Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
W.6.2a
Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
California Common Core State Standards:
W.6.2.a
Introduce a topic or thesis statement; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
W.6.2.b
Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting, graphics, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
New Jersey Student Learning Standards:
W.6.2.A
Introduce a topic and organize ideas, concepts, and information, using text structures (e.g., definition,
classification, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, etc.) and text features (e.g., headings, graphics, and
multimedia) when useful to aiding comprehension.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
6W2a
Introduce a topic clearly; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies
such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect.
Ohio's Learning Standards:
W.6.2.b
Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts,
and information, using strategies such as
definition, classification,
comparison/contrast, and cause/effect;
include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics
(e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia to aid
comprehension, if needed.
Tennessee Academic Standards:
6.W.TTP.2.a
Introduce a topic clearly, using the introduction to prepare the reader for what is to follow.
6.W.TTP.2.b - Organize ideas, concepts, and information using effective strategies to create cohesion and aid in comprehension.
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
W.6.3.a
Organization: Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information. Provide a concluding statement appropriate to the mode of writing.
6th Grade Writing - Text Structure Lesson
Text Structure
Authors organize passages in certain ways to help readers better understand the text. This is called text structure.
Here are seven types of text structures an author may use in a passage:
Chronology — when a passage is written in the order of when the events happened or will happen
Comparison — when a passage is written to compare events, ideas, people, things, etc.
Cause and Effect — when a passage shows how one thing (the cause) created, or led to, another (the effect)
Problem and Solution — when a passage shows a problem and tells the reader how to fix it (the solution)
Proposition and Support — when a passage presents an idea or a claim and supports it with reasons, details, and examples
Classification — when a passage groups related information in a subcategories within a category
Definition — when a passage defines the meaning of a topic/idea and includes information and examples to explain the topic