1. Informational Texts

2. FICTION
Writing or story created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation.
Informational texts are NOT FICTION!

3. NONFICTION literature that is not fictional (It is not made-up)
Examples: biographies, autobiographies, etc.

4. What is an “informational text”?
Informational texts are nonfiction texts that explain or convey information. Some examples are:
Textbooks
Encyclopedias
Newspapers
Magazines
Web sites
pamphlets

5. Expository means…
a piece of writing that explains

6. To summarize:
Without looking at your paper, tell your partner two facts about informational texts.

7. Can you name this movie?
Raise your hand if you can name the title of this movie……

8. ATLAS A collection of maps in book form
Examples of Informational Texts:
ATLAS
A collection of maps in book form

9. THESAURUS A book of synonyms, sometimes including contrasting words
Examples of Informational Texts:
THESAURUS
A book of synonyms, sometimes including contrasting words

10. Examples of Informational Texts:
ALMANAC
A publication, usually an annual, containing useful facts and statistical information

11. You often use expository or informational texts for research.
A primary source is a document or object which was written or created during the time under study.
A secondary source is a secondhand account about people, even, topics or places. (examples: encyclopedia, textbook, biography)

12. Features of Informational Texts
Whenever you use information from a source, you must cite it. A CITATION
is a reference to a work, such as a book or a journal article - it provides the necessary information needed to locate the work. A book citation provides the author, title, publisher, publication place, and year of a work.
Citations often appear at the end of the work in the form of a bibliography.

13. Can you name this famous voice?
Raise your hand if you can identify this voice!

14. The way you read informational texts is different from the way you read stories, poetry, etc.
You read fiction from beginning to end, focusing on the story, characters, setting, and meaning.
You read informational texts by focusing on the organizational structure to find specific information. Often, you do NOT read the text from beginning to end.

15. Features of Informational Texts
TEXTUAL FEATURES
Headings
Sub-headings
Index
Table of Contents
Glossary
Captions
Topic/Main Idea
Supporting Details
GRAPHIC FEATURES
Diagrams
Photos
Illustrations
Maps
Charts/Tables

16. Headings and Sub-headings
Features of Informational Texts
Headings and Sub-headings
Titles of sections using bold print, different font sizes and colors
These headings and sub-headings help to organize the text into sections

17. Summarizer:
What is an atlas used for?
What is a thesaurus used for?

18. INDEX
Features of Informational Texts
 an alphabetical list of items (as topics or names) given at the end of a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found
Use this to look up specific information!

19. Can you name this song?
Raise your hand if you can name this song!

20. Features of Informational Texts
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A table of contents, usually headed simply "Contents," is a list of the parts of a book or document organized in the order in which the parts appear.
Use this when you are looking for broad topics

21. GLOSSARY a collection of specialized terms with their meaning
Features of Informational Texts
GLOSSARY
a collection of specialized terms with their meaning
The glossary is usually located in the
back of the book. Use this to look up
definitions for words.

22. Features of Informational Texts
GRAPHIC FEATURES
 a graphic representation (as a picture, map, or graph) used especially for illustration
graphic
feature
The Mona Lisa, by Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci, is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world.

23. Features of Informational Texts
CAPTIONS
the heading especially of an article or document;  the explanatory comment or designation accompanying a pictorial illustration
The Mona Lisa, by Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci, is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world.
caption

24. How informational texts are organized
Chronological/Sequential order
Enumeration/Description
Comparison/contrast
Cause/Effect

25. Chronological/ Sequential Order
A main idea is supported by details that must be in a particular sequence
Signal words
First
Next
Then
Before
After
Finally
Following

26. Enumeration/ Description
A major idea is supported by a list of details or examples
Signal Words
For instance
For example
Such as
To illustrate

27. Comparison/Contrast
The supporting details of two or more main ideas indicate how those concepts are similar or different.
Signal words
Different from
Same as
Similar to
As opposed to
Instead of
However
Compared with

28. Cause & Effect
The supporting details give the causes of a main idea or the supporting details are the results produced by the main idea.
Signal Words
Because of
As a result of
Due to
Therefore
Consequently
For this reason
thus

29. Think!
Which organizing structure would you use to tell about what you did this summer?

30. Can You Name this Movie?