1. UNIT 3: Analyzing Informational Text
LESSON 2: Evaluating Graphics in Procedural Text

2. Content Objective BRAINSTORM
What am I doing today? I CAN... evaluate the use of images in expository texts. How can images enhance the message in expository texts?
BRAINSTORM

3. Examine this image, taken from one of the expository texts we read during Lesson 1. What cultural or social issues are apparent in the image?
IDENTIFY

4. Examine this image, taken from one of the expository texts we read during Lesson 1. How does the image add to or detract from the message in the text?
EVALUATE

5. Examine this image, taken from one of the expository texts we read during Lesson 1. Who is the intended audience?
IDENTIFY

6. Examine this image, taken from one of the expository texts we read during Lesson 1. How does the audience influence the tone and formality of the image?
UNDERSTAND

7. Examine this image, taken from one of the expository texts we read during Lesson 1. How would the tone and formality of the image be affected if the audience changed?
BRAINSTORM

8. Content Objective
What else am I doing today? I CAN ALSO... synthesize information and draw conclusions based on graphical information within a text.

9. Writers often use graphics such as charts, graphs, and diagrams in procedural texts to clarify ideas. How would using graphics help a reader understand relationships or to make connections between ideas?
BRAINSTORM

10. chart A graphical representation of data which depicts the relationship between two or more parts of a whole.
DEFINE

11. graph A graphical representation of data which depicts the relationship or intersection between two variables.
DEFINE

12. diagram A plan, sketch, drawing, or outline designed to demonstrate or explain how something works, or to clarify the relationship between the parts of a whole.
DEFINE

13. Examine this page, taken from one of the expository texts we read during Lesson 1. How does the use of graphics in this selection help to clarify the ideas?
UNDERSTAND

14. Examine this page, taken from one of the expository texts we read during Lesson 1. What connections do they help you make?
UNDERSTAND

15. When should a writer include graphics in a text?
EVALUATE

16. Content Objective
What else am I doing today? I CAN ALSO... evaluate the graphics used in a procedural text.
The success or effectiveness of the graphics used in texts depends on several factors, such as:
visual appeal;
legibility (readability) and clarity;
appropriateness; and
how they help the reader make connections.

17. Performance Indicator
Now that we understand the criteria that should be used to evaluate the effectiveness of graphics, we need to decide the value of each criterion. As a class, we will create a rubric to evaluate procedural texts for their clarity of graphics and visual appeal. We will then apply this rubric to a group-created procedural text and write a paragraph drawing a conclusion about the ideas presented in the graphics.

18. Let’s examine the criteria we have discussed, and decide how we wish to value them against each other.
EVALUATE

19. Look at the rubric below. How should we weight these variables?
PERCENTAGE
RATING (Circle One)
Visual Appeal
Readability
Appropriateness
Connection of Ideas
100% TOTAL
EVALUATE

20. Look at the rubric below
Look at the rubric below. What percentage of the whole is each category worth?
PERCENTAGE
RATING (Circle One)
Visual Appeal
Readability
Appropriateness
Connection of Ideas
100% TOTAL
EVALUATE

21. Here are the percentages that we have agreed upon
Here are the percentages that we have agreed upon. Write these values on your own rubric handout.
PERCENTAGE
RATING (Circle One)
Visual Appeal
Enter % Here
Readability
Enter % Here
Appropriateness
Enter % Here
Connection of Ideas
Enter % Here
100% TOTAL
EVALUATE

22. In groups, you will now use these criteria to create a procedural text with graphics.
PERCENTAGE
RATING (Circle One)
Visual Appeal
Enter % Here
Readability
Enter % Here
Appropriateness
Enter % Here
Connection of Ideas
Enter % Here
100% TOTAL
EVALUATE