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WHY READ
INFORMATIONAL
TEXT?
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
•What is it?
•Why read it?
Why do we read?
TEXT
FEATURES
• How do they help us better
understand the text?
Categories Examples
Print Features:
help readers locate information that
SURROUNDS the text
Table of Contents
Index
Glossary
Preface
Introduction
Appendix
Organizational Aids:
Help readers locate information
WITHIN the text
Bold print
Italics
Bulleted lists
Heading and titles
Captions
Labels
Sidebars
Visual Aids:
Reinforce or provide additional
information related to the
information stated in the text
Diagrams
Graphs
Charts
Figures
Maps
Tables
Timelines
Photographs
FIRST READ
• Reading Detectives
– What kind of text features are used in our text?
• Experience connected text.
–Turn to Page 16.
–Follow along and notice the text
features used in this section.
•What information was presented in
just the visual text features?
•What information was presented in
both the text and visual text
features
•Is there any information missing?
EVALUATION
•Pick a text feature from the page.
•Turn to your partner and discuss
–Why do you think the author chose to
use this text feature?
–Was it useful?
–Why or why not?
USE TEXT FEATURES AS CLUES
•During your independent
reading, look for text
features in your selected
texts.
WRITING
•Complete the Interest
Inventory
•Share with your partner
things that interested you.
•Pick one thing you care about from
your interest inventory.
•Write an argumentative piece trying
to convince someone that this thing
is important.
•Worth teaching in school?
•Worth writing books on?

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Week 1 day 2 irla

  • 2. INFORMATIONAL TEXT •What is it? •Why read it? Why do we read?
  • 3.
  • 4. TEXT FEATURES • How do they help us better understand the text? Categories Examples Print Features: help readers locate information that SURROUNDS the text Table of Contents Index Glossary Preface Introduction Appendix Organizational Aids: Help readers locate information WITHIN the text Bold print Italics Bulleted lists Heading and titles Captions Labels Sidebars Visual Aids: Reinforce or provide additional information related to the information stated in the text Diagrams Graphs Charts Figures Maps Tables Timelines Photographs
  • 5. FIRST READ • Reading Detectives – What kind of text features are used in our text? • Experience connected text. –Turn to Page 16. –Follow along and notice the text features used in this section.
  • 6. •What information was presented in just the visual text features? •What information was presented in both the text and visual text features •Is there any information missing?
  • 7. EVALUATION •Pick a text feature from the page. •Turn to your partner and discuss –Why do you think the author chose to use this text feature? –Was it useful? –Why or why not?
  • 8. USE TEXT FEATURES AS CLUES •During your independent reading, look for text features in your selected texts.
  • 9. WRITING •Complete the Interest Inventory •Share with your partner things that interested you.
  • 10. •Pick one thing you care about from your interest inventory. •Write an argumentative piece trying to convince someone that this thing is important. •Worth teaching in school? •Worth writing books on?