ela · Grade 5
Text Structure: Compare and Contrast in Nonfiction Texts
Analyze text structures by identifying similarities and differences between two informational subjects using signal words and graphic organizers.
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Learning goals
- Identify compare and contrast organizational text structure in informational reading
- Recognize transition words: similarly, on the other hand, unlike, both, whereas
- Extract overlapping characteristics and unique contrasting points
Before you begin
Identify an explicit feature of each animal in the passage.
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Practice previewText Structure: Compare and Contrast in Nonfiction Texts
Practice · Independent · 15 min
Analyze text structures by identifying similarities and differences between two informational subjects using signal words and graphic organizers.
Teaching and response guide
- Model the target skill: identify compare and contrast organizational text structure in informational reading. Use the first task as a guided example before asking for an independent response.
- Check readiness first: Identify an explicit feature of each animal in the passage.
- Discuss an incorrect response using this distinction: A comparison must discuss the same feature for both subjects; two unrelated details are not a useful contrast.
Watch for: A comparison must discuss the same feature for both subjects; two unrelated details are not a useful contrast.
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