Name: _____________________
NONFICTION CRAFT CHART
Please use this chart to determine the text pattern/s, the signal words and the purpose for each of your articles. Be sure to mark up your articles and attach these
copies to the final nonfiction portfolio!
Article Title, Author and
Publication
“Complaint Box: My Baby
is Special, So I Named Her
Speh’shill” by Paul
Schmidtberger; The New
York Times
“Back to Keeping Poop
Journals and Playdates; This
Time It’s a Puppy” by
Teresa Pelham; The
Hartford Courant
“Hey Spot, You’ve Got
Mail” by Michelle Slatalla;
Cyberfamilias
“Board Games Perfect for
Family Circle” by Leonard
Pitts, Jr.; Orlando Sentinel
“Sis! Boom! Bah!
Humbug!” by Rick Reilly,
Sports Illustrated
Text Pattern/s
Signal Words and Writer’s
Crafts
Purpose (A complete sentence
that incorporates ideas about the
text pattern/s!)
Name: _____________________
NONFICTION CRAFT CHART
Please use this chart to determine the text pattern/s, the signal words and the purpose for each of your articles. Be sure to mark up your articles and attach these
copies to the final nonfiction portfolio!
Name: _____________________
NONFICTION CRAFT CHART
Please use this chart to determine the text pattern/s, the signal words and the purpose for each of your articles. Be sure to mark up your articles and attach these
copies to the final nonfiction portfolio!