Reading for Informational Task

Define: Passage

(REFERING TO READING)

• A brief summary of a book.

• Passing your classes with Cs or better.

• A way to get through a path

• A section of written text for you to read conveying a specific idea or theme.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Define: Author's Purpose

• The reason an author writes a text, such as to inform, entertain, persuade, or express feelings.

• The author's perpective, stance or side on topic. (biased or neutral)

• The genre of the text being written.

• The author's background and biography.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Define: Significant Details

• Significant Details are essential pieces of information that add to the reader's understanding of a topic.

• Superficial Details are surface-level information that lacks depth and significance, like "fun facts".

• Irrelevant Details that are unrelated pieces of information that confuse the context.

• Trivial Details are minor pieces of information that do not affect or add to understanding.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What type of texts are samples of "expository"/ informational?

• Fairytales

• Ode Poems

• newspaper articles

• Historical Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

What is this text feature called?

• Glossay

• Index

• Heading & Subheading

• Diagram

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What type of text feature is this an example of?

• Heading & Subheading

• Table of

  Content

• Footnote

• Index

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What type of text feature is this an example of?

• Glossary of key vocabulary

• Picture with Caption

• Diagram

• Graphs, Charts & Tables

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Define: Descriptive

• Descriptive refers to creating an outline for a topic.

• Descriptive means providing details or characteristics about something.

• Descriptive is providing cause or reason and the effects or results it has.

• Descriptive means to summarize the central idea of given information.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the main purpose of reading informational texts?

• To entertain the reader with fictional stories

• To provide factual information and knowledge

• To confuse the reader with complex language

• To persuade the reader to buy a product

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is a characteristic of an informational text?

• It includes a plot with characters and a setting

• It uses persuasive language to influence opinions

• It presents facts and data without personal opinions

• It is written in the form of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5