MAKE SENSE by comparing text types

___________ is an encyclopedia website, while __________ is a school journal.

• Bok Choy, Te Ara

• Te Ara, Bok Choy

Te Ara contains information that is ...

• Factual

• Fiction

• Non-fiction

• Made-up/invented

Bok Choy contains a narrative that is...

• Factual

• Non-fiction

• Fiction

• Imaginary/made-up

Which one was made with funding from the NZ government?

• Bok Choy

• Te Ara

• Both

• Neither

Which one has a beginning, a middle, and an end?

• Bok Choy

• Te Ara

• Both of the them do

• Neither of them do

You are more likely to find: events of dates, land-use statistics, and links to other sources in ...

• Te Ara Encyclopedia

• Bok Choy

When you read a _________ you are not surprised to read about how someone felt about things.

• narrative like Bok Choy

• informational text like Te Ara

In which text would you expect to find instructions about how to save a drowning person?

• Bok Choy

• Te Ara

• Neither

• Both

If I want to know NZ immigrants: where they came from, how they got here and so on, I should read ....

• Te Ara

• Bok Choy

• Either

If I want a deeper understanding of the perspectives and feelings of people who came to NZ during the years 1800-1900, I should ...

• read or watch some kind of narrative story

• maybe find and watch a documentary about it on ETV via Hobsonline

• read some stories in Te Ara

• read Bok Choy over and over again