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Informational texts

Informational texts . What is an informational text?. When you read nonfiction, you learn information. These look very different from fiction pieces and there are special features (see next slide) such as photographs, diagrams, or maps. Different from fiction

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Informational texts

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  1. Informational texts

  2. What is an informational text? • When you read nonfiction, you learn information. These look very different from fiction pieces and there are special features (see next slide) such as photographs, diagrams, or maps. • Different from fiction • May be chapter titles and section headers that preview information • Each page has words in a variety of fonts and sizes • Bold or italic fonts may be used to signal important words/phrrases

  3. Text features • See handout for various text features • Here are some examples….

  4. diagrams

  5. Photos/ headlines and sub heads

  6. U.S News Example • http://www.usnews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2012/09/17/high-school-students-need-to-think-not-memorize

  7. Scavenger hunt • Using magazines, books, and the internet, locate as many text features as you can using the chart to record the features as well as purpose for the features. • You have 20 minutes….go!

  8. Informational text activity

  9. Article • In small groups, please read the Atlanta Magazine article • One piece of paper per group but everyone has their own article…

  10. Pre-reading questions • What type of genre is this text? How do you know? • Look at the cover of the article. What Text Features do you see? • Why do authors use pictures when writing informational articles? • Why do you think the author chose to use this picture for the article? • What predictions can you make about the information in this article (generate a list)

  11. During reading questions • Skim the article for text features • Flip the article and make a list of what you know about this reading selection • Make a group list; make a point of how much information you gained in just a one minute skim of the article • Read the article together and summarize each section out to the side

  12. After reading questions • Identify examples of text features in the article and explain why you think the author used that feature and/or how it helped them to better understand the reading selection • Working in your groups, make a list/chart of each text feature and tell me the effect on you and your group (for example, pictures help me to see the perspective of the author)

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