Explore the organizational structures of informational text (e.g., chronological, sequential, cause-effect, comparison-contrast, problem-solution). 0501.6.11

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Cause/Effect

1. Cause and Effect - combine two sentences using connecting words to show cause and effect
2. Cause and Effect - complete the statement to create a cause and effect
3. Cause and Effect Actions - quiz using connector words
4. Cause and Effect Book list - These books are great for studying cause and effect.[This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
5. Cause and Effect - Fill in the missing statement to create a cause and effect.
6. Cause and Effect Story - online story with questions. not interactive
7. Cause and Effect Quizzes - Quiz One - Quiz Two [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
8. Cause and Effect Paragraphs - Online lesson and quizzes at the end.
9. Cause and Effect quiz - Match cause with effect
10. Cause and Effect quizzes - Quiz One - Quiz Two - Quiz Three - Quiz Four - Quiz Five
11. Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers - print these to practice this skill.
12. Online cause and effect sentence quiz.
13. Practice With Cause and Effect - a lab activity to identify causes and effects [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
14. What Caused It? - identify cause and effect patterns in text (science content is used to teach this reading skill)

Compare/Contrast

1. Aesop's Fables - Two versions of each story to compare and contrast.
2. Compare and Contrast - Select two works of art from a list of 26. Then click the "Begin Essay" button in the selection box that displays your selections to write your own short essay comparing the works of art. This is a display from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
3. Compare and Contrast from Scholastic - compare and contrast characters
4. Compare and Contrast Map - interactive template tool on creating compare and contrast material
5. Compare or Contrast? - Which is it? Read the sentence and decide whether you are comparing or contrasting
6. Compare and Contrast WebQuest - compare two stories
7. Compare and Contrast Activities - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
8. Compare and Contrast Lesson Plans - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
9. Comparing and Contrasting Fables - apply literal, interpretive, and critical thinking skills to two versions of a fable. They will then draw a cartoon to illustrate the moral of one of the fables they read. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
10. Comparing and Contrasting: Picturing an Organizational Pattern - investigate picture books organized in comparison/contrast structures to discover methods of organization
11. Comparing Two Stories - Use a Venn diagram to compare two stories - the fairy tale Cinderella and the native American Cinderella story, The Rough-Face Girl.
12. Comparing Two stories - template to use comparing The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
13. Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales - students will read three examples of literature in which common fairy tale themes are revised and then compare and contrast them thematically and in terms of form. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
14. Examining Plot Conflict through a Comparison/Contrast Essay - lesson plan; a compare and contrast essay that focuses on two conflicts?one from their own experience and one from a picture book or story that they have read. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
15. Help Lee Decide - [reading activity] a compare and contrast activity [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
16. Once Upon a Genre - Unit Plan - compare and contrast fairy tales
17. Practice with Comparison and Contrast - lab activity to find and organize similarities and differences [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
18. Tell it to the Judge - Compare and contrast the classic fairy tale with the fractured one [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
19. Test Tutor - compare and contrast practice
20. What Should Maria Do? - [reading and writing activity] a compare and contrast activity [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]

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