Thursday, November 10, 2011

Nonfiction Time!

All About Australia


The Great Barrier Reef




The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. It stretches more than 2,000 kilometers along the eastern coast of Australia. The Reef is so big, it can be seen from outer space! The Great Barrier Reef is made up of more than 3,000 coral reefs, which account for its great variety of sea and animal life. More than 600 beautiful islands are scattered along the Reef. Visitors can explore rain forests or go snorkeling.




1. Write the purpose of this nonfiction piece. (Why was it written?)


2. Name one text feature you see. Explain how it helps to guide your thinking.


3. Name the text structure of this paragraph. Explain how you know. (Key words? Something else?)

44 comments:

D.CAMMON said...

Ithink the purpose of this piece is to tell about the great barrier reef.A text feature i see is descirption,I know this is descirption because it is explaining how the reef looks and how far it stretches and they even give spcific detail such as "It can be seen from outer space!".Some key things i saw are numbers like 2,000 kilometers 3,000 coral reefs.Thats why i think the non fiction text feature is description.

randyporter purple said...

the purpose why this was written is there trying to show you how wonderful this barrier reef is.

and the text features help me because it gives you some information about what you about to read.

discreption because it tells exacly how it looks, like when it said you can see from out of space.

marklewisjr. said...

the purpose of this non-fiction piece is to give facts and information about how big this barrier reef is,and i think the reason why this was written was to give animal lover good info. about the barrier reef
one text feature i see is desripion and cause & effect.the desription i see is the reef could be seen in outer space,the cause & effect i see is cause;reef i very big effect;able to see outer space the way i understand the structure is because i learned this i reading class with ms.debby

dominiquebrown said...

1. This nonfictional text is written to inform people about The Great Barrier Reef & some of it's fine features.

2. A TXT Feature i c is the description of how big the reef is
"The Reef is so big,it can be seen from outer space!"

3.The txt structure is description.I know this becausethis paragraph described how the T.G.B.R look likes.They also gave the detail of how i can c the T.G.B.R from space.

Andrew Davenport said...

There are many reasons why this was written.One reason why this was written is because it's to teach about aquatic life first hand and its features.I see a discriptive feature because the text is using measurements.This text is a discriptive texture because in the text it said,"The Great Barrier Reef is made up of more than 3,000 coral reefs,which account for its great variety of sea and animal."

gracej said...

The purpose of this non-fiction text is to inform the reader about the Great Barrier Reef. One text feature I see is a graphic picture of the Great Barrier Reef. This text feature helps guide my thinking by giving me a visual example of what it looks like. The text structure would have to be description because it gives characteristics of the Reef like how it stretches more than 2,000 kilometers along the eastern coast. It is also description because it shows the sense of sight when it says the Reef is made up of more than 3,000 coral reefs, which account for its great variety of sea and animal life.

sad little person(naje) said...

This was written to inform readers about not only the beauty but also the facination of The Great Barrier Reef.
one feature i see is that you can see the reef from outter space... i feel like this helps to guide my thinking because it tells me just how big and spacious the reef is.

the text structure for this i think is informational because it mainly facts

staci scates said...

the purpose of this piece was to inform the reader about the largest coral feef ecosystem. one text feature that help my thinking was when the story said "it stretches more than 2,000kilometers alnog the eastern coast of australia.

courtney johnson said...

1)the purpose of this short paragraph is to tell about the great barrier reef and how it is the worlds largest coral reef ecosystem!and what it is made up of.
2)this little paragrahp is description because it is decribeing the reefs and how big it is!
some key words for the paragraph is largest the reason i sad that word because it is decribeing something so thats why i said it was descrition!

sed said...

why:to tellu how big and how long it is and how far it can go.
explain:i know that i can see it from outer space and it is 2,000 kilometers long.
explain how you know:in the text it says,it stretches more than 2,000 kilmoeterts along the eastern cost of australia.

tyler george said...

the purpose is to inform us
about the great barrier reef in australia.the text feature i see is discipion cause it is telling how the barrier reef.one of the key words is so,it,or,more,of

Mardell W. said...

The purpose of this nonfiction piece is to inform the reader about a a 2,000 kilometer long reef,that is also made up of 3,000 coral reefs along the eastern coast of australia. The name of one text feature that i see is desription.This helps guide my thinking because it show key words in the text like:so big, 2,000 kilometers long,etc.

lashonda hooks said...

The purpose of this nonfiction piece is to tell give information about the great barrier reef. one text feature i see is description because it explains how big the barrier is and how many kilometers along the eastern coast of australia and they tell how many beautiful island are scattered along the reef.

samantha said...

why is this written?
this piese is writen to let poeple learn about something they didn't know about until now or to learn something about the reef.The text structure is decription because it's explaining how the reef looks and how long it is and how many islands it is.

TaShEeMa DaViS said...

1)This short passage was written to inform us readers of how big the great barrier reef is.

2)one text feature i saw was the picture it helped me guide my thinking by giving me a visual thought and help me create a better picture in my head of what there describing.

3)the text stucture of this passage is descripction. key words:big,largest,2,000, more than.

lil robert said...

the purpose is to inform because that the great barrier reef is the world largest coral reef ecosystem

the text feature i see is that is cause & effect because the cause is that the reef is 2000 kilometers along and the effect is that it up to 3000

zyona said...

it was written because to tell about how the great barrier reef is the worlds largest coral reef and give important details

i dont know what text feature is so im goin to give u a detail "the reef is so big it can be seen from outer space

text structure is description it describes how it looks...it helps my thinking to picture it in my head to visualize key words are more than

davonte anderson said...

1.the purpose is to tell you about the natural place placeof were of many animals live and how the the great barrier reef is made up of more than 3,000 coral reefs.

2.The text feature i see would be ''more'' and it shows me the good example of alot.

3.vistors that tells me that they visted the great barrier reef were they can explore rain forests and go snorkeling.

Mercedes Howard said...

the purpose of this ppiece is to tell about details of the great barrier reef .

one text feature i see is ...


one text structure i see is description . i know b/c it describing how big it can be & what it is made up of .

Kaylee said...

The Purpose Of This Is To Give More Information About The Great Barrier Reef. The Text Structure i See Is Description . Its Description Because Its Explaining How The Great Barrier Reef Looks And How Big The Reef Is. The Key Word I See Is More Than

anthony haymer said...

the purpose of this nonfiction piece is to inform readers about the great barrier reef,the one text feature i see is stretches it helps guide me were the great barrier reef stay at along the eastern coast of Australia.the text structure of this paragraph is desription because it told me were the great barrier reef live and made up more than 3000 coral reefs explore

alize said...

this text is mainly telling about the world largest ecosystem.saying that the reef is about 2,000 kilometers.another text feature is that it can probly be from outer space!the text structure telling how big the entire reef is.Also telling a lot of young people about this reef.

dorisaneal said...

the purpose off this piece is to tell you about the great barrier reef.
the text struture i see is description/i know its description because its descriping how big the great barrier reef the key words are so,
more,great,largest
the text feature is description it helps my thinking to guide me if i know its that then it helps me know how deep it is how much let me know everything.

ricking said...

this nonfiction piece was written because the author wants to teach us about one of the largest sea animles in the wrold. thay say its so big you can see it from space also its 2,000 kilometers long

zontrelljones said...

the purpose of this nonfiction piece is to give information to the reader about the great barrier reef the worlds largest coral reef ecosystem.this was to be written to inform the reader.the text feature i see is decription this help me guide my thinking by given me information about the great barrier reef.the text structure of this paragraph is decription because it give a lot of information

gregory dixon said...

the purpose:to inform readers about the great barrier reep.it was witten:so we can know whats in australar like the great barrier reef.it helps my thinkin:it tells us the great barrier reef is made up more than 3000 coral reefs which account for its great of sea animals life.the text feauture isee is the reef is so big it can be seen outof space.the text structure of this paragraph is
i see the great barrier it gives us alot of info about the great barrier

shareese caldwell said...

1.It was written because it tell people what they didnt know and for some people thought they know but it was wrong.
2.'The Great Barrier Reef'This guide my thinking because it gives me a hint on what the passage is going to be about
3.my key word is'more than'compare and contrast

shade said...

1)the purpose of this non fiction blog was to tell the readers important facts about the great barrier reef like how it is made up 3000 coral


2)one text feature that i see that help me with my guide thinking is how the fish appeared in the pic so it give me a image in my mind thats how most of the barrier reef look like.like 50% or 75%

3)i predict that the name of this paragraph is maybe the great barrier reef b/c it talks mainly about the fishes and decribed in details how it look and what it can do.

~~kyra.h~~ said...

1: it was written to in form you about the great barrier reef and how it is 2,000 kilometers along the eastern cost of australia.and more.
2:the photo.this helps guide my thinking bucaues thi helps give me an image in my mind of what it kinda look like.
3:well my key words is so bigit can be seen from outer space.and that is letting me know that its an dicreption.i konw because only decreption will tell you that fact like that how they said it.

shayshay said...

teh author wrote this text to tell you about the fish called barrier reef fish . you can learn alot about a fish if you read the text the text tells you so many things about the fish the text features are well seqeunces and more. but the main idea for this text is about thhe fish.:)

john jones said...

so we can get an undersanding of the sea world. more than 600 beautiful islands are scattered along the reef. guidess me because i know what is going on in me invierment.

lamon phillips said...

1. the purpose of this piece was to tell about the great barrier reef.

2. one text feature that i noticed is the heading and it guides me because i can already tell what this paragraph is going to be about.

3. the text structure of this paragraph is descriptive because it describing how the reef looks and i know this because, it states how big, long, and wide it is for people can see

nathall williams said...

the nonfiction text was written to tell about how big the great barrier reef is. the one text feture i see is descriptive. it guids my thinking because it is telling me and giving me details about the barrier reef like it said the reef is so big it can be seen from outer space. the text structure if is decription because they gave examples of things about the reef like how big it is and where it is

kenecia said...

the purpose of this non-fiction text was to be informed about the Great Barrier Reef. the picture is a text feature because just by looking at it you can tell that your going to learn something about something in the ocean or just basicly the ocean. this is a descriptive paragraph because it uses exact numbers as to which how big the reef is.

Karyn Rosenthal said...

This non-fiction piece was written to inform and entertain the reader (me) about the Great Barrier Reef. One text feature that I see is the a picture. This a text feature because it shows me a vusual of what the article is about. It helps guide my thinking by making it easier for me to see what the article is talking about so I won't have to try and visualize what the Great Barrier Reef looks like. Instead of that, they give me a photo. A text structure that I see is description. This is description because I see the way it is talking about the SIGHT of the Reef. For example, the article states that the Great Barrier Reef can be SEEN from outer space, stating what it looks likes. Making this non-fiction pieces' text structure Description.

christina feliciano said...

The purpose of writing this nonfiction peice is to give information on the great barrier reef. I think the text feature is description because it describes how big and how many things can live in there. The key words in this nonfiction peice that told me it was description is more than.

Regjana Stuckey said...

The purpose of this non fiction text is to give you infomation about the Great Barrier Reef and how it is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem.The one text feature I see is the title. The title (All About Australia) makes me think about what certain types of things the passage will teach me about Australia. The text structure of this paragraph is description.I know its description because it uses words like beautiful and this paints a picture in my head to what the coral reef looks like and it uses words to describe vivid images .

Takeya T. said...

The purpose of this nonfiction text is to tell you about the beautiful Great Barrier Reef.One text feature that is written is ''The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem'' because it lets you know its going to be an informational text.The structure of this paragraph is descriptive because it give you alot of vivid images and key details about The Great Barrier Reef also it told you things like the fish population and what you could expect.

christal oneal said...

1)This story is written to tell about the great barrier fish.so you can learn about new things.

2)One text feature I see is the title The great Barrier Reef.It guides me through my thinking because it helps me predict what the story is about.

3)I think the text structure of this paragraph is description because it gives vivid images of the great barrier reef. For example"it stretches more than 2000 kilometers long I have a vivid image of how long the great barrier reef is.

jerqueria goldman said...

this non-fiction piece was written for us to tell us information about the Great Barrier Reef. One text feature that I see is the graphic pictures of how the reef actually looked like it helps me because it really gives me a clear image of how it looks. the text structure that I see is description because it's giving really good details and facts about the Great Barrier Reef.

tina hernandez said...

I think the purpose of the text is to inform you about THE GREAT BARRIES REEF.One text feature I see is that it gives you facts about it so,like if were try to fine something out about it all you have to do is read this text.The text structure I see is description. I know its this deacuse it gives great detail about the great barrier reef.

the one ms debby loves(myeisha(:) said...

the purpose of this non-fiction paragraph is to give readers great information about the great barrier reef about how it is the world`s largest coral reef ecoysystem.the title all about austalia makes me think the passage is goin to be something about something in,lives,or take place in austrailia and its goin to teach me somt suff that happen australia and it only made me think that because i know that in class ms.debby was,and still is teaching us about reading a non-fiction text .the text structure of this text is description i know that is destription because it was using key words like the great,it stretches more than 2,000 kilometers,beautiful.and it is also telling me how it looks it uses one of the 5sense and that is sight.and this put a pop up image of the coral reef in my head,and it uses words to show a vivid image..!!!

$*KathyD*$ said...

1.) I think that the purpose of this nonfiction peace is to explain and tell people about the beauty of th Great Barrier Reef. It could even be trying to persuade people/ the reader to somehow visit the reef.

2.) Some text features I see are a picture, and title. The picture kind of gives you an idea of how beautiful the reef is in person, not just from a description. The title kind of gives you an idea of what the story is going to be about.

3.) I think that the text structure of this paragraph is descriptive. The text uses imaginative words that are meant to take you there, tot he reef, iswimming with the sharks and other erotic, and strange fish. It even gives measurements to describe the Reef! Now that's in dept. Keywords: 2,000 Kilometers, eastern coast, you can see it from outer space, made up of 3,000 coral reefs, and more!!

zacharytidwell said...

1.the porpuse of this nonfiction text is to inform or tell us about the great barrier reef. 2.the text feature is the picture this helps guide my thinking by giving me a clear picture of exacly what the coral reef looks like. 3.the text structor is description because it is telling me how the coral reef looks.
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