How
Does Text Structure Differ from Story
Structure?
ˇSubject-specific
vocabulary.
ˇNeed for increased,
worldly background knowledge.
ˇ“Busy” Bold print,
text boxes, graphs, charts,
Chapter Headings, Italics, Colored text,
etc
ˇWhere to start to
read?
ˇProcess info from
across curriculum areas.
ˇNo Beginning,
Middle, End (Sequence)
ˇNo story
elements.
ˇRead slower.
ˇSkim for
information.
ˇSubstantiate within
the text.
