Organizational Patterns
The author provides the reader with chronological events or a list of steps in a procedure.
What is chronological order?
The big, important point the writer is communicating.
What is main idea?
Show you where locations are or events happened
What is a map?
What should be included in a thesis statement?
State the prompt and 1-3 topics.
Fix this sentence! Choose the correct version of this sentence, "A small part of russian land is lodged between lithuania and poland."
A small part of Russian land is lodged between Lithuania and Poland.
The author describes an event or several events and the events that follow.
What is cause and effect?
To give an overview of the main points of an article
Authors use text formatting to draw the reader’s eye to important words or sentences. Example bold, italics, red font, etc.
What is special print?
What do CUPS stand for?
Capitalization, usage/use of complete sentences, punctuation, and spelling
Fix this sentence! Choose the correct version of this sentence, "The only interstate highway that runs from canada to mexico is interstate 5 (from san diego to blaine, washington)."
The only interstate highway that runs from Canada to Mexico is Interstate 5 (from San Diego to Blaine, Washington).
The author provides several details of something to give the reader a mental picture.
What is description?
To take notes in the margins of the text while you read
What is annotating?
Are similar to titles, but go below the heading and are listed for different sections of the text.
What are subheadings?
What is the first sentence called that is trying to engage your reader?
The hook
Fix this sentence! Choose the correct version of this sentence, "The december 2004 tsunami affected many countries surrounding the indian ocean."
The December 2004 tsunami affected many countries surrounding the Indian Ocean.
The author gives information about a problem and explains one or more solutions.
What is problem and solution?
Details that give more specific information about a topic
What are supporting details?
Lists key words (in alphabetical order) and tells you what page to find them on.
What is an index?
How many paragraphs would a 2 point thesis statement essay have?
4
Fix this sentence! Choose the correct version of this sentence, "Although erica likes her car, she’d really like a mazda miata."
Although Erica likes her car, she’d really like a Mazda Miata.
What organizational pattern is the passage below?
No one knows the true origin of ice-cream, but the first published ice-cream recipe appears in a cook book that was printed in London in 1718. Sometime around 1832, an African American confectioner named Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes and invented a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented around 1874, but the real breakthrough may have been at the 1904 World’s Fair in St.Louis, Missouri, when the American ice-cream cone was unveiled!
Chronological/sequence
Which of the following will best help you figure out the supporting details of an article?
A. Title
B. Author
C. Headings, images, and bolded key words
D. Publication date
C. Headings, images, and bolded key words
It lists key words in alphabetical order, then tells you the definition.
What is a glossary?
How many paragraphs would have 3 point thesis statement essay have?
5
What is an adjective?
Describes a noun
Example: The BROWN puppy.