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Article of Month (AOM) 1) What is the text structure of the article? How do you know? 2) What is the central idea of the text? 3) What is one claim stated in the article? 4) What evidence does the author give to support his/her claim? 5) Create a chart, graph, or table to visually represent one important piece of information in this article, OR write a one paragraph (five sentence) summary of the text.

Types of Text Structure Cause and Effect Compare and Contrast Sequence Problem and Solution Description

Signal Questions: Signal Words: What happened? Why did it happen? Cause and Effect Signal Questions: What happened? Why did it happen? What caused it to happen? Signal Words: So Because Since Therefore If…then This led to Reason why As a result May be due to Effect of Consequently For this reason Cause is why something happened. Effect is what happened. (Sometimes the effect is listed first.)

Compare and Contrast Signal Words: Signal Questions: 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 Signal Questions: What things are being compared? In what ways are they alike? In what ways are they different? Shows how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different

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

Problem and Solution Signal Words: Signal Questions: Question is… Dilemma is… The puzzle is… To solve this… One answer is… One reason for the problem is… Signal Questions: 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?

Description Signal Words: Signal Questions: 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 Signal Questions: 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?