Compare Text Structure Week 3 Day 2: Mini Lesson

Connection We have learned how authors use text structure to organize information. When reading multiple expository texts it is important to identify how the information presented is similar and or different.

Teaching Today we are going to learn how to compare two texts that have varying text structures. Let’s take a look at the graphic organizer on the next slide. By using a graphic organizer we can record our responses to questions based on information learned from informational text.

Graphic Organizer The Boston Tea Party http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/bostonteaparty.htm http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_boston1774.html How is the information organized? What does the author want the reader to understand about the topic? How is the information presented in each article similar and or different?

Teaching Now that you have discussed the question “How is the information presented in each article similar and or different?” lets come up with a constructed response. In “The Boston Tea Party” the author uses a descriptive text structure to describe the events happening in Boston. Also, the author uses a Cause/Effect scenario to describe how the colonists felt about “No Taxation Without Representation”. Let’s read the second article together to answer the questions on the chart and to determine the text structure.

Link Use best practices when reading an expository text. Remember to annotate expository articles in order to determine text structure, analyze and compare texts, and summarize what we have read in order to assist in comprehension. Analyzing texts and making comparisons between texts will help you better understand information within each text.