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Definition
Texts have both content and organization. By teaching students to look for signals in the text structure we increase reading comprehension. Narrative texts often have a different and easier structure than informational or expository texts (Graesser, Golding, & Long, 1991).
Lessons in text structure focus on teaching organization.
Teaching
Teach text structure to:
- focus attention on key ideas and details
- make connections between ideas clear
- aid in retention
Overall teaching text structure helps build mental models of the text (Slater & Graves, 1989). We have to teach students to use text structure in both their
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We build comprehension through text based analysis. In the image of the white board you see how teachers focus text based analysis of text structure before, during, and after reading. <img src=“https://jgregorymcverry.com/photos/textstructure2.jpg” width=“80%” alt=“”> <img src=“https://jgregorymcverry.com/photos/textstructure3.jpg” width=“80%” alt=“”> </html>
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<p class="p-name">Introduction to Text Structure</p> <a class="p-author" href="/"></a> <video controls width="60%" class="u-video" poster="intrototextstructure.png" src="https://jgregorymcverry.com/videos/TextStructureTutorialOne.mp4"> </video> <p class="p-summary">Focus on Text Structure for Better Readers and Writers</p> <time class="dt-published" datetime="2008-09-21T11:24:20+0000">2008-09-21</time> </div> <div class="h-entry"> <p class="p-name">Chronological Text Structure</p> <a class="p-author" href="/"></a> <video controls width="60%" class="u-video" poster="/videos/chronologicaltextstructure.png" src="https://jgregorymcverry.com/videos/TextStructureTutorialChronological.mp4"> </video> <p class="p-summary">Signals and Patterns in Time</p> <time class="dt-published" datetime="2008-09-21T11:24:20+0000">2008-09-21</time> </div> <div class="h-entry"> <p class="p-name">Compare and Contrast Text Structure</p> <a class="p-author" href="/"></a> <video controls width="60%" class="u-video" poster="/videos/compareandcontrast.png" src="https://jgregorymcverry.com/videos/TextStructureTutorial3-CompareandContrast.mp4"> </video> <p class="p-summary">Signals and Patterns in Differences</p> <time class="dt-published" datetime="2008-09-21T11:24:20+0000">2008-09-21</time> </div> <div class="h-entry"> <p class="p-name">Cause and Effect Text Structure</p> <a class="p-author" href="/"></a> <video controls width="60%" class="u-video" poster="/videos/causeandeffecttextstructure.png" src="https://jgregorymcverry.com/videos/TextStructureTutorial4-CauseandEffect.mp4"> </video> <p class="p-summary">Signals and Patterns in Causation</p> <time class="dt-published" datetime="2008-09-21T11:24:20+0000">2008-09-21</time> </div> </html>