Reading
Strategies
Strategies
True or False: Fictional texts are based on imagination.
True
Are information texts generally considered to be fiction or nonfiction?
Nonfiction
What is a paragraph called that informs and/or persuades someone about a particular topic. It is subjective.
Opinion Paragraph
______________ means to put information in your own words.
Paraphrasing
Feature of a news report that starts the article?
Headline
Restate the following question as a STATEMENT... "Why was Jenny sad?"
"Jenny was sad because"
What are the 3 categories of text features?
Visual features, Organizational features, and Explanatory features
This paragraph informs or explains a specific topic. It is objective.
Informational Paragraph
Which 2 parts should we include in a summary of a nonfiction text?
Main idea of the text, important supporting details within the text
What is the 5W-H model?
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
What does the RACE strategy stand for?
Restate the question, Answer the question, Cite your evidence, Explain your thinking
Headings, subheadings, bullet points, index, and table of contents are all part of which text feature category?
Organizational text features
The topic sentence is the first sentence of a paragraph. It introduces or expresses the __________________ of the paragraph.
Main idea
_______________ are graphic visual representations of information, data, or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly.
Infographics
The 'lead' in a news report can be found in 2 locations, what are they?
Subheading under the headline, or in the first paragraph of the article
Name all 3 Pre-Reading Strategies.
Previewing the text, Activating Prior Knowledge, Predicting
What are the 3 basic purposes of texts:
To inform, to persuade/argue, to entertain
Topic sentence, 3 supporting sentences, concluding sentence
We talked about 5 different places we often see summaries... name 2 of them.
Novel, movie, article or journal, music album, playbill
_______________ is the spreading of ideas, information, or rumour for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, cause or person. (From 'What is the News' worksheet)
Propoganda
We use clues when reading to understand the text. Clues could be found in three forms... name one:
Symbols, Images, or Words
What is the word which means that you can trust the information you're reading. Means that the information is true, based on facts, and not misleading.
Reliability
This word means that all the ideas in a paragraph flow naturally from one to another. You can achieve this by using transition words and phrases.
Coherence
What are the 4 parts we need to include in a summary topic sentence?
Title, author, type of text, main idea
A Byline could have up to 4 components in it... can you name at least 3 of them?
Author's name or names, professional title or affiliation, date of publication, author's contact information or a brief bio