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What are the three types of nonfiction writing?
Which of the three types of nonfiction writing can also be fiction?
In order to determine the ____________ of a selection, you must first determine the author’s purpose.
You must first know your target audience when using ____________ writing.
Read the passage.
When "Planet X" was discovered in 1930, astronomers began debating what to call it. An eleven-year-old girl named Venetia Burney suggested the name "Pluto" to her grandfather, who passed the idea along to a friend who was a professor of astronomy. The professor, in turn, immediately forwarded the suggestion to scientists at the Lowell Observatory, where the planet had been discovered. The astronomers appreciated the fact that Pluto was the ancient Romans' name for the god of the underworld, making it a fitting moniker for such a cold and distant celestial body. In addition, its first two letters matched the initials of Percival Lowell, the astronomer who first proposed the existence of Planet X. The matter was eventually put to a vote, with Pluto the hands-down winner.
What is the main idea of the passage about Pluto?
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
Directions: Use your notes to answer the following questions.
TEXT STRUCTURES
True or False- the definition of text structures is the ways authors organize information in a text.
| Přetahovatelná položka | arrow_right_alt | Odpovídající položka |
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an author telling what is good about key points and what is bad about key points | arrow_right_alt | Cause and Effect |
a type of informational writing where an author seeks to break things down into categories | arrow_right_alt | Advantage/Disadvantage (Pro/Con) |
Shows a relationship in which one event makes another event happen | arrow_right_alt | Problem and Solution |
an author state an issue, and then describe a solution | arrow_right_alt | Classification |
TEXT STRUCTURES MATCHING
Directions: Identify the nonfiction text structure of each example.
SUMMARY, DIRECT QUOTE, & PARAPHRASE
Directions: Match the term to its definition.
THESIS STATEMENTS, CLAIM, EVIDENCE, & REASONING
Directions: Define the terms below IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
Claim – which option below best describes the defintion?
Directions: Read the following paragraphs and put the correct number in the blank.
(1) In order to make school work more enjoyable, teachers should allow students to listen to their favorite music when completing independent work in class. (2) Dr. Amit Sood of the Mayo Clinic explains to The New York Times that “melodious sounds help encourage the release of dopamine," a hormone in the brain that makes humans feel happy. (3) Because music causes the release of feel-good hormones, students are more likely to think positively about their schoolwork if they can listen to their favorite artists during class time.
Which sentence number is the claim in the first paragraph about music in class?
Which sentence number contains the evidence in the first paragraph about music in class?
Which sentence number is the reasoning in the first paragraph about music in class?
Directions: Read the following paragraphs and put the correct number in the blank.
(1) Unlike adults, young children cannot effectively evaluate advertisements about food products. (2) Unable to distinguish between statements that are true and false, children may believe anything food advertisers say. (3) A report written by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that children are “psychologically defenseless against advertising...and frequently accept advertising claims at face value.”
Which sentence number is the claim in the paragraph about children and advertising?
Which sentence number contains the evidence in the paragraph about children and advertising?
Which sentence number is the reasoning in the paragraph about children and advertising?
NONFICTION READING PASSAGE
Directions: Read the passage below, and answer the questions that follow.
The Bush administration took action last week to help the world's shrinking polar bear population, announcing that the animals may soon be protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The world's largest bears, polar bears can stand up to 11 feet tall, and some males weigh as much as 1,400 pounds. A four-inch layer of fat insulates the animal from harsh temperatures. "Polar bears are one of nature's ultimate survivors, able to live and thrive in one of the world's harshest environments," says Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne. "But we are concerned the polar bears' habitat may literally be melting."
While pollution and hunting continue to threaten the polar bear, global warming in the Arctic poses a real danger to its survival. The world's remaining 25,000 polar bears make their home in the frosty climates of Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Norway, and Russia. Warmer than normal temperatures, however, have caused the sea ice there to melt—the same ice polar bears roam to hunt for seals and walruses.
Habitat loss has resulted in polar bears' losing weight, drowning, and starving to death. Fewer cubs have been able to survive the changing conditions. For example, the polar bear population in western Hudson Bay in Canada experienced a 22‑percent decrease from 1987 to 1994.
Conservation groups are calling for the U.S. government to pass a law that would reduce greenhouse gasses that cause global warming.
The Department of the Interior will take the next 12 months to determine the polar bear's fate. If the agency decides to list it as a "threatened species," the polar bear would be protected from activities that would hurt the species or its habitat.
This article is an example of a narrative nonfiction
What is the author’s purpose of this passage?
Which detail from the text best supports that main idea?
The article about Pluto is an information nonfiction article.
What is author's purpose?
What does P.I.E. stand for in author’s purpose?
What is the author’s purpose for the following types of nonfiction writing?
a. Persuasive –
b. Informational –
c. Narrative –
| Přetahovatelná položka | arrow_right_alt | Odpovídající položka |
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Narrative | arrow_right_alt | to convince the reader to think or act a certain way |
Persuasive | arrow_right_alt | to inform or explain |
Informational | arrow_right_alt | to tell a story about real events. |
The aliens landed with a crash and a boom. The residents of the small town ran in all directions as the multi-fingered creatures got off their spaceship. They landed right in front of the local cell phone store and appeared to be eager to check out Earth's communication technology. Fortunately, the salesman kept his head and showed the aliens many kinds of cell phones. The friendly purple creatures soon discovered that cell phones were cool. And lo and behold, the salesman had never seen anyone learn how to text so quickly. Maybe friendly aliens would do well on Earth after all.
Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have nine thousand taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.
What do you do with aluminum cans? Do you throw them in the trash, or do you recycle when you are finished with them? At the rate we are filling our landfills, we will not have anywhere else to put our trash. If you recycle, you will help the environment. The next time you throw away your Coke can, think about putting it in a recycling bin. Your effort will help save your community.
A story about a young girl who travels from England to the new world.
If you are going on tomorrow's African Safari, you should dress for hot weather. The day will be sunny and warm, perfect for taking photographs. You will be in the sun all day as you view the lions, giraffes, gazelles, hippos, and other animals on the tour. Be sure to wear a hat and sunscreen--animals do not get sunburned, but people do.
Tomatoes were once considered poisonous. Some brave people finally took a bite of a tomato, and they survived. Now, we use tomatoes in our salads and sandwiches. Do you ever use tomato sauce or ketchup? These products are made of tomatoes. If it weren't for these brave individuals, you might not be able to enjoy ketchup with your French fries.
| Přetahovatelná položka | arrow_right_alt | Odpovídající položka |
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tells how things are alike and how they tell how things are different | arrow_right_alt | Defintion |
features a detailed description of something to give the reader a mental picture | arrow_right_alt | Compare and Contrast |
a pattern where the author seeks to define something by saying what it is OR is not | arrow_right_alt | Sequence/Chronological |
gives readers a chronology of events or a list of steps | arrow_right_alt | Description |
I was late for school because I overslept and a car splashed water on me on my way to school, so I had to go back home and change clothes!
Marissa and Matthew are twins, but she has dark hair and he's blond. Everyone in their family has brown eyes. Matthew plays drums and Marissa plays guitar in the school band. They both sing and want to start a rock group.
sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat.
There are three main types of chocolate — white chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate. Everyone has their favorite, go-to flavor. But, how much do you actually know about the different kinds of chocolate? Do you know what differentiates semisweet from bittersweet? Or why white chocolate is softer than milk chocolate? It all comes down to how the chocolate is made and what ingredients are used to make it. Read on to learn about the varying flavors, compositions, and characteristics of each kind of chocolate.
Immigrants began to arrive in Texas to farm cotton. Then Robert Munger developed a new cotton ginning process. Soon after the railroad system became a major transport of cotton.
Dr. Thompson doesn't want the lions to vanish. These majestic beasts are disappearing at an alarming rate. Dr. Thompson thinks that we should write to our congress people. If we let them know that we demand the preservation of this species, maybe we can make a difference. Dr. Thompson also thinks that we should donate to Save the Lions. He believes our donations will help stop the poaching of lions, and will help to support and empower those who are fighting the hardest to preserve the lions.
The advantages and disadvantages of owning a pet are reasonably obvious. On one hand, pets can provide wonderful companionship, but on the other hand, they cost a lot of money, require considerable time, and have a knack for hunting down your most expensive pair of shoes and chewing them to smithereens.
Volcanoes are a feared and destructive force for good reason. A volcano is like a pressure valve for the inner earth, but they can also be very beautiful. One part of the volcano that people rarely see is the magma chamber. The magma chamber is way beneath the Earth's bedrock. It is tremendously hot. Running from the magma chamber to the crater of the volcano is the conduit. The conduit connects the magma chamber to the outer world. At the top of the volcano is the crater. This is where the magma exits. Volcanoes are a beautiful yet dangerous natural phenomenon.
There are many benefits to completing your homework at school. First, you can have more time for after school activities. Second, you can have more time with your family. And lastly, you can have more downtime to do the things you love such as reading, watching tv, or playing video games.
There was a fire at our school two months ago. Last Saturday, we had a great fund-raising carnival where we raised a lot of money to buy new computers. Our computer lab had been a total loss, but the money we raised will help buy a lot of new technology!
Russia is one of the world’s largest countries in land area. It is nearly $6.6 million square miles and is spread across two continents with the majority of the population living west of the Urals where the climate is mild.
All matter, all things, can be changed in two ways: chemically and physically. Both chemical and physical changes affect the state of matter. Physical changes are those that do not change the make-up or identity of the matter. Chemical changes turn the matter into a new kind of matter with different properties. The difference between them is that physical changes are temporary or only last for a little while, and chemical changes are permanent, which means they last forever. Physical and chemical changes both affect the state of matter.
Many people are confused about why our economy fell apart in 2008. The crisis was actually the result of a combination of many complex factors. First, easy credit conditions allowed people who were high-risk to get large loans. Second, banks would bundle these loans and sell them as packages. Third, insurance firms backed these packages, misrepresenting these loans as safe. All of these factors caused employers to lose capital and lay off employees. Consumer spending then plummeted and most businesses suffered.
Pickleball is a racket or paddle sport in which two players (singles) or four players (doubles) hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball with paddles over a 34-inch-high (0.86 m) net until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction. Pickleball is played indoors and outdoors. It was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game in the United States, on Bainbridge Island in Washington state. In 2022, pickleball was named the official state sport of Washington.
Getting to the North Pole is not easy. The fastest way is by airplane. That will only take you to Norway, though. Then you need to take a boat. The boat will take you to an island called Barneo, which is about 60 miles from the North Pole. Then you can fly to the North Pole by helicopter. That’s the fastest way to get to the North Pole.
Racket sports are a group of sports where players use rackets to hit balls or other objects. There is no real record of who invented the racket sports. Regardless of that, the fact is that it has caught on. Today there are more than 30 racket sports being played around the world, each of them with its own particularities. The most practiced racket sports in the world are: tennis, badminton, squash, paddle, table tennis (or ping pong), racquetball, and pickleball.
What is #42 on the image above?
What is #43 on the image above
What is #44 on the image above
What is #45 on the image above (not the mountain, the writing)
What is number 46 on the image above
Copy the text exactly. You MUST put quotation marks around the words taken directly from your source.
Restate the ideas in the text in your own words, including all of the main ideas and details in the same logical order as the original text.
Tell the main idea and the most significant details. It is usually shorter than the original piece.
“Each house was a simple single-room, single-story, high-roofed structure. At the center of the room was an open-hearth fire on the packed-earth floor; it vented through a hole in the roof.”
A peasant’s home was just one room with high walls, a roof, and a dirt floor. Each home had a fireplace in the middle and an opening in the roof to let the smoke out.
A peasant’s home was just a hut with a place for a fire in the middle.
Tarantula’s claws are used to catch food, but they might also pinch a human.
The claws of a tarantula may pinch a human, but it won’t hurt. They mainly use their claws to catch and eat bugs.
“A tarantula’s claws are rarely used in defense, but even when they are, the tiny pinch is not painful to humans. The real purpose of the claws is to help the tarantula catch, hold, and shovel bugs into its mouth.”
What are the three parts of a thesis statement?
Evidence – which option below best describes the defintion?
Reasoning – which option below best describes the defintion?
Thesis statements should:
Directions: Identify if the following statements are claims. Select all that are claims. 6 total answers
REMEMBER - CLAIMS ARGUE A POINT! THEY TAKE A SIDE!
Claim: As a sister, Elsa is more cruel than caring.
Which is the best evidence to support this claim?
Claim: Fiona is unlike typical fairy-tale princesses.
Evidence: Fiona fights off Robin Hood and his Merry Men on her own.
Which is the best reasoning?
Claim: Public libraries should do a better job advertising the services they offer to their communities.
Evidence: 36% of Americans under age thirty said they knew "little or nothing" about the services provided by their local libraries (Pew Research).
Evidence: 29% of people over thirty also said they were unaware of all the services offered at the local library (Pew Research).
Which is the best reasoning?
What is a detail mentioned in the passage that does NOT support the claim of the passage?
What is the best summary of this passage?
What is the main idea of this passage?