Text Structure

Text Structure.

Text structure refers to how the information within a written
text is organized.  This strategy helps students to recognize the structure of a
text and to monitor their comprehension as they read.
1.  Choose the assigned reading and introduce the text to the students. 
2.  Introduce the idea that texts have organizational patters called text
structures. Introduce the following common text structures:
  Description, 
  Sequence,
  Problem and solution, 
  Cause and effect, and 
  Compare and contrast.
3.  Introduce and model different text structures using a specific graphic
organizer to chart the text structure. 
To use the text structure strategy teachers should:
1.  Show examples of paragraphs that correspond to each text structure.
2.  Examine topic sentences that clue the reader to a specific structure. 
3.  Model the writing of a paragraph that uses a specific text structure.