Text Structure Question Bank — 8 Passages, 48 Questions

Text structure is one of the trickiest comprehension skills to teach because students need to spot a pattern, not just recall a fact. This 10-page question bank pairs 8 original short passages with 48 questions built for Grades 4-6. Each passage is a brand-new nonfiction-style piece written to clearly exemplify one structure — sequence, cause-effect, compare-contrast, problem-solution, or description — covering topics like planting a bean seed, a flooded basement, two kinds of clouds, a lost hiking trail, and how spiders build webs. Every passage is followed by six questions that ask students to name the structure, spot the signal words that gave it away, and answer short comprehension checks. Use one passage a day for a structure-of-the-week rotation, a small-group station, or homework practice, and let the full answer key make marking a two-minute job. Print-ready PDF in both US Letter and A4.