Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Informational Text

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Informational Text

Unit Opener

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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Informational Text

Have you ever heard a speech given by a candidate running for office? Candidates make claims about how the country should be run or how to improve their communities. Smart voters try to learn all they can about the candidates before they cast their vote. They listen to the candidate's speeches, read articles expressing different viewpoints, and follow reports in the media. Only after integrating all of that information, do they decide how to vote. A smart reader, like a smart voter, collects knowledge and ideas from a variety of sources and integrates it, or puts it together, to thoroughly understand a topic. Then the reader, like a voter, can make an informed choice about what to believe.

In this unit you will:

• learn to find and use information from a variety of sources, both print and media

• look for an author's claims in a text and decide whether they are supported by reasons

• read different texts on the same subject, making connections across the texts and comparing the different viewpoints of the authors

Multiple Select

Before starting this unit, check off the skills you know. As you complete each lesson, see how many more you can check off!

• Follow the argument an author makes and identify it claims.

• Tell whether an author's claims are supported by reasons.

• Describe the similarities and differences between two author's presentations of the same events.

• Find and use information from different media, such as websites and videos, to learn about a topic.