Find a word you don'tknow. Using context clues,guess the meaning of theword.       What is thetopic of thistext?    Draw a picturerepresenting the topic ofthis text.         What informationaltext structure isused in this article?    Who is the intendedaudience of thisarticle? How do youknow?    Name 3 key detailsthat support the mainidea.     What is your attitude towardthe topic? How is it the sameor different from the author's?         What is theconclusion of thearticle? Is there a"call to action"?    What purposedo the textfeatures serve inthis text?   Describe a picture orgraph that could beadded to make thisarticle moreunderstandable.    What evidence wasgiven to addcredibility to theinformation in thearticle?    What could theauthor add toimprove theirideas?   On the back of thispaper, create aninfographic usinginformation fromthis text.Is this articleargumentative orinformational? Howdo you know?     SummarizeParagraph 4 ofthis article.    What purposedoes paragraph 8serve in this text?    What is the author's pointof view towards this topic?How do you know?       What is theauthor's purposefor writing thisarticle?    Write a quote fromthe text that revealsthe author's attitudetowards the topic.    Did the author stateany opinions in thistext? How did youknow they wereopinions?    What is themain idea ofthis text?   Locate a textfeature. Writeit below.   What backgroundknowledge do youneed to understandthis text?    What is the mostimportantparagraph of thisarticle? Why?    Find a word you don'tknow. Using context clues,guess the meaning of theword.       What is thetopic of thistext?    Draw a picturerepresenting the topic ofthis text.         What informationaltext structure isused in this article?    Who is the intendedaudience of thisarticle? How do youknow?    Name 3 key detailsthat support the mainidea.     What is your attitude towardthe topic? How is it the sameor different from the author's?         What is theconclusion of thearticle? Is there a"call to action"?    What purposedo the textfeatures serve inthis text?   Describe a picture orgraph that could beadded to make thisarticle moreunderstandable.    What evidence wasgiven to addcredibility to theinformation in thearticle?    What could theauthor add toimprove theirideas?   On the back of thispaper, create aninfographic usinginformation fromthis text.Is this articleargumentative orinformational? Howdo you know?     SummarizeParagraph 4 ofthis article.    What purposedoes paragraph 8serve in this text?    What is the author's pointof view towards this topic?How do you know?       What is theauthor's purposefor writing thisarticle?    Write a quote fromthe text that revealsthe author's attitudetowards the topic.    Did the author stateany opinions in thistext? How did youknow they wereopinions?    What is themain idea ofthis text?   Locate a textfeature. Writeit below.   What backgroundknowledge do youneed to understandthis text?    What is the mostimportantparagraph of thisarticle? Why?    

Informational Text Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Find a word you don't know. Using context clues, guess the meaning of the word.
  2. What is the topic of this text?
  3. Draw a picture representing the topic of this text.
  4. What informational text structure is used in this article?
  5. Who is the intended audience of this article? How do you know?
  6. Name 3 key details that support the main idea.
  7. What is your attitude toward the topic? How is it the same or different from the author's?
  8. What is the conclusion of the article? Is there a "call to action"?
  9. What purpose do the text features serve in this text?
  10. Describe a picture or graph that could be added to make this article more understandable.
  11. What evidence was given to add credibility to the information in the article?
  12. What could the author add to improve their ideas?
  13. On the back of this paper, create an infographic using information from this text.
  14. Is this article argumentative or informational? How do you know?
  15. Summarize Paragraph 4 of this article.
  16. What purpose does paragraph 8 serve in this text?
  17. What is the author's point of view towards this topic? How do you know?
  18. What is the author's purpose for writing this article?
  19. Write a quote from the text that reveals the author's attitude towards the topic.
  20. Did the author state any opinions in this text? How did you know they were opinions?
  21. What is the main idea of this text?
  22. Locate a text feature. Write it below.
  23. What background knowledge do you need to understand this text?
  24. What is the most important paragraph of this article? Why?