expository text structures and glogster

DESCRIPTIVE LIST SEQUENCE

CAUSE/EFFECT

COMPARE and CONTRAST

PROBLEM/SOLUTION PERSUADE

Describe a topic. Focus on thecharacter or the setting.!

List thingsrelated to topic.!

Tell the orderof steps.

Explain the reason whysomething happened.

State a problem andoffer a plan to solve it.!

Persuade or negotiatewith others.!

Show how two or more components, or ideas, are the same and/or different.

First

Then

Next

Finally

1

2

3

4

Person,Animal

OR

Person,Animal

Time,Place

SAME

Criteria DIFFERENTDIFFERENT

Problem

Plan

To Solve

Solution

Issue

Your Opinion

Another’s Opinion

Your PlanTo Convince

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Glogster

a website teachers can useto make interactive posters!

What's in a Glog

Text

Pictures and GraphicsLinks

Audio and Video

How do youget started

Go to speechtechie.com

Read the Glogster Week Posts

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Make a glog!

Using Glogster

Introduce students to Glogster

They'll have fun, uselanguage, and learn

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