understanding and identifying text structure 1

33
The Puzzle of (Writing) Patterns: Understanding and Identifying Text Structure Reading Strategies

Upload: carawc

Post on 16-Jul-2015

155 views

Category:

Documents


3 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

The Puzzle of (Writing) Patterns:Understanding and Identifying Text StructureReading Strategies

Page 2: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

MAPPS MAPPS

• Asking “Where is the proof?” leads you to the author’s supporting details.

• Supporting details give

support – evidence or proof – for the author’s point.

• Asking “Where is the proof?” leads you to the author’s supporting details.

• Supporting details give

support – evidence or proof – for the author’s point.

THE QUESTIONS WE KNOW NOW TO THE QUESTIONS WE KNOW NOW TO ASK…ASK…

Page 3: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

•Or the TEXT STRUCTURE…

Identifying

Understanding

The Puzzle of

Patterns

Text Structure

Page 4: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

A “structure” is a building or framework.

“Text structure” refers to how a piece of text is built.

Page 5: Understanding and identifying text structure 1
Page 6: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

There are patterns or clues available for every text.

Page 7: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• The major supporting details of a paragraph are often organized in a certain pattern.

• At times, you can forecast the pattern of organization when you read the topic sentence

• After you make a question out of the topic sentence, you can mentally prepare a structure in which to fill in the answers.

Page 8: Understanding and identifying text structure 1
Page 9: Understanding and identifying text structure 1
Page 10: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• What kinds are there?

• Signal words (transitions):

Page 11: Understanding and identifying text structure 1
Page 12: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• How are these alike?

• Signal words (transitions):

the same, identical similar, similarly, similarity alike, like, likewise both not only . . . But also

Page 13: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• How are these different?• Signal words (transitions):

differs from, differs by, a difference contrasts with, in contrast, to the contrary on the one hand . . . on the other hand however, although, but, while instead, rather distinguishes, distinguish between

Page 14: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

Item 1Item 1

Similarity or differenceSimilarity or difference

Similarity or differenceSimilarity or difference

Item 2Item 2

Similarity or differenceSimilarity or difference

Similarity or differenceSimilarity or difference

Page 15: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• What does this word or idea mean?• Signal words (transitions):

is, that is is called, can be understood as, refers to means, has come to mean defined as consists of is not; rejected the idea (used to show what a

term does not mean)

Page 16: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

Term Being Defined

General Category

Specific Type

Particular Example

Page 17: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• Details to help understand the general statements

• Signal words (transitions):

for instance, to illustrate, namely, for example.

Page 18: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

Specific exampleSpecific example

Specific exampleSpecific example

General categoryGeneral category

Specific exampleSpecific example

Page 19: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• What made this happen?

• Signal words (transitions):

Page 20: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• What does this lead to? What is the result of this action?

• Signal words (transitions):

Page 21: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

CauseCause

CauseCause

CauseCause

EffectEffect CauseCause

EffectEffect

EffectEffect

Effect, which becomes

a cause

Effect, which becomes

a causeCauseCause Effect,

which becomes a cause

Effect, which becomes

a causeEffectEffect

Page 22: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• When did events happen?

• Signal words (transitions): before, during, after first, second, third next, then, later preceding, following, afterward as soon as, when, while, until, since days, dates, and times

Page 23: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

PastPast PresentPresent FutureFuture

Page 24: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• What order the steps occurred• Signal words (transitions):

first step, second step, third step first stage, second stage . . . first, next, eventually, last start, continue, end any of the words from the Narration List in

your textbook.

Page 25: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

Second event

Second event

FirsteventFirst

eventThirdeventThirdevent

Fourthevent

Fourthevent

and so on

and so on

Page 26: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• Where are things located?• Signal words (transitions):

on the left, in the middle, on the right in front of, in back of above, below, underneath, behind, forward off in the distance, beyond, up close, near, far at, in, on (at the store, in the wilderness, on the

table) inside, outside, inward, outward ten feet away, a mile in the distance, 2 ½ inches

from the top.

Page 27: Understanding and identifying text structure 1

• As you read, mentally use your senses, especially your sense of sight, to re-create the scene the author is describing.

• Sometimes it’s helpful to draw a diagram or map

Page 28: Understanding and identifying text structure 1
Page 29: Understanding and identifying text structure 1
Page 30: Understanding and identifying text structure 1
Page 31: Understanding and identifying text structure 1
Page 32: Understanding and identifying text structure 1
Page 33: Understanding and identifying text structure 1