Eco-Friendly Food- Text & Graphic Features- Exit Ticket

Authors of informational text often use text and graphic features to help organize the information, highlight key ideas, and support readers’ understanding of the text.

• False

• True

Authors use boldfaced words, headings, photographs, diagrams, charts, and graphs to help readers better understand the key ideas in a text.

• True

• False

Answer the questions about the first paragraph and the sidebar on page 161 of Eco-Friendly Food.

What is the author’s claim about bottled drinks?

• They are good for the environment and are not expensive.

• They are not good for the environment, they are expensive, and they may have a lot of sugar and additives in them.

• They do not have a lot of sugar or additives in them.

Answer the questions about the first paragraph and the sidebar on page 161 of Eco-Friendly Food.

How does the information in the sidebar support the author’s claim?

• The information states that 75 percent of bottles are thrown away instead of recycled. Also, some plastic bottles give off substances that are harmful to people. Bottled water is 100 times more expensive than tap water.

• The information in the sidebar does not support the authors claim about bottled drinks.

• The information states that most bottles are recycled. The substances in plastic bottles are not harmful. Also, tap water is more expensive than bottled water.

Look at the diagrams on page 163 to answer the questions below.

Why is the text on page 163 numbered?

• It is a list of directions for making a cylinder garden. The steps are numbered so that you can create the garden out of order.

• It is a list of directions for making a cylinder garden. The steps are numbered to show the order in which they are to be done.

Look at the diagrams on page 163 to answer the question.

What do the diagrams show?

• They show how to cut the bucket and plant the seeds.

• They show how to choose which seeds to plant.

• They show how to choose which soil to use.

Look at the diagrams on page 163 to answer the question.

Why do you think the author includes these visuals?

• The author wants to help readers understand how pretty a cylinder garden can be.

• The author wants to help readers understand which soil and seeds to use.

• The author wants to help readers understand what to do in steps 3 and 5.

Look at the diagrams on page 163 to answer the question.

How do these diagrams support your understanding of a cylinder garden?

• They help me understand how to choose the right soil and seeds for a cylinder garden.

• They help me understand the things you need to do to make a cylinder garden.

• They help me understand the things you need to do to make a really pretty cylinder garden.