Text Structures: Teaching Patterns in Reading and Writing

By Dianne Dillabough

Written by a classroom teacher, this book provides an instructional approach to teaching students the structures of expository text in Grades 3-8. Using graphic organizers to visually depict the structures, the author takes a close look at seven patterns or structures: sequence, enumerative, compare/contrast, cause/effect and problem/solution, description, and question/answer. The book illustrates how to introduce children from Grades 3-8 to different text patterns or structures to assist them in both their reading and writing of expository text. Additional chapters examine the reading/writing connection; signal words; and essay writing. Designed as a teacher resource tool, lesson approaches, text samples and evaluation tools are provided as blackline masters in the book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0176337342
• ISBN13: 9780176337346
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Nelson Canada ELHI
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.7" x 8.5"