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Thousands of years ago the native people of North America had to build houses that fit their life. One kind of house was a tipi. The Plains people lived in tipis. Tipis were easy to put up and take down. In fact, it only took about half an hour to build a tipi. This was perfect for the Plains people who spent their time hunting and hunting animal.   The Inuit, who lived in the cold Artic region, spent part of the year living in Igloos. Igloos were temporary homes like tipis. However, they were built for the cold winter months whereas a tipi could be used year round. Both tipis and igloos had one main room that the family lived in and were usually made for a single family. Tipis and igloos were made of very different materials. Igloos were made from blocks of snow stacked on top of each other, while tipis were made of buffalo hide, tree branches or grass. The shape of tipis and igloos were also different. Tipis were cone-shaped, using three or four poles for support, in contrast, igloos were dome-shaped. One similarity between igloos and tipis was that both....

• Contained one main room for the family to use
• Were made with sticks and mud
• Served as temporary housing
• Were used only during the winter months

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Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a skin, but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily. Oranges also contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious.

• Problem and solution
• Compare and Contrast
• Sequence
• Cause and Effect

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 Differences and similarities of two or more things are discussed 

• Cause and Effect
• Descriptive
• Compare and Contrast
• Sequence/Process

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_{^{What two things are being compared in this picture?}}

• apples and oranges
• grapes and bananas

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What is the organizational text structure Compare & Contrast?

• describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing its features, characteristics, or examples
• shows how two or more things are alike and/or different
• time order in which events occur
• key concept and information that supports the concept

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There is an insect called a froghopper. It is very good at jumping. A froghopper can jump over two feet into the air. This helps it move from one plant to another. A flea is another insect that can jump almost as high. But it is not as good a jumper. A froghopper weighs sixty times more than a flea, but still jumps higher.How is a frog hopper different from a flea?

• A froghopper is an insect that can jump high.
• A froghopper weighs more and can jump higher.
• A froghopper can jump from one plant to another.

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Which type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

• Chronological
• Cause & Effect
• Problem & Solution
• Compare/Contrast

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This type of structure shows how two or more things are alike and different. You may see words such as like, unlike, or different.

• description

• compare & contrast

• order & sequence

• cause & effect

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On both Halloween and Easter you get candy, but the candy looks very different. Easter candy is usually wrapped in bright colors. On the other hand, Halloween candy is often black and orange or it could have monsters on the wrappers.

• descriptive

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

• chronological order

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Electricity can flow through some kinds

of materials, but not through others.

Materials that electricity can flow through are

called conductors. Metal and water are both

conductors. By contrast, materials that electricity

cannot flow through are called insulators. Plastic,

glass, fabric, and wood are all insulators.

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• description

• sequence

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