Identifying Types of Informative Texts

Identifying Types of Informative Texts

Informative Unit

Poll

WARM-UP: What type of information do you most often research?

• Informative that describes people, places, events, ideas, or objects

• Information that teaches you how to do something

• Information that compares and contrasts people, objects, places, events, or ideas

• Information on the effects or consequences of one event occurring

• Information that gives you solutions to problems

Types of Informative Texts

There are five types of informative texts.

There will be a 5-point check-for-understanding quiz at the end of this lesson.

Descriptive Texts

• Descriptive informative texts describe people, places, events, ideas, or objects.

• Examples: news articles, travel brochures, resumes, etc.

Multiple Choice

THINK: Which of the following is a descriptive text?

Remember, descriptive informative texts describe people, places, events, ideas, or objects.

• A news article on what a newly discovered planet is like

• An article on how to change a car's tire

Sequence and Order

• This informative text informs you on the sequence and order of events, a person’s life, and processes (step on how to do something).

• Examples: biographies, recipes, manuals, historical texts, how-to texts/videos, etc.

Open Ended

Share a sequences and order text or video that you recently read or watched:

Remember, sequence and order texts are biographies, recipes, manuals, historical texts, and how-to texts/videos, etc.

Compare and Contrast

• This informative text gives you similarities and differences between two people, objects, places, events, or ideas.

• Examples: Articles that compare/contrast products , people, places events, or ideas

Multiple Choice

THINK: When would you read a compare and contrast text?

Remember, compare and contrast informative texts give you similarities and differences between two people, objects, places, events, or ideas.

• An text that explains global warming

• An text that gives information about two cars you are thinking of purchasing

Cause and Effect

• This informative text gives you information on the effects or consequences of one event occurring.

• Examples: Experiments, historical texts, scientific journals, etc.

Multiple Choice

THINK: Which of the following is a cause and effect text?

Remember, informative texts give you information on the effects or consequences of one event occurring.

• The events that occurred following the settling of what would be come the United States

• A medical journal that explains a conditions and its treatment

Problem and Solution

• This informative text introduces a problem and provides experts’ solutions on how to solve the problem.

• Example: Scientific articles how to solve world issues, medical journal on how to treat conditions, etc.

Open Ended

THINK: Can you think of an article that poses a problem and solution?

Remember, problem and solution informative texts introduce a problem and provides experts’ solutions on how to solve the problem.