What are some clues to a "Compare & Contrast" text?
comparatives / superlatives, same and different, both have....
"The History of Hats: How they changed throughout the ages." This is an example of what writing?
Order & Sequence. Some clues to this are "History", "changed", and "throughout".
What is one way to identify an informative text? (Hint: it's about inquiring or saying something and expecting an answer to that saying)
Ask 10 people. If they all give the same answer, it's a fact. But, if they DON'T give the same answer, it's an opinion.
List AT LEAST 2 examples of non-fiction writing?
History book, reports, documentaries, …
What is the ONLY text structure that introduces TWO topics or more in ONE text?
Compare & Contrast. These types of texts tell what is the same and what is different about 2+ topics.
This is an example of me. " I woke up when the sun was rising, I ate lunch when the clock seemed to only have 1 hand pointing towards the ceiling, and I slept when I saw a circular object in the night made of cheese."
I am order and sequence text. I write in the order of what happening first, and then second, then third,....
When writing a descriptive text, I should give my personal and subjective ideas. In addition, I should only write a few objective details. True or false?
False, in any informative writing, not only descriptive, we should ONLY have facts that are objective.
True or False: In an informative complaint about a school's food, you should write," I don't like the food because I don't like broccoli, it looks like a tree and is green like aliens. Yuck!"
False. The example is subjective and shouldn't be in informative writing.
With the given image, which type of text structure's graphic organizer is most suitable?
Descriptive. They introduce the main point and then elaborate it into many smaller ideas.
I name something wrong and like a trouble. I also try to be the helper in that issue and list some suggestions. Who am I?
I am the "Problem & Solution" text structure
Essays, newspapers and textbooks are all examples of informative writing. True or false?
True. These texts are all non-fiction writing that provides readers information about a subject.
In a book, the author talks about the something that makes people feel worried or sad that it exists. Yet, later on, the author explains how it can not as daunting as people may think. There may be ways to solve it. This is...
Problem and Solution text structure. The worrying thing is the problem, while the "not-so-daunting" way to solve it is the solution.
Create a made up title for an " Order and sequence" history book about pencils.
Examples could be "Pencils: Now and Then", "Pencils Throughout The Ages", "How a Popular Stationery, Pencil, Was Born"...
Harry Potter is a classic example of informative writing. True or False?
False. Harry Potter is not informative writing, it is fiction.
Name AT LEAST 2 features of informative writing?
They are facts ( information that is not fake ), third person ( he, she, it, they, dogs ), dates and numbers ( percentages, time )
A book called "Valentina Tereshkova" is about the actual life of Valentina Tereshkova, a female astronaut. This is non-fiction or fiction?
This book would be non-fiction. That book would be a biography which are non-fiction. Therefore, the book is non-fiction.
I am meticulous, meaning I have lots of DETAILS, and kinesthetic, meaning I like PHYSICAL objects and activities. Because I have lots of small parts, I normally have a selfie, or an image of me, to easily see with labels as a GRAPH. I am...
Descriptive writing. This type of writing has lots of details, talking about a physical object and usually has a graph with labels.