Nonfiction Informational Text Structure Worksheets Anchor Chart Passages 4th 5th

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Help your students analyze text structure using nonfiction, informational texts. Students will learn how to identify and describe the following text structures: descriptive, compare and contrast, order and sequence, problem and solution, and cause and effect. This comprehensive resource includes 5 different activities that require students to describe the overall structure of a text and determine the author’s purpose. Each activity contains a nonfiction, informational text article, multiple choice questions, and a text structure graphic organizer to promote critical thinking.

Through a variety of texts, 15 pages of fun and engaging activities, and 6 text structure posters/anchor charts, students will learn how to analyze text structures and determine the author's purpose for writing the text. Each activity includes a high-interest topic that students will love to read and learn about - perfect for students in 4th and 5th grades. 

Included in this download:

  • 6 Nonfiction Text Structures Posters/Anchor Charts (color versions)
  • 6 Nonfiction Text Structures Posters/Anchor Charts (black & white versions)
  • Activity 1: Lebron James: A Basketball Legend - order and sequence
  • Activity 2: Natural Disasters: Tsunamis & Hurricanes - compare and contrast
  • Activity 3: Marine Life: Dangers in Our Oceans - cause and effect
  • Activity 4: Pollinator Decline: Could we BEE the problem? - problem and solution
  • Activity 5: Basilisk Lizard: A Fascinating Creature - descriptive
  • Teacher Answer Keys
  • Answer Keys to Display for Students
  • TpT Easel Digital Activity Option 
  • Answer Keys

Each activity includes multiple-choice questions and a text structure graphic organizer to promote critical thinking. Students will be required to describe the overall structure of a text and determine the author’s purpose for writing the text

These activities are perfect for…

  • whole group lessons
  • independent desk work
  • small groups
  • literacy centers
  • morning work
  • homework
  • assessments
  • early finishers
  • sub plans

The best part?

This resource is NO PREP and is easy to use! Just print and go! Through a variety of different articles and engaging activities, students will quickly learn how to analyze and describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text. These activities will also help your students answer common questions on standardized tests about text structures.

In this one convenient resourceyou can…

•have ready-to-go activities that will provide your students with a meaningful learning experience as they analyze nonfiction text structures

•use these pre-made activities as sub plans when you need to take a day (or week) off!

•print and go - includes everything you need to teach your students how to identify and describe nonfiction text structures and determine the author's purpose for writing the text.

Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):

RI.4.5

RI.5.5

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