Understanding Text Structures

Mrs. Mode introduces text structures, focusing on how authors choose them to fit their writing purpose. The video covers compare and contrast, cause and effect, sequencing, and problem-solution structures. The main focus is on problem-solution, explaining how authors use it to show how problems are solved. Students are tasked with completing a graphic organizer by identifying problems and solutions in the story 'Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table'.

Why is understanding text structures important for an author?

• To use more complex words

• To confuse the reader

• To fit their purpose for writing

• To make their text longer

Which text structure involves looking at how things are different and alike?

• Cause and effect

• Sequencing

• Compare and contrast

• Problem-solution

What does the cause and effect text structure explain?

• The order of events

• How a problem is solved

• How things are similar

• What caused something to happen

Which text structure is used to describe the order of events?

• Cause and effect

• Problem-solution

• Compare and contrast

• Sequencing

What is the main focus of the problem-solution text structure?

• To show cause and effect

• To explain how a problem is solved

• To describe the sequence of events

• To compare different solutions

Which words might you find in a problem-solution text?

• Problem, solution, difficulty, answer

• Similar, different

• Cause, effect

• First, next, last

What was one of the problems mentioned in the activity instructions?

• There were too many plants

• The soil was dirty and polluted

• The weather was too hot

• The soil was too dry

What solution did Will Allen come up with for the polluted soil?

• He used a special fertilizer

• He stopped using hot peppers, onions, and garlic in the compost

• He moved to a different farm

• He used a new type of soil

Why did Will Allen stop using hot peppers, onions, and garlic in the compost?

• They did not decompose well

• They caused the compost to smell bad

• They were too expensive

• They attracted pests

What is your task in the activity described in the video?

• Write a story

• Complete the graphic organizer with problems and solutions

• Draw a picture

• Read a book