Informatives
I am the purpose of an informative.
What is "to inform"?
We are the people or personified animals/objects found in a narrative.
What are the characters?
Identifying words that you do and do not understand while reading a text
What is monitoring your comprehension?
When I, the teacher, share my thinking aloud as I read.
What is modeling?
I am what the text is generally about.
What is the topic?
I am the time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
Making an educated guess as to the text structure
What is making a prediction?
Rewriting a text into their own words
What is summarizing?
I am the facts or details within an informtive text.
What is information?
I am the sequence of events that show characters in action.
What is the plot?
Using context clues to define a word or to support a main idea
What is making connections?
When the students share their thinking aloud and I, the teacher, guide them with questions.
What is coaching?
I am what the author truly wants you to understand about the topic.
What is the main idea.
I am the purpose of a narrative.
What is "to entertain and develop understanding of the world"?
Creating a mental filing system in order to better retain and recall information
What is reformatting?
A document that helps students recall the text structure elements in a written format
What is an informative/narrative or graphic organizer?
I am the voice that does not use first person pronouns.
What is third person point of view?
I am a universal message that the author wants you to learn.
What is the theme?
Clearly stating the text structure at the end of a read with evidence that supports
What is confirming a prediction?
Getting kids to verbalize and explain their thinking aloud to support comprehension and speech skills
What is articulation?