Problem and Solutions

Which type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

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

Some dogs and cats do not have homes. People started animal shelters to take care of these animals and solve the problem of homeless animals. At the shelters, dogs and cats get food and water. They get to play with other dogs and cats. Sometimes, people bring a lost animal to the shelter. Some of these dogs and cats get a new home! People come to animal shelters to get a new pet. what type of text structure is this?

• cause and effect
• description
• problem and solution
• compare and contrast

Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem. what is the problem?

• Description
• chimpanzees
• chimpanzees are disappearing 
• Sequential

One problem to resolve in crocodile watching is transportation. How can an observer get close enough to watch without scaring it away or being attacked? which text structure is this?

• directions
• problem and solution 
• cause and effect
• description and list

Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem.  What is the solution?

• people cutting down the rain forest
• ignore it
• people are trying to save the rain forests 
• Sequence/Order of Importance

Others, too, are hungry, including bands of timber wolves, which sometimes follow the musk oxen. In spring, when the calves are born, the wolves become particularly menacing. The musk oxen form a defensive ring, with calves and young animals in the middle. Even a dozen wolves attacking together stand little chance against the circle of lowered heads and sturdy horns. what is the problem?

• directions
• wolves are bad
• there is no order
• the wolves and other animals are hungry

A conflict 

• Compare
•  Cause 
• Effect 
• Problem

How the text is organized 

• Text Structure 
• Description 
• Contrast
•  Effect

A conflict and how the conflict is solved

• Problem 
• Description 
• Solution
•  Problem/solution

how the conflict is solved 

• Sequence 
• Solution 
• Cause 
• Description