Warm-Up Informational Text

What genre is informational text?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

• Fantasy

• Fiction-Non

What type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

• Chronological

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

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

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

While oranges and lemons are both citrus fruits that grow on trees, they are different colors and have very different tastes.

• Order & Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Descriptive

• Compare & Contrast

Why do we study non-fiction text structure?

• We try to understand the lesson the author has learned.

• Each passage is built different in order to get its point across.

• All stories have different characters and settings.

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

You may not know who Mark Zuckerberg is but I bet you know about Facebook. Zuckerberg and his roommates launched Facebook from their college dormitory at Harvard. Facebook started off as just a "Harvard thing," but Zuckerberg and roommates spread it to other universities like Stanford, Dartmouth, and NYU. As Facebook grew in size and popularity, Zuckerberg took investments but resisted buyout offers. The founders maintained control and in 2012 Facebook became a publically traded company. Today Facebook is one of the world’s most popular websites and Zuckerberg is the CEO. Facebook has over one billion users and Zuckerberg is one of the 25 richest people in America. That’s not too bad for a college dropout.

• Chronological

• Sequence/Order of Importance

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

Which type of text structure describes events in sequential order?

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological

The sun shone bright yellow in a cloudless blue sky. A faint haze rose from the glistening pavement, suggesting steam rising off a hot surface.

• description

• compare & contrast

• order & sequence

• problem & solution