INFORMATIONAL+TEXTS

Activities:

Elements of informational texts:


 * Scavenger Hunt
 * Text features matching game.

Filling out Forms Basket: 10 points for each form filled out correctly

Food Facts: Fill out chart

Finding directions: Use bus schedule. On Monday, you need to go from the Mall to Yuba College. You need to be at the College at 10:00 a.m. Use bus schedule to get find the best schedule. Go to Bart online. On Tuesday, you need to take the train from San Francisco to Richmond. You need to be in Richmond at 11:00a.m. Get directions and schedule.

Following directions: 2 paper and pencil activity Do one of the following - please read ahead to get materials - [|Build a plane] Or [|Make a dragon][|puppet]

Make a Webposter, a Glogster or a PowerPoint about Informational texts. Include: 
 * Examples of a consumer, a workplace, and a public document.
 * Examples of:
 * Application forms
 * Manual
 * Warranty
 * Catalog
 * Bus Schedule
 * 6 examples of text elements used in Informational texts
 * 4 examples of Illustration elements
 * 3 examples of Text organizers
 * A Following Directions activity that they have written themselves. This could be done as a video for extra credit points
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Write directions for a MapQuest