Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Compare Text Structures
Compare the text structures in two nonfiction passages in this tutorial.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Text Structure: Flashcards
This interactive set of flashcards help students learn the types of text structure, organizational patterns, and signal words for each pattern of organization.
Other
Prezi: Text Structure
Slideshow explores text structure and delves into cause and effect, compare/contrast, description, problem/solution, and more.
Quia
Quia: Text Structure Rags to Riches
Read some signal words that would be found in a text and then choose the text structure that text would utilize in this Rags to Riches learning game.
Read Works
Read Works: Fact and Opinion 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on fact and opinion through which students learn how to identify opinions through signal words, identify facts in a non-fiction text, and use facts to help them formulate opinions of...
Other
Wasatch County School District: Types of Context Clues [Pdf]
This chart clearly defines types of context clues that help students master unfamiliar vocabulary. Potential signal words and examples are provided.
TES Global
Blendspace: Transition Signals
A 15-part learning module on transitions, the different types, and how to use them effectively in writing, with links to videos, websites, texts, slides, images, and a quiz.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading (And Scaffolding) Expository Texts
To help students comprehend expository text structures, teachers can acquaint them with the signal or cue words authors utilize in writing each of the structures and use the graphic organizers offered in this article
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 3: Louisiana Purchase
Third graders learn about the Louisiana Purchase and the characteristics of pioneers during this time period. While exploring literary and informational texts, including quotes from primary source documents, 3rd graders discuss elements...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Alike? Different? Compare and Contrast
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains numerous interactive activities. The flipchart introduces students to the concept of comparison and contrast, how it relates to real life, how it is used by authors, and signal...