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Bimester 4 Informational texts

Bimester 4 Informational texts. What’s in it for you ?. Guiding question:What’s in it for you ?. TOPIC: Informational texts CONTEXT: Human Ingenuity SIGNIFICANT CONCEPT: Information is essential as a means to impact others and function in society . SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT:

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Bimester 4 Informational texts

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  1. Bimester 4Informationaltexts What’s in itforyou?

  2. Guidingquestion:What’s in itforyou? • TOPIC: Informationaltexts • CONTEXT: Human Ingenuity • SIGNIFICANT CONCEPT: Information is essential as a means to impact others and function in society. • SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Criterion B: Visual Interpretation. Week: April 22-26

  3. Introductoryactivity • Objective: Familymembersincludingyouraunt…… and uncle ….. as well as your 2 cousins;…… whois 16 and …… whois 12, are comingtostaywithyouonSaturday and Sunday. • Task: In teams of 3-4 members plan for 2 funactivites and 2 cultural activitieswhichyou can do withallthefamily.

  4. Whatinformationwillyouneed? WHERE WILL YOU GO ? • 2 cultural sites: • 2 fun places WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO GET THERE? • A MAPincludingtheroutestogettothe 4 destinations. • AN ITINERARYof dailyevents. • DETAILED INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF A TABLE aboutthe cultural sitesincludinghistoricalimportance; people, dates etc HOW WILL YOU PRESENT THIS? A powerpointpresentationincludingthe MAP, ITINERARY & TABLE. GRADES: Criterion A,B,C PRESENTATION DATE: Yourteacherwillassigntheday and time

  5. What are Informational & Functionaldocuments: 1. Informational texts: • Provide us with information to the WH QUESTIONS; Who, what, when, where, why of something. 2. Functional Documents: • Help us understand how to do something.

  6. A MAPwhichincludes: (exampleLiteratureCourse 4 pg 1116) • Startingpoint: Junior High School: Address: Priv5 A sur No. 4501 Col Gabriel Pastor C.P. 72430 Puebla http://www.cap.edu.mx/ubicacion.php • Routes to the 4 destinations (2 cultural/2 fun locations) • Distance and time to each location. • The street & numberof the location • Physicalfeatures of the areasuch as parks

  7. AN ITINERARYof dailyeventswhichincludes: • http://www.mackinacparks.com/groups/index.aspx?l=0,1,2,302

  8. What do I needtoknowaboutthe cultural places wewillvisit? (Make 1 foreachsite)

  9. Sitesfor Puebla Historic Centre of Puebla • http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/416/video • www.activefx.net/mexicoexplorer/pueblaDetails.htm • www.todopuebla.com • www.bestday.com/Puebla/Tours • enjoymexico.net/mexico/puebla-museos-mexico.php • www.africamsafari.com.mx • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholula%2C_Puebla

  10. Whatlogical plan do functionaldocumentsfollow?Directions: Copythegraphicorganizer. Skimthefollowinginformationaltextstoidentifythemain.Complete thegraphicorganizer

  11. VOCABULARYComplete yourvocabulary chart (4 boxes) withthefollowing

  12. READING STRATEGYHow do youfindthemain idea of thetext? SKIM • You’re at theairportwith time tokill and youfindyourself in thebookshop. So manybooks, so little time! • Whichone? You pick up severalbooks and look overquicklythe back cover of the novel toseewhatit’sabout. • Thisprocessiscalled SKIMMING; it’s QUICK, youreyes LOOK RAPIDLY overthelinessearching FOR AN IDEA in whichyou are INTERESTED. …….A tragiclovestory set in old Granada….. Yep,looksgood, I’lltakethisone. …as thesoldierraisedhiseyesanexplosion of light blindedhim and he fellunconscious back intothesand…. War,nothanks

  13. Skimming;refers to the process of reading only main ideas within a passage to get an overall impression of the content of a reading selection. How do we SKIM? Directions: Organize the following ideas in a graphic organizer entitled: READING STRATEGIES: (you will need 2 sections.Which organizer could you use? • Read the title. • Read the introduction or the first paragraph. • Read the first sentence of every other paragraph. • Read any headings and sub-headings. • Notice any pictures, charts, or graphs. • Notice any italicized or boldface words or phrases. • Read the summary or last paragraph.

  14. Let’s try! • Directions: Take a piece of paper and divide it in half/ 2 columns • Writethenumber of EACH page in thebottomcorner of eachcolumn. • Drawlinesacrossthepapertoindicatethestart & finish of eachparagraph. Numbertheparagraph(s) & column(s) • WriteINDIVIDUAL WORDS for MAIN IDEAS in eachparagraph

  15. Skimforthe MAIN IDEAS Crit C. (Writethe ideas on a rotafoliosheet)

  16. READING STRATEGYHow do youfindSPECIFIC DETAILS in thetext? SCAN • You know what you are looking for because you have a TASK TO COMPLETE, you are focused on finding a particular answer. The answer is usually KEYWORDS, SPECIFIC IDEAS, ANSWERS TO PRECISE QUESTIONS. • What does histrionic mean? Find it in a dictionary • Let’s order pizza! What’s the telephone number of Domino’s Pizza? • What was the date of the French Revolution?

  17. How do we SCAN? Directions: Organize the following ideas in the graphic organizer entitled: READING STRATEGIES • Which specific information are you looking for? • Try to anticipate how the answer will appear and what clues you might use to help you locate the answer. For example, if you were looking for a certain date, you would quickly read the paragraph looking only for numbers. • Use headings and any other aids that will help you identify sections with the information you are looking for. • Selectively read and skip through sections of the passage.

  18. SCAN thefollowingdocument. • Writetheanswersontherotafoliosheets. • Takethe time youneededtoanswereachtext’squestions AGENDA pg. 1105 1. Whatisthepurpose of themeeting? 2. In whichorder are theitemslisted? 3. Howmuch time iseachtopicallowed 6.

  19. SCAN thefollowingdocument. • Writetheanswersontherotafoliosheets. • Takethe time youneededtoanswereachtext’squestions MEETING MINUTES pg 1106 1. Whatisthename of thegroup holding themeeting? 2. Whatisthereasonforthemeeting? 3. Whenwillthemeetingtsake place? 4. Wherewillthemeetingtake place? 5. Whowillparticipate? 6. What are theessentialfacts of themeeting? 7. Whatfollow up willtake place afterthemeeting?

  20. SCAN thefollowingdocument. • Writetheanswersontherotafoliosheets. • Takethe time youneededtoanswereachtext’squestions A WARRANTY pg 1107 1. Forhowlongisthewarranty? 2. Whatkind of coverageisauthorized? 3. Whattypes of problems are specified in thissection? 4. Whatshouldclients do iftheyhaveproblems? 5. Whyisthe CONTACT INFORMATION notpart of themaintext? 6. How do youfindoutaboutotherrightsyoumayhave?

  21. Languagefeaturesforinformationaltexts.1. COHESIVE DEVICES (linking ideas together) • Sequencialorder:(cohesivedevices) • Time order 4:00, 4:15 Toolbox-Adverbial clauses of time pg. 11,12,13 • Chronologicalorder(cohesivedevices) Toolbox- Listing: pgs 11,12,14. Choronologicalorder: pg 13 • Order of importance(cohesivedevices) Toolbox- Clauses of purposepgs. 11,12,14 Clauses of cause pgs. 11,12,14

  22. SENTENCE TYPES AND STRUCTURE • Agenda:

  23. Power Point By: Mrs. Ann Mary

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