A Paragraph’s Structure or Patterns of Development

In nonfictional passages, a paragraph’s structure or patterns of development is a method used by the writer to help organize and develop ideas in the best logical way over the course of the text. A text’s structure can change frequently from paragraph to paragraph within a single piece of writing.
Patterns of Development

Main Idea and Key Details
Narrative/Anecdotal
Descriptive/Illustrative/Examples
Step-by-Step Account/Procedural
Cause-and-Effect
Compare-Contrast
Problem-Solution
Chronological Order

Note: In order for students to identify these patterns during reading, teaching signal cues and sentence function, relationship, and alignment are essential.

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Critical Thinking is the analysis and evaluation of facts to form accurate understanding and judgment. It’s an active command by which the reader is mindfully aware of her thinking—how it changes and evolves as she reads. During reading, she knows when her understanding is on point and when it’s faulty; importantly, she knows how to keep adjusting her thinking to become “one with the author.”

A critical thinker in reading

(1) must be able to follow an author’s logical development of ideas, which means moving with the author: identifying key connections within and among paragraphs, recognizing relationships among ideas, and making shifts when necessary,

(2) must be able to interpret what is literally said and implied to attain accurate comprehension, and

(3) must be able to gather information from different points of the text and/or from multiple texts and synthesize.

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Critical Thinking is the analysis and evaluation of facts to form accurate understanding and judgment. It’s an active command by which the reader is mindfully aware of her thinking—how it changes and evolves as she reads. During reading, she knows when her understanding is on point and when it’s faulty; importantly, she knows how to keep adjusting her thinking to become “one with the author.”

A critical thinker in reading

(2) must be able to interpret what is literally said and implied to attain accurate comprehension, and

(3) must be able to gather information from different points of the text and/or from multiple texts and synthesize.

– Monica Knighton, M.Ed.

CONTACT ME

Use this form to contact me regarding any questions you may have.

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A Paragraph’s Structure or Patterns of Development