Informational Text Readers Workshop Informational Text Readers Workshop

Informational Text Reader’s Workshop

Informational Text Reader’s Workshop Day 1 • Teaching Point : Readers of Informational Texts read with their minds; they look at titles and subtitles to see what the article is mostly about. They take notes on the important “stuff” to help them recollect what they have learned. • Active Engagement: Write a journal entry using the sentence, “I think this article is mostly about. . . ” and then, “it will also tell. . . ” based on the article that we will look at together. • Independent Practice: Read the article I gave you, take notes, then turn and talk to your neighbor about what you just learned.

Informational Text Reader’s Workshop Day 2 • Teaching Point: Readers of Informational Text understand that texts have multiple purposes (i. e. to inform, to entertain, to offer help or advice, to persuade, to involve, ) and they identify the purpose(s) in order to understand the author’s intent. • Active Engagement: Video on Point of view – Point of View • Independent Practice: Look at the article on fracking to see how it is biased.

Informational Text Reader’s Workshop Day 3 • Teaching Point: Readers of Informational Text create larger categories to sort the new information they are learning. • Active Engagement: Listen to the piece I am about to read. Under your teaching point in your journal, write down what you think the headings for each section would be. Now, watch the video and write down headings for the main topics. • Independent Practice: Read the National Geographic article and create an outline of what you read using the example given.

Informational Text Reader’s Workshop Day 4 • Teaching Point: Readers of Informational Text become experts and teach others from nonfiction texts. • Active Engagement: When we read nonfiction books on a topic, we become experts on that topic, teaching others what we know. To teach someone, we need to know the main ideas and the supporting details. • Independent Practice: Read an article and take notes with your partner. Then, “teach” what you learned to another set of partners.

Informational Text Reader’s Workshop Day 5 • Teaching Point: Readers of informational texts think critically about what they read in order to form questions and determine what needs further exploration. They discuss these questions with their peers to gain a deeper understanding about what is really important. • Active Engagement: Watch this video and take notes on the information presented. • Independent Practice: Turn and talk about your notes on the video with your elbow partner. Did they write down anything that you missed? What