Informational Text

Question 1

The primary purpose of an informational text is to?

Answer 1

Inform the reader about the natural or social world

Question 2

Informative texts appear where?

Answer 2

in newspapers, textbooks, reference materials, and research papers

Question 3

Are informative texts fiction or non-fiction?

Answer 3

Always non-fiction

Question 4

Informative texts: style of writing

Answer 4

written cues, organization, graphics, and illustrations

Question 5

4 Different TYPES of Informative Texts

Answer 5

literary nonfiction,
expository writing,
argumentative/persuasive writing
procedural writing

Question 6

instructs your audience on how to complete a specific task
(It falls into two categories, how to make something and how to do something.)

Answer 6

Procedural Writing

Question 7

5 Basic Structures of Informational Texts

Answer 7

Description
Problem and Solution
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Sequence

Question 8

Like an encyclopedia entry. What specific person, place, thing, or idea is being described?
Signal words: such as, for instance, in addition, also, specifically

Answer 8

Description

Question 9

What is the problem and what is the solution?
Signal words: problem, issue, since, as a result, solution, idea, so, leads to, causes

Answer 9

Problem & Solution

Question 10

When a text compares two or more ideas. What is being compared?
Signal words: similar, same, alike, both, as well as, unlike, as opposed to, on the other hand, in contrast, instead

Answer 10

Compare & Contrast

Question 11

Compare - ?
Contrast - ?

Answer 11

Compare - Similarities
Contrast - Differences

Question 12

What happened and why did it happen?
Signal words: since, because, if due to, as a result of, causes, leads to, consequently, then, therefore

Answer 12

Cause & Effect

Question 13

Is this event taking place over time?
Signal words: first, second, third, then, next, before, after, finally, following

Answer 13

Sequence

Question 14

Look for a topic, word, or phrase, and for synonyms.

Answer 14

Description

Question 15

Look for the problem first, and then the solution.

Answer 15

Problem & Solution

Question 16

How are they the same and how are they different?

Answer 16

Compare & Contrast

Question 17

Remember, you are looking for a cause, not a solution.

Answer 17

Cause & Effect

Question 18

Look. for steps or references to time such as dates.

Answer 18

Sequence

Question 19

Tells how something was made or done in time order and with accuracy.

Answer 19

Procedural Recount

Question 20

Features of a procedural recount?

Answer 20

• begins with a statement of what was made or done
• tells what was made in order
• written in the past tense

Question 21

Examples of procedural recounts?

Answer 21

• documentaries
• retelling
• a science experiment and its results

Question 22

retells an experience or an event that happened in the past

Answer 22

Recount Text

Question 23

Purpose of a recount?

Answer 23

can be to inform, entertain, or to reflect and evaluate (doesn’t sit exclusively in any specific writing genre)

Question 24

can focus on a specific section of an event or retell the entire story

Answer 24

A Recount

Question 25

A recount should always be told in the order that things happened which is also referred to as a?

Answer 25

Chronological order of events

Question 26

instructs your audience on how to complete a specific task

Answer 26

Procedural Recount

Question 27

A procedural recount falls into two categories which are?

Answer 27

how to make something and how to do something

Question 28

What are the Common Forms of Procedural Texts?

Answer 28

Directions Instructions Recipes Rules for games Manuals Agendas

Question 29

- How do I get somewhere? - Very specific instructions including location names and titles. - Formal language is required and the addition of a map will make your instructions so much easier to understand.

Answer 29

Directions

Question 30

- How do I do something? - Your language must meet the needs of your audience and you may need to include a diagram if there are complex elements to complete.

Answer 30

Instructions

Question 31

- How do I cook something? - Recipes are a universal text. - There is a very clear expectation of the audience so never stray from the essentials. - Ingredients, method and a few visuals are essential.

Answer 31

Recipes

Question 32

- How do I play this? - Be conscious of your audience and write in a style and language they will understand. - You are required visuals in this style of writing.

Answer 32

Rules for Games

Question 33

- How do I operate this? - Are there any warnings I need to be aware of before proceeding? - Be very specific in your explanation.

Answer 33

Manuals

Question 34

- What are we doing? - When are we doing it? - Who is responsible?

Answer 34

Agendas

Question 35

3 Parts in Writing a Procedural Recount

Answer 35

- Orientation - List of Events - Reorientation

Question 36

ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS: WHY? WHEN? WHERE? WHAT EXPERIENCE?

Answer 36

Orientation

Question 37

IT PRESENTS EVENTS. IT TELLS THE EVENT CHRONOLOGICALLY. IT USES CONJUNCTIONS OR CONNECTIVES LIKE FIRST, NEXT, THEN, FINALLY, ETC. IT SHOWS THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. ANSWERS THE QUESTION: WHAT DID PEOPLE DO?

Answer 37

List of Events

Question 38

IT DESCRIBES THE OUTCOME OF THE ACTIVITY. IT EXPRESSES PEOPLE’S PERSONAL OPINION REGARDING EVENTS

Answer 38

Reorientation

Question 39

Types of Recount

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Personal, Factual, Newspaper/Historical, Literary, and Procedural

Question 40

Recount Structure

Answer 40

- Title - Specific participants - Setting or Orientation (background information) - Events in CHRONOLOGICAL order - Concluding comments (personal opinion)

Question 41

TRUE OR FALSE Recount writing is written in the past tense (she yelled, it nipped, she walked)

Answer 41

TRUE