Infer meaning of borrowed words

and content specific terms using

-context clues -affixes and roots
-other strategies (Health)
ANALYN DV. FABABAER
SIMEON R. BENDANA SR.. MEMORIAL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TANAY, RIZAL
Today, you will learn more about types
of informational text and how to
distinguish one
from the other.

Task 1. For Your Information (FYI)

Listen to your teacher as he/she
reads the text below. Be ready to
answer questions
about the text.
 Eating Healthy
Ethan loved eating chicken nuggets, pizza, fries, and
burgers. To drink, he
always liked milk shakes, cola, or sugary drinks. The
sweeter it was, the more he liked
it.
“You can’t keep eating this stuff!” Ethan’s mom
complained.
“Why? It tastes so good.”
His mother frowned and crossed her arms. “You eat
too much sugar.”
“Yum! Sugar.” Ethan smiled happily.
 Look at what you’re eating for breakfast.”
Ethan looked at the food in front of him. It
looked good to him.
“I’m having juice, super rainbow sugar sprinkle
krispies, and a donut.” He smiled
and took a bite of his glazed, jelly-filled donut.
He chewed and then stopped when his
teeth began to ache.
“Ethan, you’re going to have to go to the
dentist if you’re getting cavities.”
“No, I’m not!” Ethan denied it. He took another
bite to prove he was fine. His
teeth really ached, though.
 “See?” His mother sighed.
“Why do all the delicious things have
to be bad for me? I can’t eat broccoli
forever. I’m not a rabbit.”
“I know, but you don’t get all the
vitamins and minerals you need from
the stuff
you like to eat. All that food is sugar
and fat. You need good food for
healthy teeth,
 eyes, and even your brain!” His mother
explained. “If you can’t start making
healthy
choices more often, I won’t buy any junk
food or sweets to keep in the house for
snacks.”
“That’s not fair!” Ethan whined.
Whining didn’t work with mother. It
made her more serious. “Snacks are
supposed to be occasional treats, not
your regular meals. I should have bought
more
healthy breakfast foods for you. Tomorrow you
will have eggs, toast without jam, bacon,
some fresh fruit, and a glass of milk.”
“That doesn’t sound too bad.”
“I’m not going to put all these sweets in your
lunch anymore, either. You will get
yogurt, raisins, or fresh fruit for your dessert in
your lunch, okay?”
Ethan didn’t want to agree, but his mom’s
suggestion wasn’t really that bad.
Maybe his teeth wouldn’t hurt so much
anymore, either. He really didn’t like trips to the
dentist.
Use the information in the story to answer the
following questions.
1. What kind of food does Ethan like to eat?

A. Healthy food
B. Only meat
C. Sweet food
D. Organic food
2. Why do Ethan’s teeth hurt?
A. He’s getting cavities.
B. He’s chewing too much.
C. He just went to the dentist.
D. None of the above
3. Which is a NOT a reason why Ethan’s mom wants
him to eat healthy?
A. Healthy foods have vitamins.
B. Healthy foods won’t hurt his teeth.
C. Healthy foods help his body.
D. Healthy foods taste bad.

4. Why does Ethan think he won’t mind breakfast

tomorrow?
A. He gets to eat the same sweet stuff still.
B. He gets to go to a restaurant for breakfast.
C. He gets to eat ice cream for breakfast.
D. The food he gets to eat tomorrow sounds
delicious.
5. What is another benefit for
Ethan of eating healthy?
A. He won’t have to see the
dentist so often.
B. He will get fat.
C. He will not like the food.
D. He will be sad, because he can’t
eat delicious food.
Task 2. Look for that Clue

Remember that the five types of

context clues are (1)definition
(synonym/restatement),
(2)contrast, (3)examples, (4)general
sense of the sentence, and (5)clue from
another sentence. For each sentence
below, use the context to help you
meaning of the italicized word.
1. Because there was so little precipitation this
year, the crops dried up and died.
A) fertilizer
B) planting
C) rain

2. Although I was unable to understand all of

the details of the presentation, I did get the
gist of it.
A) humor
B) main point
C) notes
3. At a special ceremony, the police chief gave
the officer a commendation for bravery.
A) an award for an outstanding achievement

B) an object designed to bring good luck

C) a lecture

4. One brother is an erudite professor; the

other brother, however, has never shown any
interest in books or learning.
A) old; elderly
B) well-educated; well-read
C) snobbish; stuck up
5. Night is the time when many animals forage,
or search, for food.
A) come out at night
B) sleep
C) search for food
6. The waiter was so brusque that we left
only a small tip. He was impolite and
impatient, and seemed annoyed whenever we
asked for something.
A) acting or speaking in a rude, abrupt manner

B) frightening looking
C) knowledgeable and skilled
7. The store specializes in cutlery, such as forks
and knives, that has unique designs.
A) spices and seasonings
B) plates, bowls, and cups
C) silverware; eating utensils

8. My sister loathes broccoli, but she loves

spinach.
A) dislikes intensely
B) eats eagerly
C) prepares and cooks
9. Psychologists have conducted research
on altruism, which can be defined as
"putting
the needs and welfare of others above
one's own needs and well-being."
A) psychologists who conduct research
B) research conducted by psychologists
C) putting the needs and welfare of
others above one's own needs and well-
being
 Informational text is defined as text with
the primary purpose of expressing
information about the arts, sciences, or
social studies.
This text ranges from newspaper and
magazine articles to digital information to
nonfiction trade books to textbooks and
reference materials.
There are specifically four types of
informational text: literary nonfiction,
expository,
argument or persuasion, and procedural.
 Literary Nonfiction
Literary nonfiction includes shorter texts, such
as “personal essays, speeches,
opinion pieces, essays about art or
literature, biographies, memoirs, journalism,
and
historical, scientific, technical, or economic
accounts (including digital sources) written
for a broad audience.” Autobiographies,
biographies, other narrative nonfiction,
informational picture books, and informational
poetry often fit into this category.
Narrative informational text typically
communicates accurate information and
has a well-defined beginning, middle, and
end. Informational poetry weaves facts into
poems.
Finally, informational alphabet and
counting books allow authors to use a
creative format to share factual information,
as in Alan Schroeder’s Ben Franklin: His
Wit and Wisdom from A–Z. Schroeder
includes details of Franklin’s life and his
sayings
in a clever, almanac style.
Procedural Texts
Procedural texts provide step-by-step
guidelines that describe how to complete
a task. They often include a materials-needed
section and graphics that illustrate the
process, as found in Doug Stillinger’s The Klutz
Book of Paper Airplanes. Jane Drake
and Ann Love’s Get Outside provides readers
with rules for games and directions for
making things like bird feeders, kites, and
sundials.
Expository Texts
Expository texts utilize various text
structures, such as description,
cause and
effect, comparison and contrast,
problem and solution, question and
answer, and
temporal sequence.
Argument or Persuasion Texts
Argument or persuasion texts provide
evidence with the intent of influencing the
beliefs or actions of the target audience.
These texts typically include claims,
evidence, and warrants to explain how the
evidence is linked to the claims. Writers of
persuasion or argument also make appeals
—appeals to the author’s credibility, to the
audience’s needs, or to reason and
evidence.
Can you distinguish the types of
informational text?
 . I Heard Them Right!
Group yourselves into four. Your teacher
will assign informational text to your
group.
With your groupmates, read the text in
front of the class. As you read, ask the
other
groups to listen and tell them to identify
what type of informational text you are
reading.
Let them write their answer on a “show me
board.”
Dr Jose Protacio Rizal was born in the town of
Calamba, Laguna on 19th June 1861. The second son and
the seventh among the eleven children of Francisco
Mercado
and Teodora Alonso. With his mother as his first
teacher, he began his early education at home and
continued in Binan, Laguna. He entered a Jesuit-run
Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1872 and obtained a
bachelor's degree with highest honors in 1876. He
studied medicine at
the University of Santo Tomas but had to stop because he
felt that the Filipino students were being discriminated
by their Dominican tutors. He went to Madrid at
Universidad
Central de Madrid and in 1885 at the age of 24, he finished
his course in Philosophy and
Letters with a grade of “Excellent.”
A sundial compass is a combination of these two
instruments, consisting of a portable sundial which is
attached over a compass via a hinge. There are some
adjustable legs that need to be used to level the instrument if
not on level ground. The gnome is hinged and needs to be put
in the up position where it locks into place. There should be
what looks like a protractor that is to the right of the gnome
that is on a hinge, and this needs to be flipped up as well. The
protractor is used to set the sundial to the correct latitude
angle, while the compass is used to find true north based on
the area’s magnetic north declination. Once your sundial
compass has been leveled, set to the correct latitude, and
to true north, a shadow will be cast onto the sundial’s face
by the gnome. For use in the southern hemisphere, the same
procedure is followed with the exception that true South must
be found instead of true North.
 Just like visible light, infrared light, and
radio waves, ultraviolet light is
electromagnetic radiation. On the spectrum,
ultraviolet light lies between violet light and x
rays, with wavelengths ranging from four to
400 nanometers. Although it is undetectable
to the naked eye, anyone who has been
exposed to too much sunlight has
probably
noted the effects of ultraviolet light, for it
is this radiation that causes tanning,
sunburn, and can lead to skin cancer
 Teenagers are forever being told that they
need a good education so that they
can have the career they want, but many do
not listen. However, it is important to
remember that your schooling, no matter how
long it may feel, lasts for just a few short
years compared to the rest of your life ahead of
you. Therefore, it is better to sacrifice a
little bit of fun now so that you can find
happiness in later life, as you will be happier if

you can do a job that you enjoy and afford to do

the things you want.
 Task 5. Mix and Match
Match the following types of informational text to its description. Write
the letter of the
correct answer on the blank before each number.

A. utilizes question and answer,

 ____1. Argument problems and
text solutions
____2. Literary B. provides step-by-step guidelines
that
Nonfiction describe how to complete a task
____3. Procedural C. includes, biographies, memoirs,
journalism,
text and historical, scientific, technical, or
____4. Expository economic accounts
text D. includes claims, evidence, and
warrants to
explain how the evidence is linked
to the
claims.
Let’s Enrich Ourselves

Task 6. Cut it Out

Cut a short selection from old
newspapers or magazines.
Paste it in your notebook
then, write what type of
informational text it is.