Informational Writing Review

What does summary mean?

• writing about other writings, but making it longer

• prepping food to cook

• a short restatement of the main ideas or key details

• a person's favorite color

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is text evidence?

• I have never heard of text evidence before

• things you make up about a topic

• things you already know about a topic

• information you use from the text/passage to support your answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.SL.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.9A

What is the purpose of informational writing?

• to tell a fictional story

• to inform or explain the reader about a topic

• to convince the reader to change their mind or take action on a topic

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

Informational writing is always nonfiction

• True

• False

When a text explains how something is an issue then provides suggestions to solve that issue this text structure is called...

• problem/solution

• sequence

• description

• compare/contrast

When the text discusses the similarities and differences between two subjects this text structure is called....

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

When a text structure tells the reader the order of events or steps in a process in a logical order this text structure is called.....

• Sequence

• Compare/Contrast

• Description

• Problem/Solution

Snow fell softly and quietly as night fell. The only sound to break the silence was the crunching of my boots as I trudged through the dense forest.

This is an example of what type of text structure?

• sequence

• problem/solution

• compare/contrast

• description

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

Dogs and cats are great companions; however cats are more independent and cats do not need to take walks several times a day.

This is an example of what type of text structure.

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• problem/solution

• description

When there is not enough rain over a long period of time, a drought occurs.

This is an example of...

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

• description

• sequence