WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF ORGANIZATION?

*In the literature, different authors propose different sets of basic types of organization.  (See p 37 in Teacher's. Manual (T.M.)

*In S.P.O.K.E.S., we focus on what we believe are the 8 major types of organization in expository text:  (See 8 Types of Main Ideas Chart on pp 42-43 of T. M.)

                              ^Event

                              ^Definition

                              ^Cause-Effect

                              ^Process/procedure

                              ^Judgment

                              ^Problem-Solution

                              ^Compare-Contrast

                              ^Generalization

*For each type of organization, we identify

^signal words (See Chart on Page 38 in T. M.)

^sentence examples (See Examples: Pp 46-47 in T. M.)

^paragraph examples (See Examples, P. 39 in T. M.)