Pandas have black fur on their ears and around their eyes. They also have a short, furry tail. These characteristics make the panda look like a giant, black and white teddy bear!

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Endangered

Pandas mainly eat bamboo. They need to eat about 40 pounds of food each day. However, people have been cutting down the bamboo forests. As a result, pandas have nowhere to live and not enough to eat. This has caused pandas to become an endangered animal.

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Panda Bears and Grizzly Bears

Panda bears and grizzly bears are both very large mammals. Pandas eat mostly bamboo leaves and stems. In contrast, grizzly bears love to eat meat. Another difference between panda bears and grizzly bears is that while grizzly bears hibernate during the winter, pandas do not. Unfortunately, panda and grizzly bears are endangered, because they are losing their habitat.

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• Cause and Effect

• Sequence/Chronological

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How do pandas survive in their cold environment?

Pandas have very thick fur. This fur is oily and waterproof. This special fur keeps the panda warm, even when it is damp and freezing.

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• Cause and Effect

• Sequence/Chronological

• Problem and Solution

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CCSS.RI.2.5

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