Informative Texts and Structures!

Informational text! This is something you read to get information.

Which of these is choices is an informational text?

• A fantasy story about dragons

• A poem about love

• A research paper about a science discovery

• lyrics to a song

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Match the descriptions of the books to the TYPE of information it is.

• A famous artist writes about his life.

• News or Research

• A scientist writes about pollution

• Autobiography

• A cook publishes a recipe.

• Procedure - "How To"

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One more time! Match the descriptions of the books to the TYPE of information it is.

• A journalist writes an update on the war

• Biography

• The time I survived a plane crash

• Procedure - "How To"

• An author writes about President Lincoln

• Memoir or Memory

• Printed instructions to assemble a table

• News or Research

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What is an informational text?

• A story that has characters, setting and problem

• A text that gives us information about someone or something

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"Text structures" are ways that information is constructed.

What is another word to describe how text is structured?

• How information is organized.

• How information is shared.

• How information is interesting.

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Match the type of "text structure" to its definition!

• Tells events in the order they happened.

• Compare and Contrast

• This tells how or why something happened

• Chronological (Time)

• Explains similarities and difference

• Cause and Effect

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Again! Match the type of "text structure" to its definition!

• Tells info or steps in correct order.

• Problem and Solution

• Describes characteristics of something.

• Sequence and Steps

• Suggests how to solve a problem.

• Description

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Imagine you are reading about hurricanes. What structure is used here?

Hurricanes are just as dangerous to animals as humans. They can both be killed by falling buildings. However, humans are able to prepare for bad weather... but animals are not.

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Description

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Let's continue reading about hurricanes. What structure is used here?

Hurricane "Andrew" grew to the highest level, Category 5. Because of its deadly strength, the state was forced into an emergency. Then, many people died and many homes were ruined.

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Description

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Now let's look at the article about singer Leon Bridges. How is this excerpt structured?

The songs on his album "Coming Home" are somehow simultaneously urgent and nostalgic, smiling and tearful, conjuring forgotten memories of a vanished America. The song “Twistin and Groovin” describes the meeting of his grandparents: “She got a golden smile...,” he sings. The song “Brown Skin Girl” is a love letter to his beautiful ex-girlfriend.

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Description

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