Reading and Writing for Information

1. Reading and Writing for Information Magazine Articles Newspaper Articles Internet Articles

2. 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

3. Titles • The name of an article.

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

5. Pictures and Photographs • Drawings and Photos within an article to accentuate what is being said in the article.

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

7. 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…

8. Graphs and Charts • Pictures that help describe information.

9. Side Bars • A box that show additional information about the article’s topic.

10. 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.

11. Fonts • Styles and sizesof type.

12. Plagiarism • Presenting someone else’s work as your own.

13. 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.

15. Source • Who or what presented the information for an article.

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

17. 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, …)

18. Trading Card Talkby: Jay Johnson page 48 * Read the article and notice all TEXT FEATURES carefully.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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?

22. 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.

23. 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?

24. Peers Talk It Out • 8. List three supporting details in this article. • 9. Paraphrase the last 2 paragraphs of this article.