Historical text informs the reader about important people, events, and places in the past.
100
BONUS: 200 POINTS
What is scientific text?
Scientific text informs the reader about facts that are true to science related topics.
100
What does the word technical mean?
Having to do with a specific subject area, skill, or technique.
100
What is informational text?
a.) Fiction
b.) Non-Fiction
c.) Fantasy
d.) Mystery
B
100
What is an inference?
An informed guess.
200
What is the "what happens" and the "why it happened" in a cause-effect relationship?
Effect is what happens. Cause is why it happens.
200
True or False
Scientific text does not include cause/effect relationships.
False
200
What are technical texts?
Technical texts are instructions telling the reader how to do or make something.
200
DOUBLE POINTS: 400
What does summarizing mean?
Summarizing means to retell briefly in your own words.
200
DOUBLE POINTS 400
Before drawing conclusions, what two things do you need?
text details
what you already know
300
Cause and Effect Example:
Cause: I didn't study for my test.
Effect: ?
Effect: I received an F. I didn't do well on my test. etc.
300
What is one example of a Scientific Text article we read in class?
Answers may vary.
300
What are TWO examples of technical text?
Videogame directions, toy instructions, cooking recipes, etc.
300
Summarizing tells only the most important ________.
details
300
Looking out the window all I could see was red, yellow, and orange. I knew it was that time of year again. Time to get out the rake and the pumpkins. What season is this?
Autumn
400
Cause and Effect Example:
Cause: ?
Effect: I had no school today.
Cause: There was a storm. There was a snow day. It was a holiday. It was a weekend. etc.
400
Is scientific text considered informational? Why or Why not?
Yes, because scientific text contains true facts about specific topics.
400
What is ONE characteristic all technical texts have?
materials needed, transition words, cause/effect relationships, steps organized in order etc.
400
When summarizing you need what two things?
main idea
key details
400
True or False
You are able to inference without text details, as long as you use what you already know.
False
500
What are THREE signal words used for cause/effect?
Because, In result of, consequently, accordingly, if, so, etc.
500
Where can we find an example scientific text (beside our common core books)?
library, science textbook, science websites, science article in the newspaper, etc.
500
Why do the steps in a technical text have to be in order.
Answers may vary.
500
Informational Text can be found when reading __________.
(Answers will vary)
a nonfiction book, a brochure, a flyer, a newspaper article, and a magazine.
500
Alex was carrying a big clothing basket from the hallway down the stairs to the laundry room. He struggled under the weight of the basket. He wished his younger brothers would help him. But, they were playing. He had heard them kicking a soccer ball in the house earlier. He had told them to go outside. They had gone to the backyard, but they had left the soccer ball on the stairs. What happened next?
Alex tripped on the soccer ball on the way down stairs.