Text Structures
This means that the text is organized in time order, or a sequence.
What is Chronological Order?
This must come at the beginning, or you're just not gonna be interested.
What is a hook?
The king of England during the time of American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
The book series written from 1997-2007
Harry Potter
Miss Rhoades Favorite Color
What is pink?
The action of finding similarities
Compare
I wish I knew what type of text is all about true information...
What are expository texts - specifically nonfiction?
Another word for British soldiers.
What is Redcoats?
This is another name frequently used for England.
What is the United Kingdom?
The colony George Washington mainly lived
What is Virginia?
In this text structure, there must be some sort of dilemma right away in the first paragraph that the author is trying to figure out.
What is Problem / Solution?
This is what a text is mostly about, and its found all throughout the parts of an expository text.
What is the main idea?
Name of the tax that British imposed on all goods that colonists wanted to buy.
What is the Stamp Act?
This is the reason JK Rowling wanted to donate her wealth to charity.
What is because she used to struggle with money herself, and because she used to work for an organization that fought for the rights of others?
This is where Ms. Rhoades is flying today.
What is home, or Philadelphia?
This text structure has three names... and it focuses on the same thing throughout the whole text.
What is topic, topical, and description?
There are two parts of a conclusion.
What is to repeat the main idea using different words, and always end it with a snap.
What are taxes and the colonists' protests?
Pottermania
The first black baseball player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Who is Satchel Paige?
Think about the consequences...
What is cause and effect?
This means to finish in a way that may surprise the reader, but makes sure they remember your writing.
What is end it with a snap?
This what happened at the Boston Massacre.
- Redcoats in Boston, having an argument with colonists
- Redcoats shoot into the crowd of unarmed colonists
- Innocent people are killed, which made the colonists want to protest.
Jo's first daughter's name
Jessica
Our new unit that we are beginning after Thanksgiving break! This is the topic
What is poetry?