Scientific Texts
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Leah Raczova
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WRITE THIS IN YOUR NOTES:
ELA - Scientific Texts
2/10/21
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Open Ended
First, a "riddle"...What kind of dog do scientists have?
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A labratory retriever!
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EQ: What are scientific and technical texts?
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Let's read this aloud together:
Objective: I can identify scientific and technical texts, recognize their structures and the graphic features that they contain.
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Multiple Choice
What are we talking about today?
Scientific and technical texts
Historical texts
Myths
Fiction stories
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Scientific texts tell the reader about a science topic.
Technical texts give details about how to do something, or how something works.
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Multiple Select
Think about the definition of a scientific text. What are some examples of scientific texts?
A book about how plants grow
Instructions for setting up the Nintendo Switch
A recipe in for a cake
A magazine article about Arctic mammals
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Multiple Select
Think about the definition of a technical text. What are some examples of technical texts?
A book about how plants grow
Instructions for setting up the Nintendo Switch
A recipe in for a cake
A magazine article about Arctic mammals
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Like all nonfiction texts, scientific and technical texts have a main idea, and supporting details.
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For example...
In a recipe, the main idea is the food that you're making.
The details are the ingredients and steps that you follow.
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For example....
In a science experiment, the result of the experiment is the main idea, the steps of the experiment are the details.
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TEXT STRUCTURES
-Steps in a process - tells how to do something
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Multiple Choice
What text structure that we already know about does "Steps in a process" remind you of?
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
Sequence
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Problem and solution
Cause and effect
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Multiple Select
What are the scientific text structures that you've written in your notes so far?
Problem and solution
Whole to part
Steps in a process
Cause and effect
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Whole-to-part text structure starts with the main idea (the "whole"), the supporting details are the "parts."
Spatial text structure organizes details by the space they take up. (ex. top, middle, bottom, north, south, left..)
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Graphic features in a scientific/technical text might include:
-diagrams,
-models,
-tables, charts, and graphs,
-(4th grade only) symbols - a shape or letter that stands for an idea (+, -, °F)
WRITE THIS IN YOUR NOTES:
ELA - Scientific Texts
2/10/21
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