Reading Vocabulary Informational Text

What is the purpose of using THIEVES while reading?

• Using THIEVES helps keep me busy by giving me more work to do when I read informational text

• using THIEVES makes readers confused about each part of an informational text

• using THIEVES helps readers analyze each part of an informational text

• using THIEVES is fun and entertaining to make a boring test more interesting

Which text feature would you use to find the names of all the chapters in a book and the pages where they started?

• a heading

• the table of contents

• captions

• the glossary

Which text feature would tell you the major topic or main idea in a text?

• the heading

• the caption

• the glossary

• the table of contents

Nonfiction or informational texts:

• give true information about a topic

• entertain using narrative story elements

• tell about an experience using rhythmic language

Nonfiction articles never contain text features.

• true

• false

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.

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

A summary is...

• A list of key details in the text that are placed in the correct order.

• A short paragraph in a fictional story that reveals the big idea, lesson, or moral.

• A short paragraph that you create which includes the main idea of the text and some key important details.

• A short paragraph that you find in the text which includes the main idea and some key details.

A key detail is...

• A life lesson that the author is trying to communicate to us.

• An important point in the text that can help us find the main idea

• Reveals the main characters in the story.

• Is the main point the author is trying to make about the topic.

What is not TRUE about an informative text?

• A type of writing that provides facts and ideas.

• A type of writing that explains or conveys information.

• A type of writing that answers the five W's and one H

• A type of writing that expresses opinion or try to convince others.