Reading and Writing for Information
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Reading and Writing for InformationMagazine ArticlesNewspaper ArticlesInternet Articles
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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
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TitlesThe name of an article.
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Research Finding information about a certain
topic. Research can include, reading books, magazines, newspapers, internet searches, conducting interviews…
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Pictures and Photographs Drawings and Photos within an article to
accentuate what is being said in the article.
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Captions The words that are written under a
photograph or picture that explains it.
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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…
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Graphs and Charts Pictures that help describe information.
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Side BarsA box that show additional information about the article’s topic.
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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.
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Fonts Styles and sizes of type.
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PlagiarismPresenting someone else’s work as your own.
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Main Idea and Supporting DetailsMain idea – the central or most important idea in writing.
Supporting details – Details which help support the main idea in writing.
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SourceWho or what presented the information for an article.
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Subtitles / SubheadingsThe titles that divide up the smaller sections within an article – Large type words that introduce sections of a work.
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Primary and Secondary SourcesPrimary 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, …)
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Trading Card Talkby: Jay Johnson page 48* Read the article and notice all TEXT FEATURES carefully.
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Trading Card Talk 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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Trading Card Talk 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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Trading Card Talk 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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Peers Talk It Outpages 340-342 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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Peers Talk It Out 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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Peers Talk It Out 8. List three supporting details in this
article.
9. Paraphrase the last 2 paragraphs of this article.