description ofevents writtenor told bysomeone whowas therefirsthandaccountthe reasonan authorhas forwriting apiece of textauthor'spurposea description ofevents written ortold by someonewho was not therebut got the storyfrom anothersource secondhandaccountstated directly;author tells thereaders exactlywhat they needto knowexplicitideaswhat thetext ismostlyaboutmainideasinfer means tomake areasonableconclusion basedon evidencefound in the textinferencehow ideasinfluenceindividuals/eventsor how individualsinfluenceideas/eventsinteractionstexts that focus onexplaining thingsrelated to science,like the naturalworld, experiments,or scientificdiscoveriesscientifictextto provide anoverview of textthat states mainpoints but notall the detailssummarizea piece of writing,document, or artifactthat providesinformation aboutreal people, places,and events from thepasthistoricaltextsomethingthat provesthe truth ofsomethingelseevidencethe specificperspective orposition theauthor has ona topicpointof viewhe order inwhich a seriesof eventshappens;arranged inorder of timechronologicalorderdetails thatsupport theauthor’sparticularpoints in a textreasonsexplainssomethingspecific, like howsomething worksor how to dosomething, often astructured formattechnicaltextidentifies aproblem andproposesone or moresolutionsproblemandsolutionpassagesthatexplain orinforminformationaltexteventsand theiroutcomescauseandeffectorganized fromleast to mostimportant orfrom most toleast importantorder ofimportancethe way inwhich apiece ofwriting isstructuredorganizationtheconnectionsbetween twoor more peopleor thingsrelationshipsfacts andideas thatsupport themain ideakeydetailsputting togetherkey details andevidence fromsources in a waythat supportsyour main idea integrateanalyzes thesimilarities anddifferencesbetween ideasin a textcompareandcontrastdescription ofevents writtenor told bysomeone whowas therefirsthandaccountthe reasonan authorhas forwriting apiece of textauthor'spurposea description ofevents written ortold by someonewho was not therebut got the storyfrom anothersource secondhandaccountstated directly;author tells thereaders exactlywhat they needto knowexplicitideaswhat thetext ismostlyaboutmainideasinfer means tomake areasonableconclusion basedon evidencefound in the textinferencehow ideasinfluenceindividuals/eventsor how individualsinfluenceideas/eventsinteractionstexts that focus onexplaining thingsrelated to science,like the naturalworld, experiments,or scientificdiscoveriesscientifictextto provide anoverview of textthat states mainpoints but notall the detailssummarizea piece of writing,document, or artifactthat providesinformation aboutreal people, places,and events from thepasthistoricaltextsomethingthat provesthe truth ofsomethingelseevidencethe specificperspective orposition theauthor has ona topicpointof viewhe order inwhich a seriesof eventshappens;arranged inorder of timechronologicalorderdetails thatsupport theauthor’sparticularpoints in a textreasonsexplainssomethingspecific, like howsomething worksor how to dosomething, often astructured formattechnicaltextidentifies aproblem andproposesone or moresolutionsproblemandsolutionpassagesthatexplain orinforminformationaltexteventsand theiroutcomescauseandeffectorganized fromleast to mostimportant orfrom most toleast importantorder ofimportancethe way inwhich apiece ofwriting isstructuredorganizationtheconnectionsbetween twoor more peopleor thingsrelationshipsfacts andideas thatsupport themain ideakeydetailsputting togetherkey details andevidence fromsources in a waythat supportsyour main idea integrateanalyzes thesimilarities anddifferencesbetween ideasin a textcompareandcontrast

INFORMATIONAL TEXT 5TH - 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. firsthand account
    description of events written or told by someone who was there
  2. author's purpose
    the reason an author has for writing a piece of text
  3. secondhand account
    a description of events written or told by someone who was not there but got the story from another source
  4. explicit ideas
    stated directly; author tells the readers exactly what they need to know
  5. main ideas
    what the text is mostly about
  6. inference
    infer means to make a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text
  7. interactions
    how ideas influence individuals/events or how individuals influence ideas/events
  8. scientific text
    texts that focus on explaining things related to science, like the natural world, experiments, or scientific discoveries
  9. summarize
    to provide an overview of text that states main points but not all the details
  10. historical text
    a piece of writing, document, or artifact that provides information about real people, places, and events from the past
  11. evidence
    something that proves the truth of something else
  12. point of view
    the specific perspective or position the author has on a topic
  13. chronological order
    he order in which a series of events happens; arranged in order of time
  14. reasons
    details that support the author’s particular points in a text
  15. technical text
    explains something specific, like how something works or how to do something, often a structured format
  16. problem and solution
    identifies a problem and proposes one or more solutions
  17. informational text
    passages that explain or inform
  18. cause and effect
    events and their outcomes
  19. order of importance
    organized from least to most important or from most to least important
  20. organization
    the way in which a piece of writing is structured
  21. relationships
    the connections between two or more people or things
  22. key details
    facts and ideas that support the main idea
  23. integrate
    putting together key details and evidence from sources in a way that supports your main idea
  24. compare and contrast
    analyzes the similarities and differences between ideas in a text