Choose a Picture. What Do You Think Is Happening in the Picture?

Caption Me! Informational or Fictional? Text Features: Scholastic News 1. Choose a picture. What do 1. On your LAL paper, circle 1. Locate sticker with #1. you think is happening in the characteristics of 2. Use your Text Feature guide the picture? informational text. to determine which text 2. On your LAL paper, write a 2. Read the two articles. feature is being used. caption that expresses the 3. Which one do you think is 3. On your LAL paper, write main idea of the picture. informational? the text feature. 3. Repeat with other pictures 4. On your LAL paper, fill in 4. Repeat with the rest of the until time is up. the blanks to write a numbers. perfect paragraph that describes how you know.

Informational Text: Main Idea Technology Reading Challenge 1. Read the article, “Pete vs 1. Choose “Too Young to Run?”  Bring your Reading Log. the Python”. 2. Watch the video by clicking  Read or work on your IBP. 2. On your LAL paper, fill the green “Videos” button at in the main idea graphic the bottom of the first organizer. screen 3. Write your answers to 3. Read pages 4-5. (Be sure to the main idea questions click “Lower Level” first.) in the space provided. 4. Answer the questions in the green box on p8. 5. Write your answers on your LAL paper. Name ______Date______L.A.______Language Arts Lab September 27, 2013 Caption Me! Informational Text: Main Idea Pictur Caption that expresses main idea of picture e

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5. Informational or Fictional? Circle the words that describe characteristics of informational text.

facts stories author’s purpose: author’s purpose: to entertain to inform

imagination text features dialogue characters

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Read the two texts. Which one do you think is informational? Write a perfect paragraph that answers the above question. Support your answer with evidence from the text.