3.9Dii- T.J. The Siberian Tiger Cub

Characteristics and Structures of Informational Text

Wednesday March 22, 2023

Today

Topic

Authors Use of Text and Graphic Features

We will recognize and explain how authors use text and graphic features in informational texts. 3.9Dii

Objective

Given the passage The Stages of a Beetle’s Life, students will recognize and explain the author's use of text and graphic features by answering 2 out of 3 accurately with text evidence.

Demonstration of Learning

text features, graphic features, informational text

Academic Vocabulary

How does knowing the author’s use of text and graphic features help me to understand the text better?

Essential Question

Informational texts are meant to inform the reader about a topic. These texts may include text and graphic features that will help the author clarify, support, or add to the information of the text

As a review - the author can use many different types of text features to support their text.

• Titles/Subtitles - help you know what you will be reading about/ or what you will read about in that section.
• Photographs/Illustrations- help support the text the author wrote, but also help you see what something looks like.
• Captions - gives additional information about the photograph or illustration.
• charts/graphs/tables - gives you specific data that may or may not be stated in the text. .

Let's take a look at the front cover...The front cover says a lot.

TITLE: The title may give you an idea about what your text will be about. In this text; T.J. The Siberian Tiger Cub

Photograph: The author placed a photogragraph as well as an illustration to show us what T.J. looked like as a cub.

So now I know the topic of this text will be T.J. the Siberian Tiger Cub... Let's read on!

I Do

how does the illustration help readers understand the text in paragraph 1?

a. the illustration tells you their is a video camera to watch T.J. b. the illustration tells how the mom takes care of her cubs. c. the illustration helps you understand the size differenence between T.J. and mom. d. the illustration does not support the text.

NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO PRACTICE!Click on this link. Read quietly to self...When complete you will Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up. You will have 3 minutes total to read before you need to be paired up.

Now that your time is up! I should be hearing you and your partner collaborating about the chart on the page as well as how does it relate to paragraph 9. On your scratch paper/or we do answer page write down your text evidence that supports your answer.

After you and your partner have written your text evidence, stand up together. Find another group of two.Collaborate about your text evidence. Analyze/Eliminate/Choose your answer. When your group has chosen your answer write it on a sticky note - with your text evidence added.

We Do

How does the graph help the readers understand the problem described in paragraph 9?

a. the graph helps the reader understand that T.J. is growing at the same rate as his father, as described in paragraph 9. b. the graph helps the reader understand that T.J. is growing faster than his father, as described in paragraph 9. c. the graph helps the reader understand that T.J is not growing the same as his father, as described in paragraph 9. d. the graph does not help help the reader understand paragraph 9.