7th-- Organizational Patterns

 

Today we looked at organizational patterns. We read "Caroline and Carrie in the Civil War," which was written in the comparison-and- contrast order.

Let's review the definitions:

Organizational pattern - the pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details.

 

Possible organizational patterns:

• Cause and effect
• Sequential order
• Description
• Order of importance
• Compare-and-contrast
• Logical order
• Classification schemes
• Proposition-and-support
• Problem-and-solution

 

Organizational Patterns for Reading Comprehension

 

 

 

 

 

Organizational Patterns for the Writing Process