Controlling Idea
Fill in the blank:
Controlling Idea is what the text _______________.
is MOSTLY about
What is the purpose of an informational text? (PIE)
to INFORM
What is Text Structure?
The way the author organizes information in a text.
What change (if any) should be made:
With more people on the road wanting to travel in the 1910s and 1920s, there was a need for more routes to help us get from one city to another.
A.Change people to women
B.Change routes to directions
C.Change us to them
D.Make no change.
C. Change us the them
What are two other terms that mean the same thing as "Controlling Idea?"
Main Idea, Central Message, Thesis
What is the difference between OBJECTIVE informational writing and SUBJECTIVE informational writing?
Objective is Facts with no opinions
Subjective is Facts with thoughts and opinions.
What are Graphic Features?
Pictures or other images in a text
What change (if any) should be made:
This act gained support as a way to provide more travel oportunities to Americans and as a way to provide routes to transport key military supplies and troops during an emergency or war.
A.Change oportunities to opportunities
B.Change gained to gains
C.Change military to millitary
D.No change should be made in this sentence.
A. Change oportunities to opportunities
Where should the controlling idea be explained?
THROUGHOUT the passage
Give 4 examples of an OBJECTIVE informational text
News articles, history textbooks, science textbooks, biographies, documentaries, encyclopedias.
What is the TONE of a passage?
The feeling or attitude the author creates
How should this sentence be changed?
When the American economy was booming in the 1920s, the 1921 federal highway act helped create the first paved two-lane highways between states.
F.Change was booming to booms
G.Change federal highway act to Federal Highway Act
H.Change the comma to a semicolon
J.Sentence 10 should not be changed.
G. Change federal highway act to Federal Highway Act
You can use clues to help you find the Controlling Idea. List the main 3.
Graphic Features, Title, Captions,
How many points of view are given in SUBJECTIVE informational writing?
ONE
What is a Primary Source?
A source from the time period of the event being studied, written by someone who was there.
What change (if any) should be made:
It is meant to meet the needs of the rising number of personal vehicles, as well as the needs of farmers trying to transport animals and agriculture.
F.Change is to was
G.Change as well as to as was as
H.Change transport to drive
J.No change should be made to this sentence.
F. Change is to was
When we discussed Controlling idea, I explained that after you read an informational text, you can go back to the first paragraph and find a ____ ______ that should sum up the controlling idea that was explained throughout the passage.
Thesis Statement
Can there be BIAS in an informational research paper?
NO
What is Inquiry?
What change (if any) should be made:
Just a few years after the invention of the Model T the federal government began a series of legislation that continued throughout the 20th century to expand roadways in America.
A.Change federal to federale
B.Change began to begun
C.Add a comma after Model T
D.No change should be made in this sentence.
C. Add a comma after Model T