Text Structures Teacher Resources

The demands of comprehending scientific text are discipline specific and are best learned by supporting students in learning how to read a wide range of scientific genres. Besides text structures emphasizing cause and effect, sequencing...

Writing is a complex operation requiring knowledge of text structure, syntax, vocabulary, and topic, and sensitivity to audience needs; so it is not surprising that many teens find writing challenging. This article identifies the...

Provides a number of questions that students can ask themselves about a literary passage when doing a "Close Reading" and following this with an organized piece of writing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.5

During these three days of lessons, 2nd graders will learn about weather from the nonfiction text by asking questions, and focusing on the text features of the book.

In addition to defining and describing various patterns of text organization, this website provides outlines illustrating each pattern. RI.11-12.3 Text development

Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand students' use of informational text as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture.

Molly and her friends use informational texts for a real-life purpose in the 11-minute story "Dream Tube," the third of three video segments in this episode from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. While exploring how to use...

Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand children's use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. Molly and her friend Tooey use a fictional app to access information that will help...

Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand students' use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. In this game, Molly shows players how to make various beading designs using the...

Use this Field Guide to Birds from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali to identify and learn more about birds in your neighborhood. Then seek out additional information and create your own pages to add to Molly's guide.

Discover what happens when Molly's dog Suki finds a bone with beautiful markings on it in the 11-minute animated story "Suki's Bone" from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. Support materials are included.

Explore Alaska Native culture and the importance of dog sledding in the 11-minute animated story "Tooey's Hero" from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. Support materials provided.

Young scholars will be given poems by Dylan Thomas and Langston Hughes and will determine the differing structure, style, and content of each poem. Included are detailed plans, copies of the poems, and examples of student work.

In this video, you will learn how to discern the impact of an author's structural choices by analyzing examples of foreshadowing in a text. [8:02]

This article gives helpful information on how to write effectively for the web. Gives information on short texts, scannability, and hypertext structure.

A lesson plan in which learners read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to describe a character or compare and contrast two characters from the story. Materials are included. [PDF]

A lesson plan in which young scholars read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to compare and contrast two characters from the story. Materials are included.[PDF]

A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to analyze a character. Materials are included. [PDF]

Details about Rhetoric on the SAT Reading Test. One definition of the word rhetoric is "the study of writing or speaking." Rhetoric questions on the Reading Test assess how well you understand the choices that authors make as they...

A lesson plan in which students read a text a complete a graphic organizer to identify the main ideas and supporting details. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students read a text and complete a graphic organizer to identify the main idea and supporting details. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students read a text and identify the topic and four facts presented within the text. Materials are included.

A seven-slide presentation introducing flashback and describing how to find it in a literary text. Examples are provided.

In this lesson, you will learn how tension impacts the reader by analyzing the author's use of foreshadowing. [5:54]