Basic Text Concepts

... and ... show how two events are related.

• Mickey, mouse

• Cause, effect

• Red light, green light

• Yes, no

What is a reasonable effect related to this cause?

Cause: He missed his alarm going off in the morning.

• He was on time to school.

• He took a bath.

• He was late for school.

• He needed to eat lunch.

Sequencing means to put things in order.

Which of the following events would go first?

• Spread jelly on the bread.

• Eat the PB&J sandwich.

• Get out the bread, peanut butter, and jelly.

• Cut the sandwich in half.

A fiction text is...

• your favorite thing to read

• a true story

• what you read on the internet

• made up and comes from the writer's imagination

A nonfiction text is...

• based on facts and teaches something to the reader

• super boring

• what old people read

• a made up story

A poem...

• expresses a feeling, an idea, or a story

• is written in paragraphs

• CANNOT be grouped together to make verses

• always has to rhyme

A diary is...

• a place where you can write anything you want.

• an unsafe place to record all of your thoughts and feelings.

Do you prefer reading fiction or non-fiction?

• I prefer reading fiction

  I prefer reading non-fiction

• I don't like to read

How can you tell if a text is a nonfiction text?

• look for facts and a text that teaches something to the reader

• Only read Harry Potter

• look for fantasy characters

• look for stories that probably could not happen

Why is it important to know if a text is fiction or nonfiction?

• There are different reading comprehension strategies for reading fiction or nonfiction

• Everything is fiction

• Because there is a lot of fake news out there

• You can't believe what you read on the internet