Text Structure
I do my chores each Saturday. First. I fold the laundry and put it away. Then, I sweep and mop the kitchen floor. After that, I empty all the garbage cans and the recycling. Finally, when all of my chores are finished, I can go outside to play.
What is the text structure?
What is sequence.
Tells the name of the chapters and what pages the chapters can be found.
What is a table of contents
Rose shivered as she climbed up the long ladder. Carefully, she walked to the end of the board and looked down. "Hurry up!" said the kid behind her. Rose held her breath and jumped.
Where is Rose?
What is on a diving board.
The genre that authors write that has real facts.
What is non-fiction.
What asks but never answers?
What is an owl.
Students who are frequently absent often have lower average grades than those who have good attendance. When they are out of the classroom, students do not get to see a teacher’s lessons. Even if they attend extra help, it’s usually much shorter and less detailed than the actual lesson. In addition, frequently absent students often miss tests or other assignments and don’t always make up the work.
What is the text structure?
What is cause and effect.
Divides the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about.
What is Subheadings/headings
What two things that you need to make an inference?
What is clues or evidence from text and background/prior knowledge.
When he got home, Pete took off this muddy boots and left them on the front steps; he would clean them off later. He went directly into the bathroom and took off his dirty overalls, changing into clean jeans and a shirt. He's spent a long day in the fields. What is most likely Peter's job?
What room do ghosts avoid?
What is the living room.
Every year, thousands of car accidents occur because of drivers distracted by their phones. Safe drive Corporation developed a product that will disable cell phones inside a car, and many people feel this product will help save lives.
What is the text structure?
What is problem and solution.
A picture of something that shows the different parts with labels.
What is a diagram
What can you infer about this setting?
Mr. Furlich is munching on his lunch. There is a lot of noise as he walks by the table chatting with students.
What is he is in the cafeteria
Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.
What is compare and contrast.
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even.
What number am I?
What is seven
The school hallway carried the smell of wax, varnish, and cleaning supplies. Bright,yellow light glared into the hall through the freshly cleaned windows. This highlighted the deep scrapes in the lockers, the chips in the wall tiles, and the spider webs hanging in the corner.
What is the text structure?
What is description.
These words are important and they can be found in the glossary.
What are bold words
His mother understood then how Tyrell felt just by looking at him. She saw that he wanted to stay in the house forever because of all the memories he had at this old place. They still had to leave, but she wanted to help her son feel better about what was going to happen in a few days.
The reader can infer that Tyrell and his mom is-
What is moving houses
This is used to help you understand a diagram.
What are labels
It belongs to you, but your friends use it more.
What is it?
What is your name.
The Mona Lisa is a painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It was painted between 1503 and 1506. Today, it is thought to be the most well known painting in the world. You can see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. About six million people view the famous painting each year.
What is the text structure?
What is description.
Explains what a photograph/picture or illustration is about.
What are captions
Braedon sat in the empty classroom and stared at the floor. It was 4:30pm and school had been over for half an hour, but he still had to sit there. He could over hear his teacher talking to the principal in the hallway about what had happened during class. He put his head in his hands and sighed.
What may the reader best infer from the passage?
What is Braedon is in detention for misbehaving.
It was the most beautiful banana split that I had ever seen. In the middle of the bowl, there were three scoops of ice-cream: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. On top of the ice-cream were a banana and a thick web of chocolate and caramel sauces. A huge puff of whipped cream covered the sauces and a handful of crushed nuts dappled the whipped cream. On top of it all was a cherry, but I’ve never liked the soggy squish of cherries.
What is description
What's always found on the ground but never gets dirty?
What is your shadow.