Biographical Text
Three Characteristics of Biographical Texts
What is ...
• Gives facts about the person’s life
• Told in chronological order
• Can use illustrations or photographs
• Can have some of the same text features as informational texts
• Often includes an author’s note to give more facts or background knowledge
Feature that help us learn where things are located in the world.
What is a map?
The reason we read information text
What is to gather information?
Strategy used to preview text
What is...
1. Read/study the text features.
2. Think, “What do I know about this?”
3. Predict, “What do I expect to learn?”
4. Wonder, “What do I want to find out?”
When you are reading and you notice the author uses language that leaves no doubt, exaggerates, or pushes to the limit…
What is Extreme and Absolute Language?
Similarities between biographical texts and informational texts?
What is...
• Provides factual information
• Can use illustrations or photographs
• May use similar text features
• Conveys a larger message
Feature that helps the reader understand the definitions of important words.
What is a glossary?
Authors place these throughout the text to help reader deepen their understanding of the text.
What are Text Features?
Strategy used to determine the main idea/key idea to a section.
What is...
1. Read the subheading (or scan the part of the
text if no subheading) to determine the topic
2. Highlight or understand important details
connected to the topic (What about it?)
3. Think about how they are all connected
4. Write a key/main idea in your own words on
a sticky notes
When you are reading and you notice specific numbers, number words or amounts…
What is number and stats?
Differences between biographical texts and informational texts
What is...
• About a real person
• Gives facts about the person’s life
• Told in chronological order
Feature that lists important dates in chronological order.
What is a timeline?
3 Characteristics of Informational Text
What is...
• Provides factual information about a topic
• Information is presented with a clear organizational structure (not a story)
• Has a major topic and supporting details
• Can use illustrations or photographs
• Has tools to help you find information and gain information
• Conveys a larger message
Strategy used when you approach an unknown word
What is...
Brainstorming Bubble (Synonyms)
What's the word's job? (Word purpose in sentence)
Stick to the Story (Reread and dig deeper)
When you are reading and notice the author quoted a Voice of Authority, a Personal Perspective, or cited Other’s Words…
What is Quoted Words?
Difference between literary biographies and traditional informational biographies
What is...
Literary nonfiction (biographies) reads like fiction, which means it has elements of a story, which includes characters, setting and plot. However, in nonfiction these elements must be real and not imaginary. The stories are meant to amuse the reader, as well as inform on true stories.
A drawing that shows or explains how something works.
What is a diagram?
When you __________, you tell the key ideas and leave out the ideas that are not as important.
What is summarize?
Strategy used to summarize a section of informational text.
What is...
What is the key idea of the section?
What is the organizational pattern?
What are the important details? (in order)
When you are reading and the author uses a word or phrase you don’t know…
What is Word Gaps?
Biographies are written in third person.
True or False. Support your thinking.
What is...
True.
slanted writing
What is italics?
If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!
The main idea of this selection is...
What is...
There are many ways to make yourself feel better.
Strategy used to summarize the entire informational text.
What is...
* What is the topic of the text?
* How is the text or section organized?
* What are the key ideas/main ideas throughout the text (beginning, middle, end)?
* Put the main ideas/key ideas together in order to write my summary.
When you are reading and the author shows you a difference between what you know and what is happening in the text…
What is Contrasts and Contradictions?