Informational Texts

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Informational Texts
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FICTION

• Writing or story created from the imagination,
  not presented as fact, though it may be based on
  a true story or situation.

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NONFICTION

• literature that is not fictional

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What is informational text?

• Informational texts are nonfiction texts that
  explain or convey information. Some examples
  are
• Textbooks
• Encyclopedias
• Newspapers
• Magazine
• Web sites
• pamphlets

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BROCHURE
Examples of Informational Texts

• Pamphlet or booklet that describes or advertises
  something

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Can you name this movie?

• Raise your hand if you can name the title of this
  movie

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ATLAS
Examples of Informational Texts

• A collection of maps in book form

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THESAURUS
Examples of Informational Texts

• A book of synonyms, sometimes including
  contrasting words

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ALMANAC
Examples of Informational Texts

• A publication, usually an annual, containing
  useful facts and statistical information

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Can you name this famous voice?

• Raise your hand if you can identify this voice!

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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.

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Features of Informational Texts

• It is important to be able to recognize features
  of informational texts..
• Headings
• Sub-headings
• Index
• Table of Contents
• Glossary
• Graphic Features (photographs, diagrams,
  illustrations)
• Captions
• Topic/Main Idea
• Supporting Details

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Headings and Sub-headings
Features of Informational Texts

• Titles of sections using bold print, different
  font sizes and colors
• These headings and sub-headings help to organize
  the text into sections

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INDEX
Features of Informational Texts

•  a 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

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Can you name this song?

• Raise your hand if you can name this song!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Features of Informational Texts

• 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.

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GLOSSARY
Features of Informational Texts

• a collection of specialized terms with their
  meaning

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GRAPHIC FEATURES
Features of Informational Texts

•  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.

caption
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CAPTIONS
Features of Informational Texts

• the heading especially of an article or document
   the explanatory comment or designation
  accompanying a pictorial illustration

APPLE
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AUDIENCE
Features of Informational Texts

• A reading, listening, or viewing public
• Sometimes it may be important to understand who
  the intended audience is, especially if you are
  creating informational text.

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CITATION
Features of Informational Texts

• 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.

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FACT

• A piece of information that can be shown or
  demonstrated to be true.

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OPINION

• a judgment one holds as true

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TOPIC/MAIN IDEA

• Subject or main idea of a piece of writing

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SUPPORTING DETAILS

• Examples and illustrations to the topic sentence
  or main idea of a piece of writing