Text structure and organisation · Year 3
In Year 3 you learn: headings, subheadings and paragraphs.
Every text is organised in a way that suits its purpose: the order of the paragraphs, the headings, and how it opens and ends. Spotting the structure helps you read it and write your own.
Key facts
- Features that organise a text: a heading, subheadings, an introduction, paragraphs with topic sentences, bullet points, captions and a conclusion.
Worked examples
Example 1
What job does a topic sentence do?
Answer: It says what the paragraph is about.
Example 2
Which heading fits? Lions live in groups called prides. A pride can have up to 30 lions. (What Lions Eat / Lion Families)
Answer: Lion Families
Example 3
Why does this text have subheadings? Frogs: Where they live. What they eat. How they grow.
Answer: to split the information into parts that are easy to find
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