Nonfiction HMH Mod. 5

What is a central idea?

• What the text is mostly about.

• How the author organized the information in the text.

• The text and graphic features such as maps, illustrations, charts, etc.

• The big point or most important point the author wants to tell you about the topic.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.2.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.9D.I

What is a text feature?

• Parts of a written text that provide information about the text without being a part of the main text.

• headings, captions, bold words, labels, et

• diagrams, charts, graphs, etc.

• illustrations, photographs, maps, glossary, etc.

• The way the author organized the text such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, etc.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.6C

TEKS.ELA.3.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.5.6C

TEKS.ELA.6.5C

What is a text structure?

• The main idea of the text.

• How the author organized the text.

• compare and contrast, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order(sequence), and description

• All of the text and graphic features in a text like illustrations, maps, graphs, charts, etc.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.10B

TEKS.ELA.3.10B

TEKS.ELA.4.10B

TEKS.ELA.5.10B

TEKS.ELA.6.9B

What concept is this question testing you on?

• text structure

• author's purpose

• central idea

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.2.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.9D.I

School uniforms are far cheaper than the currently popular fashions. Many students work long hours at a paying job instead of doing homework because they feel they have to "keep up appearances." If students wore uniforms, there would be no need for most of them to have jobs that take away from their study time. WHAT IS THE CENTRAL IDEA?

• popular fashions being expensive

• school uniforms being a good idea.

• students working many hours at jobs.

• teens enjoying wearing uniforms.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.2.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.9D.I

What is the purpose of these subheadings?

• To help the reader understand the author’s opinion 
• To help the reader visualize the information 
• To help the reader find the main ideas in each section
  
• To help the reader place events in order 

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.6C

TEKS.ELA.3.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.5.6C

TEKS.ELA.6.5C

Captions are used to- 

• explain the main idea 
• describe the selection 
• describe the author's purpose 
• explain the photograph

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.6C

TEKS.ELA.3.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.5.6C

TEKS.ELA.6.5C

What is the function of a timeline?

• To help readers visualize what happened
• To help readers understand the time it took for something to happen
• To give you the main idea
• It has no function

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.6C

TEKS.ELA.3.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.5.6C

TEKS.ELA.6.5C

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

• sequence

• problem & solution

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.10B

TEKS.ELA.3.10B

TEKS.ELA.4.10B

TEKS.ELA.5.10B

TEKS.ELA.6.9B

What does compare mean?

• look for similarities between two or more things

• look for differences between two or more things

• describing multiple things

• telling the order of events

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.4