Informational Text Choice Board

Choice Board

Main idea& details

All About Text Features

what i learned

My thoughts& Feelings

MakingInferences

Connections

Compare &Contrast

I Have Questions

Author's purpose

What i learned

• What are some new facts you learned in this text?
• Write at least 4 facts you learned and how it connects to or changes your prior knowledge.
• Remember to write in paragraph form, NOT a list!

All About Text Features

• What text features do you notice in the articles?
• Write about 3-5 text features and tell how they help explain the information.

main idea & details

• What is the main idea of this text? Use at least 3 details from the text to support your answer.

• Be sure to include text evidence to support your answer!

my thoughts & opinions

• What is your opinion of this topic? Did it change from when you first began reading about the topic? Explain WHY you feel that way about the topic. Support your response with text evidence.

Make a connection between the text and your own life. Some possible ideas: Where have you learned about this before? Have you ever had an experience with this topic? How does it relate to your life? Support your response with text evidence.

Making Inferences

• How could you use the title or headings of this article to predict the main idea?
• Use specific examples of headings to support your answer.

I Have Questions...

• What questions do you still have about this topic?
• What new questions came up while reading?
• Write at least 3 to 5 questions you may have and WHY you want to learn more?

author's purpose

If you were the author, what text features would you have added to the article?

Why would you choose to add those text features?

compare & contrast

• How do you think this text would be different if the author hadn't included any text features, especially photographs?
• Use specific examples to support your answer.