Informational Texts Discussion
Informational text is a subset of what larger category.
Nonfiction
What animals love eating salmon and hibernating during the winter?
grizzly bear
The brain of the computer is the _____
The Central Processing Unit or CPU
Who was the Philippines named after?
King Philip II of Spain
Compare/contrast is one of the _____ of informational texts.
Text structures
What is the largest and deepest ocean in the world?
The Pacific Ocean
1 GB = ___ MB
1,000
What is the English translation of patis?
fish sauce
Give one element of informational texts.
a table of contents
an index, bold or italicized text,
glossaries for specialized vocabulary,
embedded definitions for specialized vocabulary,
realistic illustrations of photos,
captions and other labels,
graphs and charts.
What do bats use to navigate in the dark?
echolocation
It is a data storage device that is removable, rewritable, and smaller than an optical disc.
USB flash drive
knead the dough
This subgenre provides step-by-step guides for completing hands-on projects and activities.
Instructional Books
Elephants are endangered because hunters chase after their valuable ________
ivory tusks
What is the most downloaded app in the world?
If a trillion kids stood on top of each other, they would be near which planet?
Saturn
This subgenre is an essential resource for language, geography, and general knowledge.
Reference Books
What do you call a coastal water body where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with salt water from the ocean?
estuary
In computer science, this is a system where numbers and values are expressed as either 0 or 1.
binary
What is the Filipino translation of mortar and pestle?
almires at pandaklot