Text Structure
The author presents a problem and then tells the solution, or steps taken to solve it.
What is problem and solution?
Name 3 examples of text features.
title, headings, hold words, italic words, underlined, table of contents, glossary, captions, sidebars, photographs, captions, timelines, maps, charts, or graphs
What do you need for central idea?
What is topic and point?
What do all three letters in PIE stand for?
What is persuade, informational, and entertain?
Students should not have homework. No more worksheets to fill in. No more spelling sentences to write. No more math problems to work out. One reason is that kids need time to play sports and do activities outside of school. Most kids would rather play outside or read than do homework. Another reason is that doing homework does not increase what kids know, so even though kids are practicing what they learned, they aren’t learning more.
Students should not have homework.
What kind of text structure is this:
Pluto was once the ninth planet in our solar system. Then, in 2006, scientists defined a planet as an object with a clear orbit around a star. Since Pluto does not have a clear orbit, it was reclassified. Today it is classified as a dwarf planet.
Chronological Order
The writing underneath a photograph that gives you more information about the picture.
What is a caption?
What the author wants us to know about the text.
What is topic?
Florida is a state in the southern United States. The capital is Tallahassee, and the state bird is the mockingbird. There are many beaches in Florida.
What is inform?
I just visited my cousin and went to her school. They have a school garden filled with flowers and vegetables like tomatoes, okra, and green peppers. We should plant our own garden at school because it is a great way to learn about how plants grow. We could use the strip of brown dirt next to the science rooms so it is easy to study the garden during class.
Another reason we should plant a garden is that we can eat the vegetables and fruits from our garden. Not only is a school garden a way to make our school more beautiful, it also makes students smarter and healthier.
We should plant our own garden at school because
it is a great way to learn about how plants grow.
What kind of text structure is this:
Monarch butterflies are some of the most well-known types of butterflies. They have distinctive features, such as bright orange wings with black lines and white spots. Because of their color, they are sometimes called common tiger butterflies. The males are bigger than the females, and they have six legs. They often fly with a slow, sailing motion.
Description
Like a dictionary, usually found in the back of the book.
What is a glossary?
What the author wants us to know about the topic?
What is point?
Dear Governor Perry, I think you should send more money to my school to help us buy some new computers for our classroom. We would be able to learn more and have fun.
Sincerely, 4th graders
What is persuade?
What kind of cars do you know about? Most of the cars that people buy today run on gas. But more and more car makers are making hybrid cars, or cars that run on both gas and electricity.
Car makers should make more hybrid cars. There are many reasons why hybrid cars are a good idea. First, these cars can go farther on an electric charge and a gallon of gas than gas-powered cars do. This is important because electricity is easier to make than gas. Second, hybrid cars have much cheaper fuel costs.
There are many reasons why hybrid cars are a good idea.
Car crashes are extremely dangerous. In the past, not all cars had seatbelts. As highways began to spread across the United States, more and more people were getting hurt in car crashes. The government made a new law requiring everyone to wear a seatbelt in order to keep people safe. As a result, there were far fewer deaths on the road. It was estimated that seatbelts saved about 14,000 lives in the year 2015.
What is problem / Solution?
Using text features helps the reader ______ the text better.
Understand
Niagara Falls is one of the most beautiful sights in North America. It is on the Niagara River about halfway between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.Niagara Falls is on the American and Canadian border.The American Falls is 167 feet high.On the Canadian side, the Horseshoe Falls is 161 feet high. What is the central idea of the paragraph?
Niagara Falls is one of the most beautiful sights in North America.
The spooky haunted house looked extra creepy the night of Halloween. Lots of children went into the Haunted House, looking for a little fun. Soon, they were running out of there as fast as they could run!
What is entertain?
Every two years people from all over the world come together to compete in the Olympics. Athletes play games in teams, like soccer and hockey. There are also running and downhill skiing races. The games are divided into winter sports, like ice skating and sledding, and summer sports, like volleyball and swimming. But if you could watch only one Olympics, should you watch the summer or winter?
Here, I will make the point that the summer Olympics are more exciting than the winter Olympics. There are several reasons this is true. First, more countries and athletes participate in the summer Olympics, and it’s always more fun to watch games where lots of people compete. Second, more sports are played in the summer Olympics, so if you don’t like running you could watch weightlifting instead.
The summer Olympics are more exciting than the winter Olympics.
To bake a loaf of bread, it is important to follow a series of steps. First, you must activate the yeast by mixing it with warm water. After it has been sitting, you can mix it into the flour. You should knead the bread until the dough is smooth. Next, you have to let the bread rise by placing it somewhere warm. When it has doubled in size, you can put it in the oven. Last, check the loaf of bread as it bakes to make sure you don’t burn it.
What is sequence?
Feature that tell the main ideas and what pages they are on.
What is table of contents?
Kangaroos protect themselves in many ways. If a kangaroo senses danger, they will bang their tail on the ground to warn the others. A new born joey is only the size of your thumb. What is the relevant detail?
If a kangaroo senses danger, they will bang their tail on the ground to warn the others.
If you want to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, you need bread, jelly, and peanut butter. Put the peanut butter on one side and the jelly on the other. Last, put the two sides together to make your sandwich.
What is inform?
People in Florida should not build houses or stores right on the beach. One reason people should not build on the beach is that climate change is making hurricanes more harmful. Hurricanes are storms that start over water. They have lots of wind and rain. When they move over land, that wind and rain can cause a lot of damage. Another reason is that sea levels are rising quickly and eroding beaches. Sea level is where the sea meets the beach. If sea levels go up, beaches can erode or disappear.
People in Florida should not build houses or stores right on the beach.