Informational Texts - (2)

Informational Texts

Text Structures

Multiple Choice

How are you doing today?

• Great!

• Still alive but I'm barely breathing.

• I'm okay...

• I'm just here so I don't get fined.

Multiple Choice

What is bias?

• Racism

• How to write an article

• Preferring one thing over another

Open Ended

LIst three things you are craving right now:

Poll

Godzilla vs. King Kong - who wins?

• Godzilla

• King Kong

• Mechagodzilla

Multiple Choice

What genre is informational text?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

Multiple Choice

Informational text-

• is written like a story.

• provides the reader with facts.

• persuades an audience using rhetorical appeals.

Multiple Choice

Informational text

• is real information.

• informs the reader about many topics.

• teaches new information.

• all of the above

Open Ended

List your favorite TV show or hobby right now:

Poll

What is a topic you would like to read more about?

• Mental Health and Wellness

• Sports + E-Sports

• Pop-Culture

• Current Events + Social Studies (Ethics)

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose for informational text?

• to explain

• to inform

• to teach

• all of the above

The 5 Types of Text Structures

• Description: a topic, idea, person, place, or object is described by listing its features, characteristics, or examples.

• Sequence: an explanation of the order or process of something.

• Compare and Contrast: highlights the similarities and differences between two or more things.

• Cause and Effect: focuses on the relationship between things. Something happened, and this is why...

• Problem and Solution: explains a particular issue (and what caused it) then gives one or more possible solutions.

Essential Words in Descriptive Texts

• For example

• characteristics

• For instance

• such as

• is like

• including

• to illustrate

Open Ended

List 3 of the ESSENTIAL WORDS for DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS:

Essential Words in Sequence Texts

• First, Second

• Later, Next, Before, Then

• Finally, After, When, Later

• Since, Now, Previously

Open Ended

List 3 of the ESSENTIAL WORDS for SEQUENCE TEXTS:

Essential Words in Compare and Contrast Texts

• However, Nevertheless, on the other hand

• But, similarly, although, also, in contrast, different, alike

• Same as, either/or, in the same way, just like, likewise

• In comparison, whereas, yet

Open Ended

List 3 of the ESSENTIAL WORDS for Compare + Contrast TEXTS:

Essential Words in Cause and Effect Texts

• Because

• Due to

• Since

• Therefore

• As a result of

• Consequently

Open Ended

List 3 of the ESSENTIAL WORDS for CAUSE AND EFFECT TEXTS:

Essential Words in Problem - Solution Texts

• Problem, Issue

• Resolution

• Response

• Solve, Solution

• To fix the problem

• Dilemma

• If-then, question/answer

Open Ended

List 3 of the ESSENTIAL WORDS for PROBLEM SOLUTION TEXTS:

Multiple Choice

It is fun to read about chimpanzees. All wild chimpanzees live in Africa. They live mostly in thick rain forests and in woodlands. There are two types.

• Cause & Effect

• Descriptive

• Sequence

• Problem & Solution

Multiple Choice

Every morning, I wake up at about 7:00 AM. The first thing I do is make my bed and pick out the clothes I’m going to wear. Then, I brush my teeth and take a shower. After my shower, I dry my hair and get dressed.

• description

• compare & contrast

• order & sequence

• problem & solution

Multiple Choice

While oranges and lemons are both citrus fruits. Oranges and lemons are also similar because they both grow on trees. They are different because one is orange and one is yellow. they also have very different tastes.

• Order & Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Descriptive

• Compare & Contrast

Multiple Choice

Malaria is a serious problem in many developing countries. Thousand of people get sick with Malaria every year. Because Malaria is spread by mosquitoes, one way to help solve the problem is for people to use mosquito nets over their beds. If the mosquitoes cannot get to the people, they cannot infect them!

• Compare & Contrast

• Description

• Problem & Solution

• Sequence

Multiple Choice

What text structure organizes the text by telling the order of events?

• problem and solution

• sequence

• cause and effect

• description

Multiple Choice

What type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

• Chronological

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution