Informational Texts
Informational paragraphs
Pourquoi Tales
Literary / Narrative Texts
Word Forms
100
True or False: Informational texts usually have fake pictures of things.
False! They usually have real photos.
100
Your first sentence sets up the paragraph and introduces your topic to the reader. It is called...
An introductory sentence
100
Pourquoi means ______ in French.
Why
100
True or False? Narrative texts usually have a beginning, middle, and end.
True
100
What is a noun?
Person, place, thing, or idea
200
Informational texts have this piece of text below an image to describe the photo.
Caption
200
What do body sentences do in an informational paragraph?
Tell the reader more details about the topic.
200
Pourquoi tales are fake stories that explain...
explain why something in nature is the way it is.
200
True or false: The beginning of a story tells us the problem or challenge right away.
False!
200
This type of word is a doing word. For example, run, jump, kick.
Verb
300
Where can you find a list of chapters and their page numbers?
Table of Contents
300
What does a concluding sentence do?
Finish the paragraph and explain why the topic is important.
300
True or False: People tell pourquoi tales because they’re entertaining and also help us understand something about the world around us.
True!
300
What does the middle of a story do?
Tells us about the challenge and how the characters respond to it.
300
This type of word tells us details about a noun.
For example: shiny, slimy, gooey, nice, pretty
Adjective
400
What the story is mostly about is called the....
Gist
400
"Getting books to kids in Kenya can be challenging. However, librarians have found a way to overcome this." is an example of:
A) A body sentence
B) An introductory sentence
C) A focus statement
Focus statement
400
Why did Kikker have a long tongue?
He practiced and learned a different way to win the competition.
400
What is it called when the reader learns a lesson about life from a story?
Central message
400
True or false: an adjective tells us what something does
False!
500
What is a paragraph?
A group of text that separates ideas.
500
What does a focus statement do?
It comes after the introductory sentence, and tells the reader about the challenge and that it was overcome.
500
Come up with an example title for a pourquoi tale.
Why the______ is/has _____
500
What does the end of a story do?
Tells us how the challenge was overcome and what the characters learned from it.
500
Use adjectives to describe something in this room.
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