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This complete, interactive lesson will make teaching middle school students how to identify the 5 structures easy! The students will learn the 5 text structures of any nonfiction text: description, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, and sequence.
Click here for the digital version!
Objective: Students will learn the definitions of each of these structures, graphic organizers that can be used to represent them, and clue words that signal the type of structure the text exhibits.
Included in this resource:
✅ Lesson Plan
✅ Entrance/Exit tickets
✅ An uneditable PowerPoint that students will use to fill in their Pixanotes®
✅ Pixanotes® with 4 levels of scaffolding (but all with the same content):
1. Level 1: Fully printed content and pre-printed pictures
2. Level 2: Fully printed content and picture flaps
3. Level 3: Fill-in-the-blanks for content and pre-printed pictures
4. Level 4: Fill-in-the-blanks for content and picture flaps
✅ Texts with questions and answers for a Practice Activity I call "Vote with your feet"
✅ Text Structures posters
✅ All answers
Your students will love the variety of activities and you will love that an entire lesson is done and ready to go!
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Alison N. said, "I love everything from this seller. The power points used for students to take notes are amazing. Students enjoy them as well. The differentiated materials are a great bonus. It makes it so easy to follow accommodations."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Caitlin M. said, "I truly loved this resource. Please continue to produce the amazing material you produce!!! <3 This was used with distance learning and truly helped my kiddos ;-)"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Courtney M. said, "Great guided notes for students!"
Supports Common Core Standards:
CCRA.R.5
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
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Once your students know how to identify text structures, teach them how to USE them with this: Using Text Structures Guided Notes
Or, Get the Using Text Structures Bundle!
_________________________________________________________
Having difficulty with a file?
Visit the FAQs section, submit a help ticket, ask a question via email (Lisa@mrsspanglerinthemiddle.com), or ask a question on the Q&A tab before leaving feedback.
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Description
This complete, interactive lesson will make teaching middle school students how to identify the 5 structures easy! The students will learn the 5 text structures of any nonfiction text: description, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, and sequence.
Click here for the digital version!
Objective: Students will learn the definitions of each of these structures, graphic organizers that can be used to represent them, and clue words that signal the type of structure the text exhibits.
Included in this resource:
✅ Lesson Plan
✅ Entrance/Exit tickets
✅ An uneditable PowerPoint that students will use to fill in their Pixanotes®
✅ Pixanotes® with 4 levels of scaffolding (but all with the same content):
1. Level 1: Fully printed content and pre-printed pictures
2. Level 2: Fully printed content and picture flaps
3. Level 3: Fill-in-the-blanks for content and pre-printed pictures
4. Level 4: Fill-in-the-blanks for content and picture flaps
✅ Texts with questions and answers for a Practice Activity I call "Vote with your feet"
✅ Text Structures posters
✅ All answers
Your students will love the variety of activities and you will love that an entire lesson is done and ready to go!
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Alison N. said, "I love everything from this seller. The power points used for students to take notes are amazing. Students enjoy them as well. The differentiated materials are a great bonus. It makes it so easy to follow accommodations."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Caitlin M. said, "I truly loved this resource. Please continue to produce the amazing material you produce!!! <3 This was used with distance learning and truly helped my kiddos ;-)"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Courtney M. said, "Great guided notes for students!"
Supports Common Core Standards:
CCRA.R.5
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
_________________________________________________________
Once your students know how to identify text structures, teach them how to USE them with this: Using Text Structures Guided Notes
Or, Get the Using Text Structures Bundle!
_________________________________________________________
Having difficulty with a file?
Visit the FAQs section, submit a help ticket, ask a question via email (Lisa@mrsspanglerinthemiddle.com), or ask a question on the Q&A tab before leaving feedback.
_________________________________________________________
Let's connect!
Follow me to get 50% off for the first 24 hours of a new resource's release!
Email: Lisa@mrsspanglerintemiddle.com
Blog - Mrs. Spangler in the Middle
©Mrs. Spangler in the Middle (Elizabeth [Lisa] Spangler)
All rights reserved by the author.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
Thanks, and Enjoy!






