«I used the mind map to illustrate the different types of
text structures students encounter while reading.»
Not exact matches
Many
students will find it helpful to draw the
structure of the
text.
Students are likely to understand
text structure more deeply if you also draw their attention to
text structure in writing.
Encourage
students to identify the
structure of
texts that they'll be reading during that day's project time.
Begin the lesson by explaining that uncovering the
structure of a
text can help
students understand and gather information for their projects.
Consider pulling together small groups of the
students using the same or similar
texts to work together on
text structure identification.
Work with
students to identify the
structure of the
text that you selected, explicitly teaching not only about the
structure, but also about how to recognize it in a
text.
The past decade has seen a relative surge in research conducted in urban, underperforming schools focused on doing exactly this — providing
students with deep, language - and content - based instruction, with a focus on teaching both specialized vocabulary and the specialized
structures of language in academic speech and
text.
In 2009, PISA asked
students to construct their own
texts with a digital assessment, and they had to navigate complex and sometimes ambiguous information
structures on the web that are so typical for the digital world today.
Students with dyslexia can be remediated with evidence - based,
Structured Literacy programs delivered by teachers trained in reading instruction to increase accuracy, reading fluency, and
text comprehension.
Students still need to know how to type efficiently and ergonomically (despite speech to
text systems), and how to
structure a document and use styles correctly, but now they also learn to
text rapidly using just their thumbs on their smartphones and can consult or update a Google Doc on the run.
Abridged versions present at least two main drawbacks: they are not authentic material, and since they are
texts used only as a means to display language
structure, there is little, or no engagement at the discourse level, on the part of the
student.
While in middle school,
students need to read nonfiction
texts that contain many technical, discipline - specific words, but these
texts also include many «all - purpose» academic words, such as factor,
structure, function, and interpret.
Provide adequate opportunity — one to two weeks — for
students to examine
text features and
structures, and to read and learn from mentor
texts and literature before writing.
The standards also emphasize domain - specific vocabulary and informative writing, requiring that
students read
texts that provide rich subject - area content and models of expository
structures.
Students learn to analyse the poem in terms of content, language, and
structure, learn more about the context of World War I, and gain crucial skills in
structuring analytical responses to
texts.
*** Includes 129 original reading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or
students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each
student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze
text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 -
text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice!
The lesson follows a clear and logical learning journey, with
students learning to: - Understand the key terms «compare» and «contrast», and the importance of these skills in English; - Categorise the different features that they can compare, under the headings «Purpose», «Audience», «Language» and «
Structure;» - Read (and identify the key features within) two morally and ethically intriguing
texts, offering diverse views of young people in the media; - Compare the two
texts, using a clear and concise template, and newly - acquired knowledge of different types of connectives; - Peer - assess each other's comparative essay attempts.
The visually engaging, comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides
students through the following learning journey: - Learning about the cultures of different countries where the short stories originated; - Reading and understanding the short stories; - Collaborating in teams in order to analyse the stories in terms of content, language, and
structure; - Understanding the key term «recreations» and evaluating two recreations of a famous fable; - Planning and writing their own recreation of one of the
texts from different cultures; - Peer - assessing the recreation attempts of their partner.
Extracts taken from the following
texts: - Jane Eyre - Mill on the floss - Nicholas Nickleby - Wuthering Heights Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue - middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore Victorian context including schools and social classes - analyse
structure - analyse language - explore Victorian school experiences - write imaginatively - explore connotations of language With a large focus on 19th century
texts in the new 9 - 1 specifications for both language and literature - exploration in KS3 is vital and these resources enable
students to access appropriate extracts taken from complex literature on themes that they will be able to relate to.
Students also learn to recreate
texts, honing their knowledge of
text content, language, and
structure choices, whilst simultaneously building their imaginative writing skills.
Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue = middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources prepare
students for answering Q1 and Q2 and cover the following: -
structure strip to help form better responses to question 2 (synthesis)- introduction to paper 2 - expectations and timings - identifying key information in 19th century and modern
texts - identifying the point of view of a writer - inferring - exploring how language creates tone - complete true or false tasks (as per the exam) for the
texts read - explore the term synthesis - synthesise information from 2
texts - work in pairs and groups - explore model answers - investigate these of connectives to synthesise - self and peer assess - develop vocabulary and analyse vocabulary in
texts using inference - explore audience and purpose Regular assessments are included to assess
students ability in true or false and synthesis tasks.
Graphic organizers help to provide
structure and allow
students to generate ideas from the
text.
Created for A-Level
students and includes the following key information in an easy to understand, but high level presentation: The narrative with key quotations from each section of the
text; Poetic devices;
Structure of the
text and significance; Links to the Canterbury Tales as a whole and literary context; Settings and explanations; The Franklin and how he is significant in telling this tale; Genre and the Breton Lay; What some of the key critics say about The Franklin's Tale; Notes on Kittredge and the marriage group of tales.
Use and imitate mentor
texts: Harry Noden, author of Image Grammar: Teaching Grammar as Part of the Writing Process, suggests exposing
students to excerpts with different grammatical
structures and moves and then having them imitate the excerpts to deepen their understanding of what the authors are doing.
Each escape room has the following contents: ♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ ♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions ♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels ♦
Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room Reading Comprehension: ♦ Character Traits ♦ Drawing Conclusions ♦ Figurative Language ♦ Genres ♦ Idioms ♦ Informational
Text Structures ♦ Literary Devices ♦ Metaphors ♦ Nonfiction
Text Features ♦ Point of View ♦ Sequencing ♦ Setting ♦ Similes ♦ Story Elements ♦ Theme Vocabulary: ♦ Antonyms ♦ Commonly Misspelled Words ♦ Context Clues ♦ Multiple Meaning Words ♦ Prefixes ♦ Root Words ♦ Shades of Meaning ♦ Suffixes ♦ Synonyms ♦ Transition Words Grammar: ♦ Adjectives ♦ Adverbs ♦ Apostrophes ♦ Appositives ♦ Collective Nouns ♦ Commas ♦ Contractions ♦ Helping Verbs ♦ Parts of Speech ♦ Plural Nouns ♦ Prepositions ♦ Pronoun Antecedent Agreement ♦ Verbs
If we are truly to foster higher order thinking and enquiry into our
students, this process of independent discovery managed through a
structured and safe research space is essential to their independence as readers and interpreters of
texts, as they are required to be in English literary studies.
4 - Put adverb in right position 5 + 6: Two short
texts (5 is simpler) that the
students have to read and complete using accurate adverbs while maintaining the
structure and context of the
text.
The CALS construct is defined as a constellation of the high - utility language skills that correspond to linguistic features prevalent in oral and written academic discourse across school content areas and that are infrequent in colloquial conversations (e.g., knowledge of logical connectives, such as nevertheless, consequently; knowledge of
structures that pack dense information, such as nominalizations or embedded clauses; knowledge of
structures for organizing argumentative
texts) Over the last years, as part of the Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, Dr. Paola Uccelli and her research team have produced a research - based, theoretically - grounded, and psychometrically robust instrument to measure core academic language skills (CALS - I) for
students in grades 4 - 8.
Lessons should be designed to help
students master craft elements (e.g.,
text structure, character development), writing skills (e.g., spelling, punctuation), and process strategies (e.g., planning and revising tactics).
This stimulating and thought - provoking lesson enables
students to create playscript
texts containing appropriate and imaginative content choices, using knowledge of genre and narrative
structure to form engaging subject matter.
Students progress from analysing individual quotes to
structuring detailed analytical essay paragraphs and then on to essay planning, breaking down extract analysis and whole
text essay questions including exemplar paragraphs.
Contains - Alphabet (topic word for each letter)- Comic Summary (read a story and summarise it in comic form)- Hand (research a volcano in history and pull out main facts)- Imagination (descriptive writing prompt)- One Sentence Only (summarise each paragraph in a chosen
text)- Positive and Negative effects (foldable sorting effects of volcanoes)- Storyteller (narrative writing prompt)-
Structure of a volcano (information sheet for
students to create a volcano diagram)- Types of volcano (foldable that involves matching names, description and picture)- Volcanic Eruptions Comprehension (information passage with questions)- Volcano cloze (information
text with missing words about volcanoes)- Volcano explorer (gathering information from interactive voclano website)- Volcano Vocabulary (foldable involving matching topic words to definitions)- Witness vs. Scientist (foldable involving sorting statements)
Interactive Story Maps reinforce story
structure when reading a fictional
text and are helpful planning tools for
students when developing storylines and characters for a creative writing assignment.
Students analyze symbolic representations; make inferences; identify and analyze themes; compare characters, setting, and tone in multiple versions of a
text; and analyze the impact of
structure and meaning in storytelling.
If the writing assignment requires a particular
text structure, there are specific transition words that can help
students organize their paragraphs.
«The
structures and notes have helped me and my
students make sense of informational
text more than other close reading.»
Here are 32 short passage cards to help
students identify different types of informational
text structures.
myPerspectives incorporates a
structured approach to close reading that asks
students to: (1) Notice elements of the
text (e.g., who, what, where), (2) Annotate the
text, (3) Connect the
text to prior knowledge or other
texts they have read, and (4) Respond to the
text (e.g., complete Comprehension Checks, write a summary).
providing all
students with published examples of the many ways that writers may
structure informational
texts and help them analyze these samples
If you give your
students practice during the first half of the year with analyzing the details of a
text by looking closely at the plot, vocabulary, syntax,
structure, and point of view through multiple reads, you are setting them up to be able to do this more independently during the second half of the school year.
Beyond increasing
student understanding of story
structure, read alouds support
students» active engagement with
text.
These included strategies for building vocabulary, helping
students understand
text structures, and using anticipation guides, graphic organizers, and think alouds.
However, when
students engage in
structured conversations around core
texts with their classmates, they think more actively and are better able to develop their own arguments about the content.
Without
structured lessons, the reading that
students do will not help
students become critical readers of informational
text.
In his article, 7 Strategies to Teach
Text Comprehension, C.R. Adler discusses why graphic organizers have a firm scientific basis for improving text comprehension: They help students focus on text structure, give students the tools they need to show textual relationships, and help them write well organized summar
Text Comprehension, C.R. Adler discusses why graphic organizers have a firm scientific basis for improving
text comprehension: They help students focus on text structure, give students the tools they need to show textual relationships, and help them write well organized summar
text comprehension: They help
students focus on
text structure, give students the tools they need to show textual relationships, and help them write well organized summar
text structure, give
students the tools they need to show textual relationships, and help them write well organized summaries.
Students learn to analyze and question the
text they read, build vocabulary knowledge, apply tools for effective paragraph
structure, and build test taking strategies, all while learning about culture and identity.
For reading comprehension,
students might receive preset
text structures, such as problem - solution formats, to help them organize and summarize what they read (Armbruster 1987).
When
students «close read,» they focus on what the author has to say, what the author's purpose is, what the words mean, and what the
structure of the
text tells us.
As
students encounter a variety of
text structures and multi-media, they will be able to see how these different things connect to one large idea and see how these large ideas connect across other content areas being studied.