Text Structures
What are the 6 types of nonfiction text structures?
Chronological
Sequence
Descriptive
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Compare and Contrast
What is the author's main purpose of informational text?
To inform the reader about something
When coming across an unfamiliar word, you should use _________ to determine its meaning.
Context Clues
A _________under the title will tell you the main idea of certain sections
Subheading
What is PS/IS 109 middle school uniform?
Black OR Khaki bottoms
When an author is presenting a problem and possible solutions to the problem.
What is problem and solution
(1) What is a biography?
(2) What is an autobiography?
(1) Tells a true story of somebody's life, written by somebody else
(2) Tells a true story of somebody's life, written by that person
A good reader will use prior knowledge and text evidence to understand what the author is really trying to say. What is this called?
Infer/Inference
A __________________text feature uses numbers next to words to tell you their meaning at the bottom of the page.
Footnote
What are the names of PS/IS 109's assistant principals?
AP Straker
AP Lyle
A text structure that shows how two or more things are similar and/or different is called...
compare and contrast
An informational text that is printed daily or weekly with news and current events is called a...
newspaper
Good readers use these two things to find the central idea of a text:
Topic + supporting details = central idea
____________ are things found under pictures that tell us extra information about the image
captions
What is the difference between text structure and text features?
Text structure is how information in a text is organized.
Text features are visual elements that help readers understand the text (headings, captions, diagrams, etc.).
When an author is presenting events in the order that they happened...
An informational book that students will use to learn new skills in different academic areas. (Math, Science, Social Studies)
text book
Central idea is what the text is mostly about!
A list of chapters found at the beginning of the book is the ____________
Table of contents
How do you determine the theme?
1. How does the main character change throughout the story?
2. What do they learn?
What Text Structure is used in this paragraph?
All matter, all things can be changed in two ways: chemically and physically. Both chemical and physical changes affect the state of matter. Physical changes are those that do not change the make-up or identity of the matter. For example, clay will bend or flatten if squeezed, but it will still be clay. Changing the shape of clay is a physical change, and does not change the matter’s identity. Chemical changes turn the matter into a new kind of matter with different properties. For example, when paper is burnt, it becomes ash and will never be paper again. The difference between them is that physical changes are temporary or only last for a little while, and chemical changes are permanent, which means they last forever. Physical and chemical changes both affect the state of matter.
Cause and Effect
The genre that presents factual or true information.
Nonfiction
True or False: Theme and Central Idea are the same thing.
EXPLAIN
FALSE!
Central Idea is what a story is mostly about
Theme is the main moral or lesson an author wants readers to learn
A picture or illustration with many labels
diagram
When you come across a short response question, you use these TWO strategies to answer the question. What are these two strategies and what do they mean?
T.A.P.
Telling, Asking, Paraphrase
R.A.C.E.
Restate, Answer, Cite (x2), Explain