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What Is the Issue?
aCTIvITy 2.2
Learning Targets
• Identify text features in informational texts as a strategy to better comprehend ideas and information.
• Closely read an informational text to identify issues and questions.
• Participate in a collaborative discussion about a text.
Text Features
In this part of the unit, you will be reading informational texts. Informational texts usually follow a different structure than short stories or other fiction. For example, you might find the following text features in an informational text:
• Organizing features such as a table of contents, glossary, index, and references
• Text divisions such as introductions, summaries, sections with headings,
footnotes or endnotes, and author information
• Graphics that present information in a visual format, such as diagrams, charts, tables, graphs, maps, timelines, and so on. Graphics support the information and ideas presented in the text.
• Special formatting such as boldface, italics, numbered or bulleted text, or the use of different typefaces and sizes. For example, in this list, the types of text features are placed in boldface to draw attention to them.
Preview
In this activity, you will read an informational text about advertising to children and then participate in a collaborative discussion about the text.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read the article, underline interesting or surprising statistics or information.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
• Put a star next to any text features you notice in the article.
My Notes
aCadeMIC voCabUlary
Text features are aspects
of a text designed to help
you locate, understand, and
organize information.
Unit 2 • What Influences My Choices? 83
learNING sTraTeGIes:
Marking the Text, Skimming and Scanning, Paraphrasing, Brainstorming
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