Strategy: Use details to explain meaning
This is a kind of text that gives us facts about something in order to teach us about it.
What is an informational text?
This means your attitude, or how you think about something.
"An idea I have is"
" I noticed that"
"I am thinking about"
What are some ways to enter a conversation?
This is a synonym for "participate" or "be involved with."
What is "engage in?"
This kind of sentence has any number of subjects or verbs, but it has only one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
This kind of text is a story with characters, a setting, a plot, actions, conflicts and resolutions.
What is a literary text?
These three phrases are synonyms that mean always or usually happens, it is a habit or something regular.
Hint: one is a noun, one is a verb, and one is an adverb
What do "norm," "with consistency," and "tend to" mean?
"I just heard you say"
"What I heard you say was"
"You mentioned that"
What are some ways to acknowledge what someone said?
This means to enter or arrive.
What does "set foot in" mean?
This type of clue in this sentence tells us that consistency means the opposite of every once in a while:
In the city, we hear the sound of rush hour with consistency; but in the country we only hear it every once in a while.
What is a contrast clue?
Details we might find in this kind of text include: dates, statistics, numbers, facts, or steps in a process.
What are some examples of details in an informational text?
This means to add information to what was already mentioned/
What do we mean by "expand?"
"In other words..."
"So you mean that..."
"To paraphrase..."
What are some ways to paraphrase?
It means to cause damage or suffering.
For example, the hurricane winds ___ on the trees and houses, destroying everything.
What does "take a toll" mean?
This is a paragraph of main ideas from a text. It is meant to give a reader a general idea of what the whole text is about. It should not include details or opinions.
What is a summary?
Some details we might find in this kind of text include: Action, setting, events, quotes from characters.
What are some examples of details we might find in a literary text?
This refers to an attitude or feeling in a text.
In paragraph/line number...
According to....
Based on the fact that...
Evidence includes....
What are some academic language phrases for supporting a point with evidence?
What does "contradict" mean?
It can mean a target or a goal.
It can also mean factual, non-emotional.
What does "objective" mean?
Why should we pay attention to details?
or
What do details contribute to a text?
or
What role do details in a text play?
This means something to do with thinking or with the brain.
What is cognitive?
This type of sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause that might have subordinators like "given that" or "due to the fact that" which are both synonyms for "because"
What is a complex sentence?
This means a field of research that involves the brain.
What is neuroscience?
This kind of sentence has two independent clauses joined by FANBOYS
What is a compound sentence?