What is the purpose of having a structure in informational texts?

• To make them more difficult to understand

• To organize the content in a logical way

• To make them longer

• To include more images

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What text structure uses "such as" and "for example"?

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Sequence

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which structure might use the words "next" and "then"?

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How is a Problem and Solution structure identified?

• By describing a topic in detail

• By listing events in chronological order

• By presenting a problem and explaining how it was solved

• By comparing two different things

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What structure compares two or more items?

• Sequence

• Description

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the signal words to the text structures they indicate.

Groups:

(a) SEQUENCE

,

(b) PROBLEM/SOLUTION

,

(c) CAUSE/EFFECT

,

(d) COMPARE/CONTRAST

• consequently

• disadvantage

• both/also

• as/during

• obstacle

• answer

• due to

• finally

• hence

• similarly

• issue

• address

• just as

• unlike

• thus

• because

• next

• begin

• then

• on the other hand

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5