ENGLISH 8 LESSON 9

Reading Instructional Text

 COMPONENT 1: SHORT REVIEW
• For this week we have been looking at texts that convey information an have focused on
expository text that conveys information.
Examples:
Recipes
Instructional Manuals to help you build or install or use something
web pages
instructions for taking medicines
instructions for doing something
rules for behaviour
With a partner, think about recipes,
rules for behavior and disaster
prevention information and answer
the following questions on the
Worksheet:
1. What titles or heading are you expecting from
them?
2. What information are you expecting to see the
first in these types of texts?
3. What information are you expecting to see in the
rest of these types of texts?
 COMPONENT 2: PURPOSE OF THE
LESSON
• In this lesson we are going to look back at a short
Instructional test an we are going to see how it works so
that when you get a text to read that you have not seen
before you know.
• Whether it is instructional text
• How it works – its part or structure – how it starts an
then how the rest of it is organized.
 LANGUAGE PRACTICE
1. Thermostat – it is a device that regulates temperature in an indoor
setting.
2. An indoor airer- a rack on which to hang dying clothes indoors
3. Landfill – a place to dump and bury waste materials
4. Insulation – material that stops heat escaping in winter an getting in
during summer.
5. Energy efficiency ratings – a rating system that gives information about
how much energy an appliance uses.
6. Renewable sources - energy sources like sun and wind.
 COMPONENT 4: LESSON ACTIVITY
• Read in your workbook
 COMPONENT 4B
• Does the opening section of this text match is suppose to go in the instructional text?
• One of the feature of the instructional text in their sentence structure in the steps section. Are
the sentence statement, questions, or command? These sentences all start the same way –
underline the first word if each dot point – what do you notice about them?
• Fill out the table in your workbook for things that adults can do and that adults and children
both do.
 GRADE 8 LESSON 12

Consolidation – Using texts and images to

Inform
 KEY IDEAS

•Using text and images to inform

 COMPONENT 1: SHORT REVIEW

• This week we have been learning about different types of

texts that give us information. Here some questions to
check what you’ve learned.
1. What are some different types of information text?
2. How are they similar?
3. How are they different?
 COMPONENT 2: PURPOSE OF THE
LESSON
In this lesson, we are going to bring together what we have
learned about the different information text types. We are
going to compare their structures and features.
 COMPONENT 3: LESSON
LANGUAGE PRACTICE
1. Linear text
2. Non-linear text
3. Sequential pattern
4. Infographic
5. Evaluate
6. Credible
7. Current
 COMPONENT 4: LESSON ACTIVITY

Listen while the teacher is reading the text. Draw

attention to the words listed in the lesson
component 3 and underline it.
 COMPONENT 4B

1. What text types are text 1, 2,and 3?

2. What title would you give text 2?
3. Which text is an example of a non-linear text? Give
reasons to your answer.
 COMPONENT 4C
1. Which text has same purpose as text type A? Text B? Text C?
2. Is it quicker to find information from linear to non-linear text? Give
reason for your answer
3. Websites often combine linear an non-linear text on a webpage. Lot of
information in many formats appears on websites.
a. why do you think it is important to evaluate information from the
internet?
b. Using the information in text 3, write a set of instructions for
evaluating information from websites.
 LESSON CONCLUSION
1. The focus of the lesson was on the features of different types of
information texts. How has the lesson helped you to understand
this?
2. Which questions were easy to answer? Why?
3. What strategies did you use to answer the harder questions?