Pages 1 to 4 are two pairs of texts, each pair on one topic in two different structures, with the questions on the page after each pair. Pages 5 and 6 explain two animal partnerships. Page 7 compares the structures of any two texts.
Give half the class Text 1 and half Text 2. Each group maps its text's structure on a poster, then the groups meet and explain why the same topic looks so different.
Find two articles on the same subject, such as a news story and an encyclopedia entry. Ask your child how each one is organized and which one they would use for what.
Pairs of texts on sea turtles and on elephants, each topic told in two different structures, plus texts on animal partnerships, written at a 5th grade level. Children name and compare the structures and explain how the animals, people and events in a text relate to one another.
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