The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test requires students to read a variety of texts. In order to perform well, it is important to be able to recognise different types of texts and know how to approach them. Over the next few weeks, you will be finding and reporting back on a variety of different types of reading.
In order to do this, you need to know how to make a hyperlink.
Today's focus is informational texts. Open two tabs like you did yesterday. In one tab start a new blog post. In your other tab, find a piece of writing that contains factual information. The piece should take you about 10 minutes to read. Read it carefully.
You might find something worth reading at:
The Toronto Star Sports
St. Catharines Standard: Life
Discovery News
1. Call today's post "Reading an Informational Text."
2. Find a piece of writing that contains factual information. The piece should take you about 10 minutes to read. Read it carefully.
3. Begin your post by making a hyperlink to your article. e.g. My Article
4. Cut and paste the following questions into your blog. Answer them carefully, using full sentences and appropriate capitalization and punctuation.
a) In 2-3 sentences, explain the main idea of the article. Try not to be too specific or too general.
b) What did you learn from this article?
c) How trustworthy do you feel the source of the information is?
d) Explain how the way the information is presented makes you more or less likely to trust it.
e) Would you be interested in reading more or less information on this topic? Why or why not?
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