Today more people are connected to the internet than ever before, not only at

home, but also on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Many of these people now get their news from the internet rather than reading newspapers. As a consequence, many newspapers have gone out of business.

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.

Beagles are medium-sized members of the hound family. Beagles generally

make good pets because they are intelligent, good-natured, and good with children. Beagles are also quite playful and need a great deal of exercise.

President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He graduated

from high school in 1979. After attending college at Harvard, he married Michelle Robinson in 1992. Obama became an Illinois senator in 1997 and on January 20, 2009, he became the 44th president of the United States of America.

When farmers use fertilizer to fertilize their crops, the left over fertilizer can

run into nearby ponds, streams and rivers. The result is that the nutrient-rich fertilizer causes way too much algae to grow. All that algae is bad for the plants and animals that live there.

The author describes the topic by giving details about its characteristics.

Key words include first, next, then, last, after, later and finally.

Which structure: To show the similarities and differences between sharks and dolphins

Which structure: to describe what happened to teeth if you eat too much sugar

Which structure: To examine a dollar bill and what each symbol on it means

Key words include caused by, effect, reason, because and as a result.

Choose the text structure the author used in this passage.

The pond was frozen solid when the temperature dropped below 32 degrees. There was a 6 inch blanket of ice separating the water's surface and the air. No longer could a reflection of the surrounding trees be seen on the water. The fish could no longer find food floating at the top. It was now safe to ice skate.

Which structure: To explain air pollution and ways scientists are trying to reduce it.

Choose the text structure for the passage.

The cricket chirps by rubbing a scraper on its other wing. The tone changes depending on the distance between the wrinkles on the wing. The sound can be quite loud and monotonous.

Which structure: To list the events that led to the American Revolution

How the author organizes the text is....

Which text structure tells the order in which events occur or the steps in a process?

Which text structure shows similarities and differences between two or more things?

Bill has a routine every morning before going to school. First, he gets out of bed. Next, he gets dressed. Then, he eats breakfast. After breakfast, he brushes his teeth and makes his lunch. Finally, he gets on the bus and goes to school.

What does Bill do last every morning?

Which text structure provides details or characteristics about a topic?

Did you know that not all deserts are hot? Both hot and cold deserts are very dry, but unlike hot deserts, cold deserts have long winters when the temperatures can reach below freezing. Cold deserts also get a great deal of snow, which is certainly not true for hot deserts.

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An author would use this diagram to

What graphic text feature is this?

For me

I really like

What do you like about corn???????

A big lump with _______.

It has the juice!

I can’t imagine a . . .

I can tell you . . .

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When I tried it with ______, everything changed.