Description

Our Identifying Text Structure display and teaching tools resource has been designed to highlight the five non-fiction main text structures: compare and contrast, sequence, description, problem and solution, and cause and effect. Click here to see a preview of this resource.

These activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR) and would be a suitable addition to a structured literacy program.

This resource includes display materials and teaching tools for the following non-fiction text structures:

compare and contrast
sequence
description
problem and solution
cause and effect

You will receive:

Text structure graphic organisers
Colour and black and white posters
Text structure signal word posters
Text structure bookmarks

SAVE This resource is also part of our Identifying Non-Fiction Text Structure Bundle.

Why teach students how to identify nonfiction text structures?

Readers who can identify the structure of a text are better able to locate the information they need for successful comprehension. Simply put, by teaching your students how to identify text structure, you are giving them a great tool to help them to make meaning out of a text.
Understanding text structure (literacy knowledge) is an element of Scarborough’s Reading Rope, which looks at the elements that make a skilled reader.
An understanding of text structures also adds to a student’s background knowledge, helping them comprehend what they read in the future.