Question

What is the importance of having knowledge about Text Structure? (Academic)

Answer 1

Text structure refers to the way an author arranges information in his writing. Text structure enables authors to organize their thoughts as they write. It also helps the reader in that it provides a structure in which information can be found and understood while it's being read. There are several different types of text structure, including:

• Chronological: discussing things in order
• Cause and effect: explaining a cause and its results
• Problem and solution: presenting a problem and offering a solution
• Compare and contrast: discussing similarities and differences
• Classification-division: sorting information into topics and categories
• The primary focus of economics is the analysis and description of the production, distribution, and consumption of scarce goods and services. Economics is considered a social science because it attempts to explain behavior of individuals, groups and organizations. However, unlike many social sciences, economics is based heavily on math and statistics

• With respect to the study of economics, there are four levels of academic performance students need to demonstrate in order to achieve success. These include:

  • Knowledge
  • Comprehension
  • Application
  • Analysis

  • So this sounds all nice and pretty but what does it mean? Well, first, what are text structures? There are five main categories:

    * cause and effect

    * compare and contrast

    * sequence

    * problem/solution

    * description

    Text structures refer to NON-FICTION or INFORMATIONAL text only. Narrative text is different. Text structures need to be taught explicitly with good exemplar texts so that students can clearly see what is happening in the text. I created a Language Arts Graphic Organizer set that has over 70 graphic organizers to choose from to meet the Common Core standards as well as all the different text structures. (I will go more in-depth on that pack later!)