Expository text can be challenging to young readers because of the unfamiliar concepts and vocabulary it presents. Discover ways to help your students analyze expository text structures and pull apart the text to uncover the main idea...

Learn about the different perspectives that can be used in an informational text.

Learn how information in a text can be connected through compare and contrast, cause and effect, and sequence.

This interactive game of "Match" assesses students' knowledge of text structure definitions. Students will match the correct definition of a text structure to its corresponding definition.

A lesson plan in which students read a text and highlight the most important details. Materials are included. [PDF]

During these three days of lessons, 2nd graders will learn about weather from the nonfiction text by asking questions, and focusing on the text features of the book.

This learning module provides an explanation of the compare and contrast text structure. An explanation of the compare and contrast text structure is provided, and the compare and contrast text structure is demonstrated in a video...

This lesson allows young scholars to compare and contrast print text structure with that of an online site. Students work together and use worksheets in comprehending the informational text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short...

This tutorial uses two short videos and a PDF handout to explain how and when to use headings and subheadings. Video 1 explains the purpose of headings and subheadings and why and when to use them; video 2 discusses how to format and...

This article gives helpful information on how to write effectively for the web. Gives information on short texts, scannability, and hypertext structure.

A lesson plan in which students read a text and complete a graphic organizer to identify the main idea and supporting details. Materials are included.

A multidisciplinary interactive site that explores Dante's Divine Comedy. Find the texts of all three sections presented in both Italian and English. Significant people, places, creatures, deities, structures, images, and music are also...

The discussion of several ancient Greek structures is the subject of this article. The piece of writing is attractively presented with photos sprinkled throughout the text, breaking it up into small chunks. The researcher will find...