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

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 resource, you 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