Text Structure and Text Features Lessons - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension
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Teaching text structures and text features doesn’t have to be boring! Sharpen your students' nonfiction reading comprehension skills with this resource bundle! Students learn to read strategically by using text features, identifying informational text structure, and analyzing the author’s purpose.
The materials in this resource include high-interest activities and presentation materials on the five structure types: cause and effect, descriptive, sequence, compare and contrast, and problem and solution. Students will also learn to identify the signal words associated with each type.
Do your students struggle with reading nonfiction articles and informational text passages? This nonfiction reading bundle has it all!
As an additional bonus, this standards-based resource is also designed specifically for secondary students!
This resource bundle provides practice in the following skills:
- Summarizing key details
- Analyzing informational text for meaning
- Identifying the main idea in nonfictional articles
- Determining the author’s purpose
Students will learn to identify and utilize the following text features to increase their understanding of nonfiction:
✅Headings
✅Subheading
✅Captions
✅Bold Font and Italics
✅Sidebars
✅Diagrams
✅Table of Contents
✅Index
✅Bullets
✅Glossary and More!
An Identifying and Using Text Features activity is included using articles that appeal to modern teens!
Build your text structure article sets for nonfiction reading analysis practice all year long! This resource includes links to five high-interest quality articles for each of the five nonfiction text structure types!
With this resource bundle, you will receive the following materials:
★ 13 Modern Google Slides on Text Features (includes examples, provides real-life pictures of each text feature, and explains how it increases the reader’s level of understanding)
★ Link to a supplementary video
★ Text Feature Graphic Organizer Chart with links to 4 high-interest nonfiction texts (implement as a collaborative or independent application activity)
★ Detailed Teacher’s Answer Key
★ Teacher’s Guide
Problem and Solution Text Structure
★ Definition Slide
★ Representative visuals or icons
★ Links to two relevant videos
★ Slides with Signal Words
★ Links to 5 engaging nonfiction articles and informational text
★ Synopsis of each article to lower teacher’s prep time
★ Problem & Solution Text Comprehension Questions Chart
★ Teacher’s Grading Rubric
Descriptive Text Structure
★ Definition Slide
★ Representative visuals or icons
★ Links to two relevant videos
★ Slides with Signal Words
★ Links to 5 engaging nonfiction articles and informational text
★ Synopsis of each article to lower teacher’s prep time
★ Descriptive Text Comprehension Questions Chart
★ Teacher’s Grading Rubric
Compare and Contrast Text Structure
★ Definition Slide
★ Representative visuals or icons
★ Links to two relevant videos
★ Slides with Signal Words
★ Links to 5 engaging nonfiction articles and informational text
★ Synopsis of each article to lower teacher’s prep time
★ Compare and Contrast Text Comprehension Questions Chart
★ Teacher’s Grading Rubric
Sequence Text Structure
★ Definition Slide
★ Representative visuals or icons
★ Links to two relevant videos
★ Slides with Signal Words
★ Links to 5 engaging nonfiction articles and informational text
★ Synopsis of each article to lower teacher’s prep time
★ Sequence Text Comprehension Questions Chart
★ Teacher’s Grading Rubric
Cause and Effect Text Structure
★ Definition Slide
★ Representative visuals or icons
★ Links to two relevant videos
★ Slides with Signal Words
★ Links to 5 engaging nonfiction articles and informational text
★ Synopsis of each article to lower teacher’s prep time
★ Cause and Effect Text Comprehension Questions Chart
★ Teacher’s Grading Rubric
Help your students learn how to read more strategically by teaching them how to identify and use text organization, text structures, and informational text features!
The materials and activities in this bundle can be used as mini-lessons or implemented as a review for End of Course testing. The nonfiction reading comprehension materials can help students prep for ANY standardized testing!
This resource is formatted for Google Classroom and Google Drive. Directions on accessing, sharing, and printing are included for teachers using Microsoft Office.
All materials are editable to meet your needs!
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"I really appreciated this resource because, as a middle teacher, I have to review some elementary concepts with the kids. The problem is that these concepts shouldn't look "elementary". This resource really looked more secondary and helped me to review these concepts in a great way for middle school. Thank you so much!"
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"This was a great resource to teach text features and text structures which connected well to the Book Talks we were doing."
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"This was a great resource for text structure. Hard to find good examples for high school. Thank you!"
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"My students loved the video clips to introduce each text structure. We worked on one article together for guided practice. Then students worked independently. I know that the students enjoyed all the choices, and I loved all the options for lexile-level reading! I will continue to use this very accessible tool. Thank you for your creativity and hard work."
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"This was a fun and engaging activity. Highly recommended!"
says Christina C.
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