macrostructure is a runningsummary of the text

Story grammars: a kind of scheme that analyzes astory into parts that tend to concentrate on setting,characters, and plot.

Narratives differ in orientation such asaction-oriented and consciousness-orientednarratives

Asking what, how, and whyquestions highlight major structuralelements

Another tool for teaching story structure is to have students fillout generic guide sheets and story maps as they ask students toread closely so as to complete the maps and requireself-monitoring

The different types of development present inpicture books can be used to show the variety ofnarrative structures

Also take into account that fostering the comprehension ofnarratives also requires being aware of the students' culture asEuropean American, African American, and Japanese Americanall recount stories in their own way

Expository text has a great variety oforganizations patterns and young students havelimited experience hearing and reading it

Expository text is based on acomplex logical scientific style

A mix of narrative and expository text is neededto promote a full range of thinking andcomprehension skills

A key to comprehension of expository text isunderstanding the text structure, which is theway the author has organized his or her ideas

The types of Expository text structures

Teachers are advised to model for students howto figure out the author's structure and allowstudents to practice finding it on their own

Teaching expository text structure: being awareof how a text is structured will help readers builda coherent representation of the text