TEXT STRUCTURES

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF WRITING

How does the structure of a text impact

meaning for readers?

WHOLE GROUP
Open your Lit book to page 802.
Skim and predict the texts structure.
Lets read Lines 1-9 together.

The text is structured in chronological

order.
We are informed that Malcolm did many things
over the too short thirty-nine years of his life
This demonstrates that

What text structure does Myers use?

How does the author use text structure to develop the
controlling idea?

THE CONTROLLING IDEA IS

But in Malcolms life we see a blending of the
four Malcolms into one dynamic personality that
is distinctively American in its character
How do the four stages blend?
What makes his personality distinctively
American?

What text structure does Myers use?

How does the author use text structure to develop the
controlling idea?

The first Malcolm

The second Malcolm

The third Malcolm

The fourth Malcolm

THE FOUR MALCOLMS

1. The child
Lines 10-37

3. The activist
Lines 71-84

2. The teenager
Lines 38-70

4. The Great
Lines 85-97

What text structure does Myers use?

How does the author use text structure to develop the
controlling idea?

The first Malcolm

The second Malcolm

Influenced by father Baptist

minister, social activist
Raised by a single mother after father
was killed
Did well in school / bright student /
wants to be a lawyer

The third Malcolm

The fourth Malcolm

FAST FINISHERS

How does the author use text

structure to develop the controlling
idea?