Ready to introduce the Nonfiction Text Structure: Problem and Solution to middle school students? Teach them to identify the problem and solution structure in expository and informational texts through a definition, key questions, example topics, signal words and phrases, and graphic organizers.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED
• 39 PowerPoint™ Slides including 24 editable slides with notes
• Introduction to Nonfiction Text Structures: 2-page note-taking sheet with three levels of guided notes
• Introduction to Problem and Solution: note-taking sheet with three levels of guided notes
• 4 Graphic Organizers for Problem and Solution, with and without labels
• 2 Paragraph Frames plus signal words & phrases for Problem and Solution
• Teacher’s Guide with detailed lesson plan, recommendations, and extension ideas
• Answer Keys
All student pages are in printable PDF format.

HOW IT WORKS
• Students record information on a note catcher or one of three differentiated levels of guided notes as they learn about the organizational text structure: problem and solution.
• Students can check their own work using the slides with example notes, or the teacher can use the answers keys provided.
• The lesson begins with a brief overview of the five organizational text structures found in nonfiction informational and explanatory texts: description, sequence or chronological order, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution.
• Introductory slides include notes on how text structures help us as readers and writers of nonfiction texts.

❊ CLICK HERE for a FREE sample of the introductory mini-lesson.

This lesson is designed for middle school students. CLICK HERE for the high school version.

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RELATED RESOURCES
• Reading and Summarizing Nonfiction: Problem and Solution
• Nonfiction Paragraph Writing: Problem and Solution
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Ready to introduce the other nonfiction text structures?
• Introduction to Nonfiction Text Structure: Description
• Introduction to Nonfiction Text Structure: Sequence or Chronological Order
• Introduction to Nonfiction Text Structure: Comparison and Contrast
• Introduction to Nonfiction Text Structure: Cause and Effect
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