Bellringer 2—sample answerA fictional movie in which science

has “gone too far” with disastrous results is Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Science goes too far in the movie when it tries to use apes to test and develop a cure for Ahzheimer’s.

Disastrous results occur as the “cure” transforms into an epidemic that kills humans while making the apes smarter.

Weird Science…What’s happening in the

world of science…when is science beneficial…and when does it go too far?

As we explore science-related

non-fiction and fiction, we’ll identify conventions of texts and discover how different kinds of texts are useful in communicating ideas.

Bellringer: Answer in 3 complete sentences using

part of the prompt. (Poppee)

Discuss one thing that has been developed by scientists in the last 10 years that has benefitted human beings.

Discuss a fictional (or non-fiction) book or movie that you’ve read or seen where science has “gone too far” with disastrous results!

Bellringer –1 sample answer

One thing that has been developed by scientists in the last 10 years that has benefitted human beings is sensors to turn electric lights on and off.

Sensors are becoming common in the average home, and turn lights on as someone enters a room and then turn the lights off with a timer according to a specified time.

If you are wondering how they benefit people, think of all of the money saved when teens forget to turn off their bedroom lights and the sensors do it for them.

Think about it…Why do you think literary works

of fiction (movies and books) frequently focus upon weird science or scientific effort turning into a disaster?

Unit 3 Informational Text

UEQ: How does an author construct an informational text to communicate with the reader?

LEQ 1: What are the features used to structure an informational text?

LEQ 1:

What are the features used to structure an informational text?

LEQ 1:

What are the features used to structure an informational text?

Key ConceptInformational text uses specific elements in order to communicate knowledge to the reader.

Key Vocabularyinformational

text,

Structural patterns or conventions of text

headings,

subheadings,

sidebars

bulleted lists,

part by part organization,

summarize

main ideas

key details

AP #1: What are 4 features that a nonfiction informational text utilizes to help the reader identify structural elements and key

ideas?

1. headings

2. subheadings

3. sidebars

4. bulleted lists

How do Headings help to structure an informational

text?

A heading is an overall title for an informational text.

A heading is designed to:

Catch the reader’s interest

Give a glimpse of what the text will communicate

How do Subheadings help to structure an informational text?

Find the subheading on page 423. Based upon this subheading and what you’ve read so far, what do you expect this section to be about?

How do Subheadings help to structure an informational text?

Subheadings let the reader know what to expect in the section that follows.

Subheadings help to group the key ideas of the text.

How do Sidebars help to structure an informational

text?

Find the sidebar on page 424. Why do you think that the author includes it here? How does it help the reader?

How do Sidebars help to structure an informational

text?

Sidebars help the reader to connect to the ideas in the text.

Sidebars help to enrich the text and to help the reader to consider extenuating ideas in the text.

How do Bulleted lists help to structure an

informational text?

Study the bulleted list on page 525.

Why do you think it is included here in the text? What does the bulleted list in the sidebar help you to understand?

How is each point in the bulleted list equal?

Summary ChallengeList 4 conventions of

informational text that help the reader to focus upon key details and the author’s main ideas.

Activity: Reading Informational Text

Read the article, “The Spider Man Behind Spiderman” by Bijai P. Trivedi

Find each of the Key features of informational text. How do these key features help the reader to understand the article?

Assessment Prompt _2: What strategies can I use to summarize key

points of an informational text?

Summarizing Key Points--Summarize means briefly

retelling the main idea or key points in the order in which they appear in the text. (sequential order)

Summarizing Key Points--Summarizing is a way to

check your understanding and remember information.

Summarizing Key Points--Summarizing means

distinguishing between main ideas and important details.

Activity: SummarizingSummarize the Main points of “The Spider Man Behind the Spiderman”

Using the graphic organizer chart located in eBackpack.

ActivitySummary Analysis—Text

features in “The SpiderMan Behind the Spiderman”

Go to ebackpack—MP2—Unit3—Lesson 1—AP2

Text Analysis of Informational Features

Activity: Review Scavenger Hunt

Find the features that help a reader with informational text!

Rules:

1. Your team may only use 1 magazine at a time. Then return the magazine to center after you are checked off for credit.

2. Bring your check sheet up each time you get an item checked off.

3. Gather all items within 10 minutes—7 or the 8 items =15 points. Extra item is 1 bonus point.

What other features help a reader with Informational Text?

What is a Photocaption?

What is a chart or graph?

Bellringer: Commonly Misused Words

In your group, write a sentence that uses each of the following words correctly. Everyone in the group should write, using the assignment in eBackpack, MP2, Unit 3, Lesson 1, bellringer misused words 1. Then, 1 person from your team will “reflect up” your answer. This is worth 5 points to everyone on the team who submits and uses each correctly.

1. There 2. Their 3. To 4. Too 5. two

AP 3What is part by part

order in an informational text?

--an organizational structure for nonfiction informational texts is one in which one idea or group of ideas suggests another, which suggests another, and so on, in order to build the broad focus and author’s point in the text.

Text Structure—Part by Part order

---how does subject matter and purpose affect the organization of an informational text?

Think about…

--Overall structure of article

---structure of paragraphs or sections within the article

Text Structure—What is Part by Part order?

What connects each paragraph together and serves as a link between paragraphs?

Transitional Sentences: Sentences from the end or overall main point of one paragraph that are a bridge to the next paragraph.

Text Structure—What is Part by Part order?

Transitional sentences between paragraphs help to build the connection that links every paragraph in the entire article of informational text.

Each paragraph may, however, have its own internal text structure. Or a section within an article, usually introduced with a heading, may have its own internal text structure within the overall Part by Part order of the article.

Bellringer: 3 minutesExplain what a transitional sentence is and how

it is useful in an informational text.

Activity: Read “Robo Legs”

Use the graphic organizer to analyze features of the text structure

Find the transitional sentences within “Robo Legs”; analyze how they help to link or connect the ideas within the text

Practice with Part by Part Text Structure

Activity: Read “Eureka! Scientific Twists of Fate”

How has the author structured this article using part by part organization?

Use the graphic organizer to analyze features and text structure of this informational text.

Lesson 2: How can a reader determine the

main idea in an informational text?

AP #1: What is a strategy for finding the main idea?

Identify 4 elements----

AP #1: What is a strategy for finding the main idea? 4 questions to ask…

1. Can you name a person, place, idea, event or thing the article focuses upon?

2. What words or ideas are really stressed?

3. Overall, what did you learn while reading the passage?

4. How would you tell a friend about the passage in one sentence?

LEQ 3: How can I write an informational text using

part by part order?

AP #1: How can I set up a strategy for prewriting/planning?

Use brainstorming clouds to think about aspects of the topic.

Use an outline to organize Main Ideas and supporting details.

Lesson 3: How can I write an informational text using part by part

order?

AP #2: How can I develop a thesis statement?

A thesis statement should have 2 parts:

The what (identifies the topic)

The “so what” (tells the reader something significant or important about the topic)

How can I develop a thesis statement?

Consider the thesis statement from “Eureka!”…

Sometimes scientific discoveries come from the most unexpected places, when talented people are watching out for them.

Key--

The “what” or the topic

The “so what” or significance

Activity: Develop your thesis statement

What (state the topic)

So what (give significance or sense of importance)

Look at the thesis statement in Eureka! as an example…

Practice Activity: Thesis statement

Turn each of the following prompts into a thesis statement that begins with part of the prompt:

1.What are some fun things for families to do in the Bloomsburg area?

Practice Activity: Thesis statement

2. Discuss movies that have educational value for families.

Practice Activity: Thesis statement

3. Discuss volunteer opportunities in which teenagers can get involved and make a difference.

AP #3 How do I organize the Main Ideas and Key Details?

Think of each paragraph as a box---

Ask: What is this box/group of ideas about? That is your main idea and should be worded into a topic sentence near the beginning of the paragraph.

Ask: What details would show this idea in action? Add these to the box/group of ideas---make sure that you are explaining well so it “flows.”

What is the difference between a Main Idea and

a Supporting Detail?

A Main Idea states an important concept.

A Supporting detail explains and illustrates the main concept.

Main Idea:--A Pride school revolves around showing respect.

Supporting Detail: Students show respect for teachers, others, and for themselves. Walking quietly in the halls, waiting to enter classrooms until adults are present, and using appropriate language all show respect.

Lesson 3: How can I write an informational text using part by part

order?AP #4: How do I write an introduction for informational

text?

1. Find a method to get your reader interested that relates to your topic.

--a pertinent quote

--an apt story or anecdote

-a problem/solution structure

2. Use a transitional sentence to connect your “hook” to your thesis.

3. End your introduction with your thesis statement.

Bellringer: 2 Minute Contest

Directions: Open a pages document.

Write up an outline that shows all of the parts of an informational text that a teacher would look for when grading your writing.

List them in order as they would appear within the structure of your text.

Bellringer: QuickwriteHow to write an informational text from a prompt. (POPPEE )

1. Reword the prompt into a statement and end the statement with an overall point/idea.

2. Outline your main ideas that you plan to make by writing a topic sentence for each one.

3. After each of those topic sentences, add key details that help your reader understand the main idea.

4. Connect your paragraphs with transitional sentences.

5. Add a 3 part concluding statement—summarize, significance, lead out thought.

Lesson 3, AP #5: How do I write a concluding statement for informational

text?

3 parts to a concluding statement:

1. Summarizing statement: Remind your reader of the ideas that were discussed. (do not simply restate the thesis—it must be worded in a new and fresh way.)

3 parts to a concluding statement, continued

2. Significance statement: Remind your reader about what is important or give an insight about the topic.

3. Lead out: Find a memorable thought to leave with your reader that relates to the ideas you have communicated. You may use a quote, but you’ve got to explain the connection—quotes cannot stand alone. Or you can give your own “final thought” to the reader.

AP#6: How do I use transitional sentences to

connect paragraphs?

Remember how we studied the transitional sentences in “Eureka!”?

Make sure that the last sentence of a paragraph has a key idea that is echoed (repeated) in the first sentence of the paragraph that follows it.

Practice Activity BellringerYou have 2 minutes to write an

outline of the elements needed in an informational text.

Include the 3 parts of the first paragraph and the 3 parts of the last paragraph.

Include the technique for making sure that the paragraphs in the “meat” of the text connect in terms of idea flow.

Activity: Analyzing Informational Text

StructureRead the introduction of the newspaper article,

“Data: Youth Put a Premium on Volunteering.”

Find the introduction.

1. Identify the “hook”

2. Identify the “transitional sentence”

3. Identify the “thesis”

Activity: Analyzing Informational Text

StructureThe hook: “Tired of hearing people grouse about a tuned-out, apathetic younger generation?”

Transitional sentence: “Well, here’s a comeback:”

Thesis: Today’s young Americans are more serious about giving back than their parents were. In fact, those under age 30 now are more likely to say citizens have a “very important obligation” to volunteer,” an Associate Press-GfK poll finds.

LEQ 4: What are 5 different types of text

structures used to organize informational

text?

AP#1: What is a Descriptive Organizational

Structure?

Use your graphic organizer to take notes on the characteristics of a descriptive organizational structure.

1. DescriptiveThe author provides several details of something to give the reader a mental picture.

1 Descriptive Clues…

1. Descriptive Example

AP#2: What is a Compare and Contrast

Organizational Structure?

Use your graphic organizer to take notes on the characteristics of a comparison-contrast organizational structure.

2. Compare and Contrast

2. Compare and Contrast Clues…

Likeness and differences are discussed

Uses words like –AlsoBothIn contrastOn the other hand

Example

5 Types of Text Structures—2 Compare and Contrast example

Compare and Contrast: two or more things are described.  Their similarities and differences are discussed.

Example: Linux and Windows are both operating systems.  Computers use them to run programs.  Linux is totally free and open source, so users can improve or otherwise modify the source code.  Windows is proprietary, so it costs money to use and users are prohibited from altering the source code.

AP#3: What is an Order of Sequence/Sequential

Organizational Structure?

Use your graphic organizer to take notes on the characteristics of an order of sequence organizational structure.

3. Order of Sequence/Sequential

order

3. Order of Sequence/Sequential

order Clues…

Example

5 Types of paragraph structures—3

Order of Sequence /also called

Process Writing/Sequential Order: information is organized in steps or a process is explained in the order in which it occurs.  Example: Eating cereal is easy.  First, get out your materials.  Next, pour your cereal in the bowl, add milk, and enjoy.

5 Types of paragraph structures--#4 Problem-

Solution

5 Types of paragraph structures--#4 Problem-

Solution

example

5 Types of paragraph structures--#4

Problem and Solution: a problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained.

Example: Thousands of people die each year in car accidents involving drugs or alcohol.  Lives could be saved if our town adopts a free public taxi service. By providing such a service, we could prevent intoxicated drivers from endangering themselves or others.

5. Cause and Effect

5. Cause and Effect Clues

Example

5 Types of Text Structures-5: Cause and Effect

exampleCause and Effect:The results of

something are explained.

Example: The dodo bird used to roam in large flocks across America.  Interestingly, the dodo wasn’t startled by gun shot.  Because of this, frontiersmen would kill entire flocks in one sitting.  Unable to sustain these attacks, the dodo was hunted to extinction.

Activity: Identifying Text Structures

Use your notes to identify the type of text structure for each of the given examples.

FYI Additional Types of Text Structures—(not

tested)Chronological: information in the

passage is organized in order of time. (this may be considered Sequential Order)

Example: Jack and Jill ran up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.

FYI Additional Types of Text Structures—(not

tested)Order of Importance: information is expressed as

a hierarchy or in priority.

Example: Here are the three worst things that you can do on a date.  First, you could tell jokes that aren’t funny and laugh really hard to yourself.  This will make you look bad.  Worse though, you could offend your date.  One bad “joke” may cause your date to lash out at you, hence ruining the engagement.  But the worst thing that you can do is to appear slovenly.  By not showering and properly grooming, you may repulse your date, and this is the worst thing that you can do.

FYI Additional Types of Text Structures—(not

tested)Spatial / Descriptive Writing:

information is organized in order of space (top to bottom, left to right).

Example: when you walk into my bedroom there is a window facing you.  To the right of that is a dresser and television and on the other side of the window is my bed.

FYIAdditional Types of Text Structures—(not tested)

Exemplification

Example: One day, Fleming noticed that a mold had contaminated the petri dish containing the bacteria Staphylococcus, a common microbe responsible for a variety of ailments…but before tossing away the moldy dish, Fleming realized that the instruder had actually killed off much of the bacteria culture.