2. What major genre
would
informational text
fall under?

3. To convey information

4. Because my teacher said
so!!! NO!!!
To gain information … YES!!!

5. Previewing –
 any questions, review any questions at the
end of the chapter/section – read first so you
know what the focus of the chapter
 Previewing vocab, questions
Preview a chapter
Tell me what the chapter is about
Tell me some of the vocab words

6. Read the chapter

7. Summarize
Whether on paper or in your own
mind, summarize what you’ve read
Can you answer the questions?
Go over it again - review
Summarize on paper

8. Review
Do you understand what you have
read?
Do you need to go back and reread
a part, all, etc?

9. Can you list the steps of how to
read an informational text?
•Preview
•Question
•Summarize
•Review

10. Features – headings,
subheadings, realistic photos
with labels and captions
Navigational tools – indexes,
table of contents
Various graphical devices –
tables, charts, diagrams

11. Posters
Pamphlets

12. Textbooks
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
“how-to” books
Field guides
“all about” books

13. Books
Magazines
Pamphlets
Newspapers
Posters
Web sites

14. Chronological … SS …
history
Logical order … think about
science / math books
Topical … religion … art …
building/architecture

15. Which book would you use if
I said find info on …
Pyramids
A WWII battle
Dogs
A mathematician

16.  Choose a topic
 Example … car or panda bear
 Write a short intro as if you were writing a story about that
topic
 Now, with the same topic, write a piece of informational text
about the topic
 Discuss
 What was your purpose?
 What was the reader’s purpose? … why would readers read
one v. the other?
 What did you do different?
 Heading
 Subheading
 Pictures with captions
 Etc

19. 1. What are the four steps of being an active reader?
2. What is the author’s purpose of writing a piece of
informational text?
3. What is the reader’s purpose for reading a piece of
informational text?
4. What is involved in previewing a chapter?
5. When do you ask questions about the chapter?
6. List 3 examples of informational text.
7. List 2 examples of literature that would not be
informational text.
8. What genre would informational text fall under?
9. Give 3 characteristics of a piece of informational text.
10.List 1 type of organizational structure of informational
text.

20.  Practice outlining and webbing
 Practice what we learned about how to read an
informational text
 Use SS text for practice –
 write down characteristics of informational text
 Author’s purpose
 Reader’s purpose
 Steps
 Preview the chapter (write down a couple of questions)
 Questions (write down questions you have WHILE you are
reading)
 Summarize
 Review
 Choose a chapter you have some interest in and
outline the chapter.