Informational Essay Review

Reading Informational Texts

Drag and drop the according type of text with it's definition

• true writing, written with the intention of informing the reader about a specific topic

• Informational Text

• Something that is invented or untrue

• Folk Tale

• a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

• Fiction

Reading Informational Texts

Choose 3 informational texts (one is not an informational text)

• Social Studies News Paper

• Opinion Article

• Biography

• Textbooks

Reading Informational Texts

There are no ​ (a)   or ​ " (b)   " statements in an informational text.

• opinions
• I
• we
• sentences
• facts
• honest
• informational
• helpful

Supporting Details and Quoting

Drag and drop the symbols and terms to their correct meaning or definition

• Quotation Marks

• " "

• Parenthesis

• Indirect Quoting

• Summarizing or Paraphrasing

• Direct Quoting

• Word for Word

• ( )

Supporting Details and Quoting

What changes would you make to revise the following quote:

(explain)

Lost was a show that "was conceived as a fictional version of Survivor" -Screen Rant.

Supporting Details and Quoting

Pick the correct example of a direct quote using the text to the left as your sample.

• In the paragraph is says that that Ms. Lindsey loves donuts and can eat a lot one after the other (Claire Sweet).

• In the paragraph is says that She can eat 5 donuts in a row! (Claire sweet).

• In the paragraph is says that "She can eat 5 donuts in a row!" (Claire Sweet).

• In the paragraph is says that "Ms. Lindsey is obsessed... with .... donuts!" Claire Sweet.

Supporting Details and Quoting

Why is it important to use quotation marks and list the author when we use ideas that do not come from our own head?

Supporting Details and Quoting

Pick the correct example of a indirect quote using the text to the left as your sample.

• "Bee's have 5 eyes" (Claire Sweet).

• "The students in her class are called the Busy Bees" (Claire Sweet).

• Ms. Katie has a passion for bees (Claire Sweet).

• Bees are endangered species.

Supporting Details and Quoting

Which of the following details supports the key idea - Mr. McGee is a Math Teacher

• Mr. McGee's favorite color is blue.

• The earliest evidence of written mathematics dates back to the ancient Sumerians (Wikipedia)

• Mr. McGee teaches both high school and middle school math.

• Mr. McGee doesn't like math.

Supporting Details and Quoting

How would you grade/rate the following detail? And why?

Donuts are a "airy treat, topped with icing or sugar" (Donut Club).