Text Structures Worksheet

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

Making ice cream is not easy. Cream and sugar have to first be mixed in a frozen container. Ingredients may be added at this point, if desired. Then, the mixture must be stirred and whipped until the cream and sugar mixture is frozen. Depending on the equipment, this may take as long as an hour. After the ice cream is prepared, it must be kept frozen until it is ready to be enjoyed. Making ice cream is taxing, but most people would agree that it is worth the work.

How is the information organized?

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• descriptive

• sequential order

It was the most beautiful banana split that I had ever seen. In the middle of the bowl, there were three huge scoops of ice cream: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. On top of the ice cream, there was a delicious banana and thick web of chocolate and caramel sauces. A huge puff of whipped cream covered the sauces and a handful of crushed nuts dappled the whipped cream. On top of it all was a plump and juicy cherry.

How is the information organized?

• sequential order

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• descriptive

Have you ever had an ice cream headache? That’s when a painful sensation resonates in your head after eating something cold (usually ice cream) on a hot day. This pain is a result of the dilation of a nerve center in the roof of your mouth. The nerve center is overreacting to the cold by trying to heat your brain. Ice cream headaches have caused many smiles to turn into frowns. How is the information organized?

• cause and effect

• sequential order

• descriptive

• compare and contrast

Match each term with its description.

• Two or more things are described, pointing out similarities and differences

• The results of something are explained in this type of text structure.

• A problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained

• Information is presented in an organized form by steps or time

Match each term with its description.

Before, first, next, finally, last, middle, in the end

• Signal words for the Compare and Contrast Text Structure

• Signal words for the Cause and Effect Text Structure

• Signal words for the Chronological/Sequential Text Structure

• Signal words for the Problem and Solution Text Structure

Match each term with its description.

Cause and Effect

• Many details are provided about a topic in this type of text structure

• Two or more things are described, pointing out similarities and differences

• The results of something are explained in this type of text structure.

• A problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained

Match each term with its description.

Similar, alike, same, just like, both, different, unlike, on the other hand

• Signal words for the Chronological/Sequential Text Structure

• Signal words for the Description Text Structure

• Signal words for the Problem and Solution Text Structure

• Signal words for the Compare and Contrast Text Structure

Match each term with its description.

Description

• Many details are provided about a topic in this type of text structure

• Two or more things are described, pointing out similarities and differences

• The results of something are explained in this type of text structure.

• A problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained

Match each term with its description.

• Many details are provided about a topic in this type of text structure

• Information is presented in an organized form by steps or time

• A problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained

• The results of something are explained in this type of text structure.