1. Monday November 10, 2014 Daily Academic Vocabulary
Write in your agenda:
Collect Annotation Logs/Get new ones
Daily Academic Vocabulary
Expository Text Structures
Homework: Read for AR/Complete Annotation Logs.

2. Interactive Notebook Add to the Table of Contents
Expository Text Structures –page 51

3. Understanding Text Organization
6.10C explain how the organizational pattern of text influence the relationship among ideas

4. do we teach text organization?
Why
do we teach text organization?
Text comprehension is improved when students can recognize the underlying structure of text (Williams, 2005).
“Awareness" of text structure helps students understand global ideas, or main theses (Seidenberg, 1989;Weaver & Kintsch, 1991)
Students are more likely to remember and interpret the ideas they encounter when they read.

5. Two Types of Text Fiction Nonfiction Narrative text
Author’s purpose is to entertain or tell a story
characters, setting, plot, rising action, turning point, climax, falling action, denouement, conflict, resolution, and theme
Folktales, fables, myths, legends, fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, mystery, science fiction
Nonfiction
Expository text
Author’s purpose is to inform , provide explanations, persuade
Factual information about people, places, events, or things
No story elements
Biographies, autobiographies, memoir, science, math, history textbooks, news articles

6. What is Text Organization?
Text organization refers to the pattern in which the author organizes information in text
We have learned the organization of narrative text = story elements
Expository text or nonfiction is a little more difficult
6 types of organization patterns that we will learn
Every paragraph could organized in a different way

7. GOAL!!!!
1. Every student will know the 6 expository text organization patterns 2. Identify the 6 different expository text organization patterns as you read 3. Record information from your reading on the appropriate expository text pattern graphic organizer 4. Create a paragraph using each of the 6 types of expository text organization patterns

8. Types of Text Organization Patterns
Cause and Effect
Sequence
Problem and Solution
Description
Compare and Contrast
Proposition-and-Support

9. Cause and Effect
Cause is why something happened. Effect is what happened. (Sometimes the effect is listed first.)

10. Cause and Effect Signal Questions and Signal Words
What happened?
Why did it happen?
What caused it to happen? So
Because
Since
Therefore
If…then
This led to
Reason why
As a result
May be due to
Effect of
Consequently
For this reason

11. Example

12. Key #3

13. Sequence
Describes items or events in order or tells the steps to follow to do something or make something.

14. Sequence Signal Questions and Signal Words
What items, events, or steps are listed?
Do they have to happen in this order?
Do they always happen in this order?
First
Second
Next
Then
Before
After
Finally
Following
Not long after
Now
Soon

15. EXAMPLE

16. Key #2

17. Problem and Solution
Tells about a problem (and sometimes says why there is a problem) then gives one or more possible solutions.

18. Problem & Solution Signal Questions and Signal Words
What is the problem?
Why is this a problem?
Is anything being done to try to solve the problem?
What can be done to solve the problem?
Question is…
Dilemma is…
The puzzle is…
To solve this…
One answer is…
One reason for the
problem is

19. EXAMPLE

20. Key #4

21. Description
A topic, idea, person, place, or thing is described by listing its features, characteristics, or examples.

22. Description Signal Questions/Words
What specific topic, person, idea, or thing is being described?
How is it being described (what does it look like, how does it work, what does it do, etc.)?
What is important to remember about it?
For instance
Such as…
To begin with
An example
To illustrate
Characteristics
*Look for the topic word (or a synonym or pronoun) to be repeated

23. EXAMPLE

24. Key #1 Descriptive

25. Shows how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different.
Compare and Contrast
Shows how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different.

26. Compare and Contrast Signal Questions/Words
What things are being compared?
In what ways are they alike?
In what ways are they different?
Same as
Similar
Alike
As well as
Not only…but also
Both
Instead of
Either…or
On the other hand
Different from
As opposed to

27. EXAMPLE

28. Key #5

29. Proposition-And-Support
A proposition-support article is persuasive (beliefs, opinions)
uses logic and reason to show that
one idea is more legitimate than another idea

30. Support and Proposition Signal Questions/Words
Is the author trying to convince me to do something?
Can I tell how the author feels about this?
Facts, including the results of scientific research and surveys.
Statistics– facts in number form.
Examples– specific instances that illustrate reasons or facts.
Anecdotes– brief stories, such as personal experiences.
Definitions
Opinions from Experts on the subject, especially with direct
quotations.

31. EXAMPLE
Alligators are endangered species. These animals are hunted and killed for very selfish reasons. Some people kill these precious reptiles and use their skin to make expensive shoes. These reptiles were placed on the endangered species list in People should take action to help the American alligator. We should pass laws saying that hunting alligators is illegal. We also should create alligator farms to help increase their numbers. When the young are strong enough, they could be released back to the wild. This law would help replenish the population and alligators would no longer be endangered.

32. How do we identify text organization?
Step 1: Read the Expository text
Make poster
Step 2: Identify signal/clue words
Step 3: Ask yourself does the text compare and contrast, sequence, proposition and support, cause and effect, or describe
Skill development
Review each step of identifying text structures and apply steps

33. Your Time to Practice!!