Text Structures and Thinking Maps

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TEXT STRUCTURES

&THINKING

MAPS

PRESENTED BY: DACIA GILLIES,

Ph.D (Candidate), Ed. S.

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Intense English and LAB

TYPES OF TEXT STRUCTURES

CAUSE AND EFFECT

Signal WordsFor Instance, Such As…, To

begin with, An Example, To

illustrate, Characteristics,

Signal QuestionsWhat happened? Why did it

happen? What caused it to

happen?

COMPARE & CONTRAST

Signal WordsSame as, Similar, Alike, As well as, Not only…but also, both, Instead of, Either…or, On the other hand, Different from, As opposed to

Signal QuestionsWhat happened? Why did it happen? What caused it to happen?

SEQUENCE

Signal WordsFirst, Second, Next, Then,

Before, After, Finally,

Following, Not long after, Now,

Soon

Signal QuestionsWhat happened? Why did it

happen? What caused it to

happen?

PROBLEM AND SOLUTION

Signal WordsQuestion is…, Dilemma is…,

The puzzle is…, To solve this…, One answer is…, One reason for the problem is…,

Signal QuestionsWhat happened? Why did it

happen? What caused it to

happen?

DESCRIPTION

Signal WordsFor Instance, Such As…, To begin with, An Example, To illustrate, Characteristics,

*Look for the topic word (or synonym or pronoun) to be repeated

Signal QuestionsWhat happened? Why did it

happen? What caused it to

happen?

IMPORTANCE OF TEXT

STRUCTURES

Important forTEXT COMPREHENSION

AwarenessMAKES SUCCESSFUL READERS

Characterizes readers’COGNITIVE COHERENCE

REPRESENTATIONS

Adaptable and FlexibleLEARNING STRATEGIES

Structure strategyThat allows reader to use author’s

organization to understand & organize

their own writing

Using Text Structure to Aid Reading Comprehension Development

To learn

Use Different Kinds of Text

Understanding author’s

organized and

emphasized ideas

Allows

Exposure to Non-fiction Text

Increased learning and

thinking

Such as summaries, recalls, essays

Organization of own writing

Text structures aid

TEACHING TEXT STRUCTURES

Invite students to

write paragraphs

using each text

structure pattern

4Use the graphic

organizers to

illustrate these

patterns

3

Help students

identify the signal

words & phrases

2Introduce an

organizational

pattern

1

What Are Thinking Maps

Flexible Universal Visual

Learning Language

Provides Matching of

each Thinking PatternTools for Reading

Comprehension, Writing

process, Problem Solving

& Thinking Skills

Thinking Processes

Representation

Cognitive Skills

Representation

Developed 1998 by Dr.

David Hyerle

What Are Thinking Maps

Applicable to all subjects

within & at all grade levels

Provides Matching of

each Thinking Pattern

Tools to improve the basics

of reading, writing and

mathematics

Tools used Worldwide

Well documented by

published articles and

brain research

Tools for use with other

visual aids

BENEFITS FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS

CONSISTENT LEARNING PATTERN

MORE EFFECTIVE & EFFICIENT LEARNING

LESS TIME FOR COVERING OBJECTIVES

WITH GREATHER RETENTION

SIMILAR REPRESTENTATION OF THOUGHT

PROCESS THROUGH CURRICULA

PROMOTES INTEGRATED THINKING & INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING

STUDENT PERFORMANCE TRACKING

TOOLS FOR ACADEMIC & WORKING CAREERS

LIFELONG THINKING TOOLS

TYPES OF THINKING MAPS

Attributes

Main Concept

Describe

characteristics

Describe

Features

Adjective

BUBBLE MAP

Idea 2

Contrast

Diff-erences

Unlike

Idea 1Diff-

erences

Contrast

unlike

Simil-arities

Comp-are

Like

DOUBLE BUBBLE MAP

Step 1 Step 3Step 2

Step 1a Step 1b Step 2a Step 2b Step 3a Step 3b

FLOW MAP

Problem

Cause 2 Effect 2

Effect 1Cause 1

MULTI-FLOW MAP

Problem

Disadv.

Solution 3Solution 2Solution 1

Adv. Disadv.Adv. Disadv.Adv.

TREE MAP

BRACE MAP

World

[ whole ]

Continent

[ part ]

Ocean

[ part ]

Asia

Africa

North America

South America

Antarctica

Australia

Europe

[ part ]

Pacific

Atlantic

Indian

Southern or

Antarctic

Arctic

[ part ]

United States

Canada

Mexico

[ part ]

Main Concept

BRACE MAP

BRIDGE MAP

as as

GROUP ACTIVITY

Complete thinking

mapLet’s share

Read your passage1 Highlight all signal

words and phrases2

Identify the text

structure3 Choose the correct

thinking map

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