- Read Text 1 and Text 2.
Text 1: Story
Little Bear woke up hungry. "I want honey," he said. Mother Bear led him to a beehive. They found sweet honey, and Little Bear felt proud.
Text 2: Informational Book
Bears are large animals with thick fur. Bears eat many foods, like fish, berries, and honey. Some bears sleep through winter. This long sleep is called hibernation.
How is the informational book different from the story?
Answer: The informational book gives facts about bears, not a character's day.
We need to see the difference. The informational book teaches facts about real bears. The story tells about Little Bear's made-up day.
- How is the story different from the informational book?
Answer: The story tells about Bella, but the book gives facts.
The story tells about Bella, a made-up butterfly. The book gives real facts about butterflies. Choice B is correct. Bella is only in the story, the book is real, and the story does not list facts.
- How is the story different from the informational book?
Answer: The story tells about Gil, but the book teaches facts.
The story tells about Gil, a made-up fish with feelings. The book teaches real facts about fish. Choice B is correct. Gil is only in the story, and the book does not have feelings or a made-up problem.
- One text is a story and one gives facts. How is the story different from the facts text?
Answer: The story tells about Little Bear's day. The facts text teaches about real bears.
The story is about Little Bear's day helping his mother. The facts text teaches true things about real bears. Choice A is correct. The texts are not swapped, not the same, and only Text 1 is a made-up story.
- The story is written to entertain, but the informational book is written to ____.
Answer: teach facts about the sun
The informational book gives real facts about the sun, like how it gives light and heat, so answer A correctly names its purpose. Sharing made-up events is what the story does, not the informational book, so answer B describes the wrong text. Describing how a character feels is also part of the story, not the informational book, so answer C names the wrong text's purpose.
- Text 1: Story—Little Bear woke up hungry. "I want honey," he said. Mother Bear found a beehive, and they ate sweet honey. Little Bear felt glad.
Text 2: Informational Book—Bears are large animals with thick fur. Bears eat fish, berries, and honey. Some bears sleep all winter. This is called hibernation.
Read Text 1 and Text 2. How is the informational book different from the story?
Answer: It tells facts about bears, not one make-believe event.
We need to see the difference. The fact book teaches real things about all bears. The story tells about one bear's day. Fact books teach facts, not make-believe events.
- Read Text 1 and Text 2. Which is true about the story but NOT true about the fact book?
Answer: It has a character with a name and feelings.
The story has a character, Mia, who has feelings, and that is something only the story does. Choice B is wrong because the fact book, not the story, tells what causes thunder. Choice C is wrong because the fact book, not the story, talks about umbrellas.
- Which is true about the story but NOT the book of facts?
Answer: It has an elephant with a name who has feelings.
Only the story has Ellie, a made-up elephant with feelings. The book of facts gives real facts about elephants. Choice C is correct. The other choices describe the book of facts.
- Text 1 is a story. Text 2 gives facts. How can you tell Text 2 gives facts?
Answer: It tells true things about real apples.
Text 2 tells true things about apples, like how they grow and that they have seeds. Choice A is correct. Text 1 is the story about Emma, and Text 2 has no talking animals and does not rhyme.
- How can you tell Text 1 is a story?
Answer: It has a penguin named Nilo and tells what happened.
Text 1 is a story because it has a made-up character, Nilo, and tells what happened to him. Choice B is correct. Teaching facts and listing facts are what the informational book (Text 2) does.
- How is the story different from the informational book?
Answer: The story has a bee with a name, but the book gives facts.
The story is about Buzz, a made-up bee with a name. The informational book gives real facts about bees. Choice C is correct. Buzz is only in the story, the book is real, and neither is about rain.
- Read Text 1 and Text 2.
Text 1: Story
One day, Emma picked a red apple from a tree. "Yum!" Emma said as she took a bite. The apple was sweet and crunchy. Emma shared it with her brother. They smiled and ate together.
Text 2: Informational Book
Apples grow on trees. Apples can be red, green, or yellow. Apples are a fruit people eat. Apples have seeds inside. Many apples grow in the fall.
What makes Text 2 an informational book?
Answer: It tells facts about real apples.
We are learning what makes a fact book. Text 2 teaches us real things about apples. It tells us apples grow on trees and have seeds.
- What makes Text 1 a story?
Answer: It has a bird named Pip with feelings.
Text 1 is a story because it has a made-up character, Pip, who tries and then feels happy. Choice B is correct. The other choices describe facts, which are in the informational book.
- How is the story different from the informational book?
Answer: The story tells about Clara, but the book gives facts.
The story tells about Clara, a made-up cow. The book gives real facts about cows. Choice A is correct. Clara is only in the story, the book is real, and the story does not list facts.
- What makes Text 2 an informational book?
Answer: It gives facts about real horses.
Text 2 gives real facts about horses, like that they run fast and eat hay. Choice C is correct. The talking character and made-up events are in the story (Text 1), and Text 2 does not rhyme.
- Read Text 1 and Text 2. What makes Text 1 a story?
Answer: It has a character named Freddy.
The correct answer is that Text 1 has a character named Freddy who feels scared and jumps high, which makes it a story with events and feelings. It only gives facts about frogs is wrong because that describes Text 2, the informational text. It lists frog facts in order is wrong for the same reason. It tells only about where frogs live is wrong because that is one fact from Text 2, not a feature of Text 1.
- How can you tell Text 2 is an informational book?
Answer: It gives facts that teach about pigs.
Text 2 gives real facts that teach about pigs, like how they roll in mud. Choice B is correct. Rosie and her feelings are in the story (Text 1), and Text 2 does not have a make-believe problem or rhyme.
- How are the true facts different from the story?
Answer: The facts tell true things about all ducks, not a story about one duck.
Text 2 tells true things about all ducks, like their webbed feet, and it is not a story about one duck. Ducky and her feelings are in the story, Text 1, and Text 2 does not rhyme.
- How is the story different from the facts book?
Answer: The story tells about Chen. The facts book gives facts about apples.
The story tells what Chen did with his apple. The facts book gives real facts about apples. Choice A is correct. Chen is in the story, not the facts book; the story is not make-believe facts; and the story does not list apple facts.
- What makes Text 1 a story?
Answer: It tells about Shelly the snail and what happened.
Text 1 is a story because it has a made-up character, Shelly, and tells what happened to her. Choice B is correct. Listing and explaining facts are what the book of facts (Text 2) does.
