ORGANIZATIONAL Game Board and Card Sort Pattern Definition

ORGANIZATIONAL Game Board and Card Sort Pattern Definition Graphic Organizers Examples Signal Words LISTING or SEQUENCING DESCRIPTION COMPARE & CONTRAST CAUSE & EFFECT PROBLEM & SOLUTION

Teacher Notes: 1. Copy this chart on card stock. 2. Cut apart so that the sections make 20 “cards. ” 3. Place all 20 cards in a baggy; make 12 sets (or enough for groups in your class. ) 4. Students will use the cards to “play” on the game board as they classify/categorize these response cards. A text that lists, ranks, or puts ideas into a specific sequence. A text that describes a topic in detail. A text that examines the similarities and differences in two or more topics. A text that identifies a cause or causes that lead to specific results or effects. • Your Body’s Digestive Process • Presidents Through the Decades • The Joys of Chocolate • The Majesty of the Rocky Mountains • Conservative or Liberal: What the Difference? • The Movie or The Book: Which is Better? • How Did Dinosaurs Become Extinct? • The Effects of Pollution following then addition another furthermor e finally next first next second until their while last soon then after at that time now during immediately description described as (use of adjectives and vivid verbs) however even though but, yet on the contrary otherwise despite in comparison on the other hand similarly in contrast A text that presents a problem and then offers one or more possible solutions. • How to Stop Childhood Obesity • Education in America: Answer to a accordingl for this reasonaccordingl Crisis y thus effects in order to causes as a result because consequently so that on account of therefore y effects causes problem solution because since as a result so that

Provide a copy of this key for every student AFTER they have complete the cooperative “Game” by placing the cards on the Game Board. Key Pattern LISTING or SEQUENCING DESCRIPTION COMPARE & CONTRAST CAUSE & EFFECT PROBLEM & SOLUTION Definition A text that lists, ranks, or puts ideas into a specific sequence. A text that describes a topic in detail. A text that examines the similarities and differences in two or more topics. A text that identifies a cause or causes that lead to specific results or effects. A text that presents a problem and then offers one or more possible solutions. • Your Body’s Digestive Process • Presidents Through the Decades • The Joys of Chocolate • The Majesty of the Rocky Mountains • Conservative or Liberal: What the Difference? • The Movie or The Book: Which is Better? • How Did Dinosaurs Become Extinct? • The Effects of Pollution Graphic Organizers Examples Signal Words following then addition another furthermor e finally next first next second until their while last soon then after at that time now during immediately description described as (use of adjectives and vivid verbs) however even though but, yet on the contrary otherwise despite in comparison on the other hand similarly in contrast • How to Stop Childhood Obesity • Education in America: Answer to a for this reason accordingl Crisis thus y in order to effects as a result causes because consequently so that on account of therefore y effects causes problem solution because since as a result so that