What’s on the Text Structures poster
A 5-row table: Structure · Signal words · Purpose.
Writers choose a structure on purpose. Signal words reveal which one.
- Description — for example, such as — paint a picture
- Sequence — first, next, finally — put things in order
- Compare / contrast — however, both, unlike — show similarities and differences
- Cause and effect — because, so, as a result — explain why
- Problem and solution — problem, solve, answer — present a fix
One article often uses several. Look for the main one, then the smaller ones inside it.
Questions about the Text Structures poster
- What’s on the Text Structures poster?
- A 5-row table: Structure · Signal words · Purpose. Writers choose a structure on purpose. Signal words reveal which one. Description — for example, such as — paint a picture; Sequence — first, next, finally — put things in order; Compare / contrast — however, both, unlike — show similarities and differences; Cause and effect — because, so, as a result — explain why; Problem and solution — problem, solve, answer — present a fix. One article often uses several. Look for the main one, then the smaller ones inside it.
- Who is the Text Structures poster for?
- Text Structures is filed under 4th Grade (ages 9–10), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Text Structures poster?
- Spot the structure before reading closely. It tells you what to look for. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Text Structures belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Text Structures?
- Commas in a List, Editing Checklist and Figurative Language sit alongside Text Structures in the 4th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Commas in a ListEditing ChecklistFigurative Language
- Is the Text Structures poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Text Structures downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 4th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Text Structures poster print at?
- Text Structures is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Text Structures loses nothing.Printing guide
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