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Here are the teacher pack items for Reading Informational Text:
Overview In this experience, students explore the various types of organizational structures common in informational texts and then read short examples and identify each structure. Then, they preview a passage, making predictions based on the text features and organizational structures. Next, they read the passage and analyze it using their knowledge of the organizational structure. Finally, they identify the main idea and supporting details within the passage. Objectives Duration One or two class periods. Vocabulary Words in the Article
Are you attracted to ancient history? Do you like to read about the people, lands, and battles of days gone by? Typically, you read about ancient history in informational texts that provide you with facts that include timelines, historical figures, and maps.
In this experience, you will learn how to use text structures and features to get the most out of reading an informational text such as ancient history.
Objectives
List where you see, hear, or read new information. List up to three places, separating each answer with a comma, like this: tree, road, chair
Use student responses to spark a discussion about where they see informational text. Students may identify history books, textbooks, websites, newspapers, magazines, etc. Ask students to explain how their reading of each type of information may differ.
