Students use the Informational Text Analysis Tool to deconstruct the essential elements of informational text.

 A set of lessons teaching classical appeals strategies (ethos, pathos, logos) and their use. Utilizes exemplar speeches by President Roosevelt ("Day of Infamy," December 8, 1941) and Sir Winston Churchill ("Be Ye Men of Valour" May 13, 1940).Image credit: © National Archives

This lesson is intended to teach students digital annotation skills and reinforce their knowledge of rhetorical devices using Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. This resource can be modified to focus on annotating physical copies of a document and with other documents.Cover image: Photo by Mitchell Luo on Unsplash

This Text Structure Cheat Sheet includes the following:
*The Five Text Structures: Description, Sequence, Compare & Contrast. Problem & Solution, and Cause & Effect.
*The purpose for each text structure
*A brainstorming map for each text structure
*Key words that are used for each text structure
*Examples of each text structure
Students can use this cheat sheet to help them identify text structures in nonfiction or use them in their writing.