Informational Texts and Multigenre Text Sets Webinar 082610

Informational Text and Multigenre Text Sets August 26, 2010 Jessica Fries-Gaither Beyond Penguins is funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0733024.

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What grade(s) do you teach? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Answer using the poll buttons underneath the participant window!

From where are you joining us today? Answer using the stamping tool to the left of the whiteboard!

Informational Text and Multigenre Text Sets Download these slides at: http://slidesha.re/InformationalText

Today’s presenter Jessica Fries-Gaither Education Resource Specialist The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology School of Teaching and Learning [email_address]

About Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://beyondpenguins.nsdl.org

Today’s Agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How often do you use nonfiction text in your classroom? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Answer using the poll buttons underneath the participant window!

Research findings: 1 st grade classrooms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Duke, N. K. (2000). 3.6 minutes per day: The scarcity of informational texts in first grade. Reading Research Quarterly , 35, 202-224.

Are the terms “nonfiction text” and “informational text” interchangeable? Answer using the stamping tool to the left of the whiteboard! YES NO NOT SURE

Nonfiction vs. Informational Text What’s the difference, anyway? Nonf Informational Text Nonfiction Text

Characteristics of Informational Text ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Duke, N. and Bennett-Armistead, V. S. (2003). Reading & Writing Informational Text in the Primary Grades . New York: Scholastic.

Genre Characteristics Duke, N. and Bennett-Armistead, V. S. (2003). Reading & Writing Informational Text in the Primary Grades . New York: Scholastic. Narrative Genres Informational Genres Other Genres Primary Purpose To entertain or convey an experience To convey information about the natural or social word Varies by genre Examples Fairy tales, mysteries, fables, true stories, personal narratives, historical fiction All-about-books, question-and-answer books, most reference books Poetry, biography, menus, instructions, rules Typical Organization Temporally Topically Varies by genre Some Other Key Features Includes characters, is goal-based Timeless verbs, generic nouns Varies by genre How They’re Typically Read Linearly, as a whole Linearly or nonlinearly Varies by genre

Why use more informational text? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Balancing genres in the classroom* *As recommended by Nell Duke and V. Susan Bennett-Armistead in Reading & Writing Informational Text in the Primary Grades . 2003. Scholastic.

Let’s pause for questions from the audience….

How familiar are you with multigenre text sets? Answer using the stamping tool to the left of the whiteboard! I can explain what it is to someone else. I’ve heard or seen the term. I have no idea!

[object Object],Ebbers, M. (2002). Science text sets: Using various genres to promote literacy and inquiry. Language Arts 80(1), 40-50. Multigenre nonfiction text

Genres of Nonfiction Text Explanation Reference Field Guides Biography How-To Narrative Expository Nonfiction Text Journal Informational Text

Reference ,[object Object],“ The moon is Earth’s closest neighbor in space. It is about one quarter of a million miles away. In space that is very close. The moon travels around Earth. It is Earth’s only natural satellite. A satellite is an object that travels around another object. The moon takes about twenty seven days and eight hours to go around the Earth once.” The Moon by Seymour Simon

Reference ,[object Object],“ Long, long ago, before people knew anything about dinosaurs, giant bones were found in China. Wise men who saw the bones tried to guess what sort of enormous animal they could have come from… … Now we think that many of our own past guesses about dinosaurs were just as wrong as those of ancient China.”

Explanation ,[object Object],“ Throw a ball up into the air. Watch what happens. It goes up for a short time, then falls down… Know what makes things fall? It’s a force called gravity. As long as you are on earth, you can’t get away from it. Gravity is always pulling things. Know which way? Down. Down. Down.” I Fall Down by Vicki Cobb

Field Guides ,[object Object],Fossils By Chris and Helen Pellant

How-To ,[object Object],Light and Color By Tom Jackson

How-To A Parade of Plants by Melissa Stewart

Narrative Expository ,[object Object],“ But as the years went by, something strange happened. The dinosaur’s bones began to turn into stone… … Millions of years went by. Up above, things changed. The river dried up and disappeared, and all the dinosaurs died. Grass and trees grew where the river had been, and different kinds of animals wandered around.” Monster Bones: The Story of a Dinosaur Fossil by Jacqui Bailey

Biography ,[object Object],“ At night, Benjamin lay on his bed and looked out the window. Stars sparkled in the inky-black sky. Some were brighter than others, and Benjamin wondered why. Some groups of starts looked like animals or shapes. Sometimes a star seemed to shoot across the sky. Benjamin wondered why.” Benjamin Banneker: Pioneering Scientist by Ginger Wadsworth

Journal ,[object Object],“ 20 December Today we attach radio transmitters to fifteen penguins. Each transmitter is tuned to a unique frequency. This will allow us to track individual penguins when they go out to sea to feed…The adult penguins with chicks can be extremely defensive, which makes them difficult to catch without getting painful bruises.” My Season with Penguins by Sophie Webb

Creating a multigenre text set ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Text in an inquiry learning cycle ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How will you incorporate a multigenre text set into your practice? Answer using the text box tool to the left of the whiteboard! Or, type in the chat window.

For More Information ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Coming Soon! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://wiki.nsdl.org/index.php/BeyondPenguins/Seminars

Thank you! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://wiki.nsdl.org/index.php/BeyondPenguins/Seminars

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