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READING AND WRITING FOR INFORMATION

Magazine ArticlesNewspaper Articles

Internet Articles

Text Features – all the stuff around the text that help you understand the text.

Titles Subtitles Pictures Photographs Captions Maps and map keys Graphs and charts Side bars Headlines / Bylines / Datelines Fonts

Titles The name of an article.

Research

Finding information about a certain topic. Research can include, reading books, magazines, newspapers, internet searches, conducting interviews…

Pictures and Photographs

Drawings and Photos within an article to accentuate what is being said in the article.

Captions

The words that are written under a photograph or picture that explains it.

Maps and Map Keys

Drawings of places, roads, and directions. A list of symbols that help you

understand the information on the map such as distance…

Graphs and Charts

Pictures that help describe information.

Side Bars A box that show additional

information about the article’s topic.

Headlines, Bylines, and Datelines

Headlines – A short, attention-getting title in a newspaper.

Byline – the name of the reporter who wrote the article.

Dateline – Where the article takes place Folio – Each page in a newspaper.

Fonts

Styles and sizes of type.

Plagiarism

Presenting someone else’s work as your own.

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Main idea – the central or most important idea in writing.

Supporting details – Details which help support the main idea in writing.

Source

Who or what presented the information for an article.

Subtitles / Subheadings

The titles that divide up the smaller sections within an article – Large type words that introduce sections of a work.

Primary and Secondary Sources Primary Sources – First hand witness or

source (diaries, letters, record books, audio tapes of speeches…)

Secondary Sources – a second-hand witness / hear-say. (biography, newspaper articles, …)

Supported Claim

An idea which is supported by facts.

Can by proven

Opinion

Something that can’t be proven.

Editorial

A news article that contains the writer’s opinion.

Formats of Writing

Chronological Order – Time order – in order of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, …

Cause and Effect – One event causes a second event to take place.

Problem and Solution - a problem is presented and then the solution to that problem is presented.

Comparison / Contrast – Tell how things are similar and different.

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* Read the article and notice all TEXT FEATURES carefully.

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1. In what magazine does this article appear?

2. Does this article have a subtitle? If so, what is it?

3. Does the article change font at any time? Explain.

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4. Explain a side bar in this article.

5. List the subheadings in this article and tell why they exist.

6. Describe on photograph or picture in this article.

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7. Are there any maps, graphs, or charts in this article? Explain.

8. List one of the captions in this article.

9. What is a headline? 10. What is a byline? 11. What is a dateline?

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1. What kind of article is this?

2. Summarize paragraphs 1 – 3.

3. What is the byline?

4. List the caption in this article.

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5. In what newspaper does this article appear?

6. Are there subheadings or subtitles in this article?

7. What is the main idea of this article?

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8. List three supporting details in this article.

9. Paraphrase the last 2 paragraphs of this article.


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