Informational Text Lesson and Activity

Informational Text

Its primary purpose is to inform the reader about the natural or social world.

Different from fiction, and other forms of nonfiction, informational texts, do not have characters.

Types of Informational Text

• Informational- giving information about something

• Persuasive- giving opinion with facts

• How To Directions or Instructions

• NonFiction- about a person or place

Multiple Choice

Which type of informational text is this bee passage?

• informational

• persuasive

• nonfiction

• how to

Main Idea

The main idea is the point of the text, story or passage.

It is the most important thought the text

Main Idea Test Questions

• What is the main idea?

• Reasons that support main idea

• What sentence shows the main idea?

• What sentence shows a reason?

• What reasons show WHY...?

• Reasons DO NOT support the main idea?

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Empire State Building

• National Poetry Month

• Presidents who like poetry

Vocabulary

Specific (special) words in the text related to the topic.

Vocabulary

• necter

• pollen

• hives

• worker bees

• forager (foraging, forage)

• processor (process)

• honeycomb

Multiple Choice

What does dedicated mean?

• hard working

• lazy

• smart

• young