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How do you feel about your knowledge over text structures?

• Great! I can answer anything you throw at me!

• Good! I will do well on questions over theme

• Okay. I might need a little more practice

• Not Okay. I still do not get something.

Match the text structure to its correct description.

• Cause and Effect

• describe a process or series of steps in sequential order

• Sequential

• compare and contrast information

• Chronological

• present causes and their effects

• Problem and Solution

• describe a problem and offer a solution

• Compare and Contrast

• tell about events in chronological order

Which text structure uses this graphic organizer?

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• description

Which graphic organizer would make the most sense to use with a descriptive text structure?

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Which text structure uses this graphic organizer?

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• description

Which graphic organizer would help us order events from a sequence (or chronology) text structure?

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Which TWO graphic organizers make sense to use for a compare and contrast structure?

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How the author organizes the text is....

• the main idea

• the theme

• the problem

• the text structure

Ice cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in many different colors and flavors. Two very different but popular flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit, while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, both flavors taste great inside of a milkshake.

How is the information organized?

• problem and solution

• sequential order

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

The tiny ice cream shop around the corner from my house has the best ice cream in the city. When you walk inside, there is a long, silver counter with matching stools extending alongside the far wall. Right where the counter stops, there are comfy, red booths. There are lots of old-fashioned decor on the walls and silver napkin holders on all the polished tables. My favorite part of the shop is behind the counter, where they keep all the delicious ice cream flavors, such as cookies and cream, pistachio, and moose tracks.

How is the information organized?

• descriptive

• cause and effect

• chronological order

• compare and contrast