Text Structure Sequence and Chronological Order

You may not know who Mark Zuckerberg is but I bet you know about Facebook. Zuckerberg and his roommates launched Facebook from their college dormitory at Harvard. Facebook started off as just a "Harvard thing," but Zuckerberg and roommates spread it to other universities like Stanford, Dartmouth, and NYU. As Facebook grew in size and popularity, Zuckerberg took investments but resisted buyout offers. The founders maintained control and in 2012 Facebook became a publically traded company. Today Facebook is one of the world’s most popular websites and Zuckerberg is the CEO. Facebook has over one billion users and Zuckerberg is one of the 25 richest people in America. That’s not too bad for a college dropout. 

• Chronological

• Sequence/Order of Importance

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

My family and I went to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first thing we did when we got there was to take a tour of a space shuttle that once flew into space.During our tour, an astronaut showed us her spacesuit. I even got to try on the space boots. Next, we tasted the food astronauts eat while they are in space. It was really different from other foods that I had eaten but it tasted pretty good. Finally, we got in a special booth that showed us what it is like to be weightless! It was an amazing day.
What words signal the author has used the chronological order text structure?

• Tasted, showed, and tour

• First, during, next

• Flew, got in, showed

Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order.

• first, next, finally, 8:30, after

• cause, effect, as a result of, because

• problem, solution, promise, struggle

• compare, contrast, similar, different

This type of writing gives information step-by-step.

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

• order & sequence 

• compare & contrast

Pop out (remove) the egg yolks to a small bowl and mash with fork. Add mayo, mustard powder, vinegar, salt and pepper then mix thoroughly. Fill the empty egg white with the mixture. Sprinkle with paprika. Then serve.

What text structure is being used?

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• sequence/chronological order

• descriptive

What text structure talks about order in time?

• Chronological

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem or Solution

What is text structure?

• How the author organizes the text

• How the text is written on the paper

• What the text looks like

• Text about building items

Ray forgot to charge his iPad. As a result, his iPad was dead the next day. 
What is the Cause? What is the Effect? 

• Cause: Ray's iPad was dead.
  Effect: Ray forgot to charge his iPad.

• Cause: Ray forgot to charge his iPad.
  Effect: Ray's iPad was dead.

Type of writing that can contain text structures and text features

• Non-Fiction

• Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

Authors use different text structures to ______________.

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add pictures to their writing