E4A | Noting Significant Details of Various Text Types

Noting Significant Details of Various Text Types

​English 4

​Descriptive Text

​text with a purpose to give information

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• ​tells the characteristic of a particular thing

• ​we can note significant details on a text by reading comprehensively

• ​what, when, where, why, and how questions

​Narrative Text

tells a story and teaches the readers about someone else’s experience

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• ​tells a story which can be written in different genres

• ​novels, short stories, fables, poems, biographies

• ​we can note significant details on a text by reading comprehensively

• ​what, when, where, why, and how questions

​Explanation Text

makes clear how or why things are or how things work

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• ​we can note significant details on a text by reading comprehensively

• ​what, when, where, why, and how questions

​Information Report

used to present information about something

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• ​we can note significant details on a text by reading comprehensively

• ​what, when, where, why, and how questions

Exposition

puts forward an argument or a particular point of view

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• ​persuade the reader or audience

• we can note significant details on a text by reading comprehensively

• ​what, when, where, why, and how questions

​Read the text.

​​You have 206 bones in your body. Both boys and

girls have the same number of bones. They

make up the framework, or skeleton, that

supports the tissues and muscles. Your bones are

important because of the structure they provide

and also because of what they contain. Together

they give your body shape, and—moved by your

muscles—help you to run after a ball, take a

walk, or type a letter to your mom. They protect

delicate body parts. They also store bone marrow

to produce blood cells and contain important

minerals like calcium and phosphorus that can

be released into your blood.

Multiple Choice

Bones

make up the __________, or skeleton, that

supports the tissues and muscles.

• framework

• frameshift

• mainframe

• subframe

Multiple Choice

How many bones are there in our body?

• 205

• 206

• 207

• 208

Multiple Choice

This text is an example of ____________.

• explanation

• exposition

• information report

• narrative

​Read the text.

​Solar energy is heat energy that comes from the

sun. Solar-heat panels concentrate the sun’s heat

to warm water and create power. Solar power

helps save other sources of energy, such as oil,

gas, and other fuels. Solar panels collect the sun’s

heat and change it to useful energy.

A solar heater is made up of large dark glass panels or materials placed on a roof. These panels trap the sun’s warmth to heat water. The panels help save fuel by using the heat energy from the sun.

Multiple Choice

What is solar energy?

• energy from the moon

• energy from the sun

• energy from wind

• energy from water

Multiple Choice

A solar heater is made up of large dark glass panels or materials placed on a

roof.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

This text is an example of ____________.

• descriptive

• explanation

• exposition

• narrative

​Read the text.

​Finally, it was lunch period. Juan wanted to have some fun and

forget that he had answered a question wrong on his English

test. He should have remembered that a statement ends with

a period and not a question mark. It cost him an A.

Multiple Choice

What did he forget when he answered his English test?

• a statement ends with a question mark

• a statement ends with a period

Multiple Choice

This text is an example of ____________.

• descriptive

• explanation

• exposition

• narrative

Open Ended

How do you feel after doing this activity?