Text Structure
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Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 4
Lesson Length: 15 minutes or less
Keywords/Tags: Text Structure
Lesson Description: Students will describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

  • ELA.4.R.2.1 Explain how text features contribute to the meaning and identify the text structures of problem/solution, sequence, and description in texts.
  • ELA.4.R.3.3 Compare and contrast accounts of the same event using primary and/or secondary sources.
  • Other ELAGSE4RI5: Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
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Video : The structures of informational texts | Reading | Khan Academy
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Description: This video introduces the structures of informational texts.
Video : The 5 Types of Text Structure; Flocabulary
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Description: How do authors organize the texts they write? This video teaches five common text structures used in informational and nonfiction text: description, sequence, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution.
Video : What is a main idea? | Reading | Khan Academy
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Description: In this video, you will learn about finding the main idea of a text.
Resources : Quizizz:Review Blue Group
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Quizizz- Blue Group

Description: Use this Quizizz to review text structure.
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Quizizz- Gray group

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Video : How to find the main idea and supporting details - reading skills for beginners
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.")
Description: This video is a strategy to help you identify the main idea in passage.