Informational Text

The purpose of an informational text is to:

• Inform the reader about a topic, or central idea with facts or data.

• Inform the reader about a topic, or central idea with facts or data. Use titles and subtitles to tell readers what each section of the text is about. Support central ideas with key details such as visuals, facts, definitions, examples or quotes.

• Use titles and subtitles to tell readers what each section of the text is about.

• Support central ideas with key details such as visuals, facts, definitions, examples or quotes.

Text features include

• bold words, keywords (definitions), captions

• bold words, keywords (definitions), captions, tables, diagrams, graphs, maps, drawings, photos, numbers, titles, subtitles.

• tables, diagrams, graphs, maps

• drawings, photos, numbers, titles, subtitles

Photographs are from a camera, illustrations are drawn

• Yes

• No

Diagrams show the parts of something

• yes

• no

Timelines help the author organize

• Events, time sequence or time steps

• Paragraphs

• Words

• Steps of a recipe

Procedural Text include:

• Steps or actions in order

• Instructions or directions that tell how to make or do something

• Are written, spoken, visual or all three

• Include materials, ingredients, title and a conclusion

• All of the above

To see if the author accomplished his purpose, the reader uses:

• Text evidence

• background knowledge

• Text evidence and background knowledge to get the final answer

Readers use text features by:

• HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON AND AROUND THE FEATURE

• HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON AND AROUND THE FEATURE, WRITING A SHORT SUMMARY/CAPTION, DRAWING AN ARROW TO A PARAGRAPH THAT DESCRIBES IT

• DRAWING AN ARROW TO A PARAGRAPH THAT DESCRIBES IT

• WRITING A SHORT SUMMARY/CAPTION,

Charts, graphs, tables help the reader:

• Summarize and compare information

• Summarize information

• Summarize information