Informational Text

How is informational text formatted?

• Strong vocabulary words
• Sections and Categories
• It's true
• Filled with facts

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CCSS.W.5.1A

CCSS.W.5.2A

Why would an author include illustrations?

• To expand the meaning of the text
• To make the reader laugh
• To demonstrate his artistic abilities
• To represent information in a different way

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CCSS.RL.5.7

What genre is informational text?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

• Fantasy

• Fiction-Non

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CCSS.RI.5.10

Which text feature makes a list easier for the reader to see and understand?

• bullet points

• italics

• maps

• headings

Which text feature divides the text into sections and tells what each section will be about?

• headings

• graphs

• maps

• glossary

Which of the following is an image that organizes and helps compare information in a visual way?

• illustration

• map

• fact box

• graph

This text feature explains how something works in a visual way, and is often accompanied by labels that help explain the image.

• diagram

• glossary

• fact box

• photograph

Which of the following statements is true about SUMMARIZING?

• A summary  should include many story details.
• A summary is always found in the first sentence of a paragraph or chapter.
• A summary should always be fiction.
• A summary is what the passage is mostly about.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.W.5.8

Which best describes what a summary is?

• The main or most important idea of the text

• A really long detailed piece of writing

• A dumb thing teachers make you write

• The entire text in your own words

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CCSS.RI.5.2

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.

Which sentence best summarizes the passage?

• Jenny likes bright colors.

• Jenny was going to paint her room.

• Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

• Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.SL.5.2