Reading+Standards+for+Informational+Text


 * __Types of Nonfiction Text__**
 * Personal Essays
 * Speeches
 * Opinion Pieces
 * Art Essays
 * Biographies
 * Memoirs
 * Journals
 * Historical Selections
 * Scientific Selections
 * Technical Selections
 * Economic Selections

• “Letter on Thomas Jefferson” by John Adams (1776) • //Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by// Frederick Douglass (1845) • “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Address to Parliament on May 13 th ,1940” by Winston Churchill (1940) • //Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann// Petry (1955) • //Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (1962)//
 * __Examples of Informational Text:__**

__//** Reading Standards for Informational Text **//__ __** Key Ideas and Details: **__ __** Craft and Structure: **__ __** Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: **__
 * Students must: **
 * know how to cite text. (Explicit and Infer)
 * state the main idea, supporting details, and tell how it was conveyed in a given passage.
 * provide a summary of what was read without including personal opinion or judgement.
 * analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and described in the text.
 * Students must: **
 * determine the meaning of words and phrases; including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
 * analyze how a certain sentence, paragraph, chapter, section fits into the overall text and contributes to the text.
 * identify the author's purpose and decided if it was conveyed.
 * __ Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: __**
 * Students must: **
 * integrate information presented in different media, formats, or words to develop a coherent understanding.
 * analyze evidence from an argument deciding which claims are supported and which are not.
 * compare/contrast one author to another. (Memoir written by one author compared to a biography of the same person.
 * Students should: **
 * be able to read and comprehend grade level appropriate nonfiction proficiently. (Scaffold when needed.)