Informational Text Structure
When an author finds the similarities and differences between two items
What is Compare and Contrast?
Their/There/They're
______ going to the beach tomorrow.
The children are playing with ______ toys.
_____ are five apples left.
What is
They're
Their
There
i like science class.
What is the 'I' that needs to be capitalized?
Cat
What is cats?
A synonym for happy?
What is glad, cheerful, joyful?
When an author tells you the results of another thing happening
What is cause and effect?
Chile/chili/chilly
Were having _____ for dinner!
Is it going to be _____ tonight?
One day I hope to visit _____.
What is
Chili
Chilly
Chile
We are going outside after lunch
What is it needs a period at the end?
Boxes
An antonym for hot?
What is cold?
When a story is in order of steps or events
What is Sequential or Chronological?
desert/desert/dessert
I want cake and ice cream for ______.
It hotter than the ______ in this school.
You can't just ________ her in a building she knows nothing about.
What is
Dessert
desert
desert
Their going to the park later.
What is it using the incorrect "their"?
It should be they're.
baby
What is babies?
A synonym for quick.
What is fast, speedy?
When the author goes into detail to explain a topic
What is Descriptive?
fore/for/four
The engine is located in the ______ part of the aircraft.
I bought a gift ______ my valentine.
The recipe requires ____ eggs.
What is
for
fore
four
I bought apples oranges and bananas.
What is there are no commas; the sentence should look like this:
I bought apples, oranges, and bananas.
knife
What is knives?
An antonym for increase.
What is decrease?
A nonfiction passage explains how plastic waste harms ocean animals, compares the effects of plastic on fish versus birds, and then suggests ways people can reduce plastic use. Which informational text structures are used?
HINT: THERE ARE 3
What are cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution?
Vein / Vain / Vane
The metal weather ________ spun rapidly, indicating the wind was coming from the east.
The doctor inserted the needle into a _____ in her arm.
We stamped our feet in a _____ effort to keep warm
What is
vane
vein
vain
The students locker was left open.
What is it should have an apostrophe to show ownership:
The student's locker was left open.
What is children.
In the sentence “The student was reluctant to speak in class,” find an antonym for reluctant.
What is eager?
(also: willing, excited)