Text Structures

This collection brings together no-prep text structure resources designed for 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade ELA classrooms. Every resource is aligned to Common Core Reading Informational Text standards — including RI.6.5, RI.7.5, and RI.8.5 — so students are learning to recognize and analyze how authors organize information to make their point.

Whether you need practice identifying the five major text structures — description, sequence, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution — or resources that push students toward analyzing why an author chose a particular structure, you'll find materials here built for real middle school readers.

Materials work for direct instruction, independent practice, small group intervention, and assessment. Answer keys are included with every product, and everything is ready to use without additional prep.

Perfect for ELA teachers and homeschool educators who want standards-aligned text structure practice that builds the analytical reading skills middle schoolers need.