It's Tuesday (but it's really like Thursday!) :)
Today, we are going to use our article about Life in North Korea and look at the structure of the text as a whole.
Let's take out our mini-lesson section and write down today's statement.
Readers analyze the structure of a text as a way to better understand why the author included certain things like graphics and captions to improve the overall text.
Let's take a few more notes on text features within a nonfiction text. You may write these notes underneath your mini-lesson statement.
Next, follow the link to get to today's activity:
www.classroomclipboard.com/824734/Test/9F35220F-7663-4742-B4D1-8E8DCD3441F3
Today, we are going to use our article about Life in North Korea and look at the structure of the text as a whole.
Let's take out our mini-lesson section and write down today's statement.
Readers analyze the structure of a text as a way to better understand why the author included certain things like graphics and captions to improve the overall text.
Let's take a few more notes on text features within a nonfiction text. You may write these notes underneath your mini-lesson statement.
- Text Features
- Components of an article that make up the whole text
- Examples:
- Headings: Title of a Section
- Graphic: Picture, chart, map, etc.. that helps the reader understand the article
- Captions: Sentences under graphics that explain graphic
- Headings: Title of a Section
- Components of an article that make up the whole text
- Text Structure
- How the article is written
- Examples:
- Compare/Contrast
- Sequential Order (Order & Sequence, Chronological)
- Description
- Cause & Effect
- Problem/Solution
- Examples:
- How the article is written
Next, follow the link to get to today's activity:
www.classroomclipboard.com/824734/Test/9F35220F-7663-4742-B4D1-8E8DCD3441F3
- This should take you directly to the 'Life in North Korea' Text Structure Activity.
- You will be prompted to put your name in and an access code.
- The access code is 3N8ST
- Complete the activity.
- After you finish, follow the prompts to submit.
- I will receive an email that you did the activity, so you do not need to e-mail me.