1. Use Graphic organizers - Using graphic organizers throughout lessons helps students improve their comprehension and good readers use graphic organizers to summarize texts.
Here are some sample organizers:
2. Share Mentor Texts for each Structure - Read the text aloud and show students how to fill in the text structure graphic organizer. The mentor texts become models you can refer to throughout the rest of the school year.
Here are some sample Mentor Texts & their Text Structure:
Description |
Animals Nobody Loves by Seymour Simon
Students will remember the facts about each of the creatures on the least favored list! |
Sequence
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Liberty Rising by Pegi Deitz Shea
The wonderful illustrations show the sequence of how the great Statue of Liberty came about. |
Problem/Solution
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Jimmy the Joey: The True Story of an Amazing Koala Rescue by Debora Lee Rose
A little orphaned koala is rescued and learns to survive on his own. Students are introduced to koala endangerment organizations for letter writing and project-based learning! |
Cause/ Effect
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Electrical Wizard by Elizabeth Rusch
Whether Nikola Tesla was observing the sparks from petting his cat or studying the power of Niagara Falls, he lived in an inventor’s world of cause and effect! |
Compare/Contrast
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Lincoln and Douglass by Nikki Giovanni
In spite of their differences, these two friends had much in common! What a great compare/contrast story. |
3. Pay Attention to Text Structures Throughout Reading - Encourage and guide students to use text structure to comprehend informational text. Before reading, predict which text structure the author would use. During reading, fill in the text structure organizer. After reading, summarize the text using the graphic organizer.
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4. Conduct Frequent Think-Alouds - "I think the author wrote this (article, book, chapter, section) by using (one of the 5 structures) because I see (clues, clue words, etc)." When the class is reading informational text, pause to consider which structure fits the text.
5. Assign a Text Structure to Groups or Pairs - Have students work in teams to hunt for text structures to identify in TFK, newspapers, online articles, trade books, and content textbooks.
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